Intertek Metoc
A secure archive for a major international marine environmental research programme, funded by a group of energy majors. I built its bespoke document management system and looked after it for two decades, right through to a clean handover of the whole archive when the programme closed.
The system was private, so the pictures on this page are drawn to explain how it worked rather than show it.
20 years
Built and looked after
6,585
Items handed over
20+ GB
Archive transferred
Nightly
Secure backups
Overview
The Brief
A major international Joint Industry Programme studying the marine environment, run by Intertek Metoc in Hampshire and funded by a group of energy majors, needed one secure place for its research. Reports, data and papers had to be shared between the member organisations, but only with the right people.
It was not a website for the public. It was a working tool for researchers and project teams, and it had to be dependable year after year.
What I Built
A bespoke document management system, built around how the programme actually worked rather than bent out of an off-the-shelf product. Each member organisation had its own login, documents went in through simple uploads, and search kept years of research findable.
Then I looked after it for two decades: upgrades as the web changed around it, maintenance, nightly backups, setting up new members as the programme grew, and answering users' questions, usually the same day.
How It Worked
Simple to use, careful underneath.
A login per organisation
Each member organisation signed in to the same archive and saw what it was meant to see, and nothing else.
Uploads and search
Reports, papers and large media files went in through simple uploads, with help on hand when a file was too big. Search made years of research easy to find again.
Backed up every night
A secure copy of the whole archive, every night, for two decades. Research that took years to produce was never one bad day from being lost.
Handed over complete
When the programme closed, the whole archive went across to the organisation taking it on in one organised transfer. Nothing lost, nothing left behind.
The bigger picture
Finishing properly matters too.
Plenty of developers can build something. Fewer are still there twenty years later, and fewer still see a system through to its end. When the programme closed in 2025, the whole archive, 6,585 items and more than 20 GB, was handed over in one clean, organised transfer.
The same care goes into a small business website: built to last, looked after properly, and yours to take with you if you ever need to.
Client Testimonial
In His Own Words
Roger Udall supported Intertek Metoc over a 20-year period on a major international marine environmental Joint Industry Programme (JIP) funded by a group of energy 'majors'.
His role involved the development of a sophisticated, bespoke document management system, implementation of subsequent upgrades, maintenance and secure back-up of the system, and responding to user queries.
The DMS formed a key element underpinning the smooth running of the JIP.
Throughout, Roger's technical expertise, problem solving ability, response times and all-round service has been top-class.
Frank Beiboer
Managing Director, Intertek Metoc
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