Design Smarter, Operate Cheaper: The New Lifecycle Mindset For Pump And Lift Stations

Part 5 of the Get Pumped Up series brings it all together with a bold but practical shift: treating pump and lift station design as a living process, not a one-time deliverable. In most utilities, the teams that design infrastructure and those that operate it rarely overlap—leading to inefficiencies that linger for decades.

But it doesn’t have to be that way.

By linking real-time SCADA insights with generative design tools like Transcend and performance visualization platforms like Autodesk Info360, utilities can close the loop. Designs can evolve based on actual system behavior—helping teams avoid oversizing, minimize OpEx, and extend asset life.

This isn’t theory—it’s a shift that’s already underway. Utilities are now generating updated design options in hours, validating them against hydraulic models, and pushing updates into workflows before inefficiencies become legacy problems.

The result? Smarter capital spend, lower lifetime costs, and infrastructure that gets better—not just older.