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• The Engineering Firm Of The Future: Outcomes, Not Hours

  Technology can make, or break, the engineering firm of the future. And by the time this future rolls around (hint: it’s here) it’s too late to play ‘catch up.’

• Wastewater Process Engineers Are Scary Smart

  This transcript of a recorded conversation between Nikolett Szilagyi, Process Engineer, and Adam Tank, Chief Customer Officer at Transcend, involves making sense of a term called fractionation -- an important part of designing biological wastewater treatment plants. 

• Water We Doing? Designing Treatment Plants

  Learn what Transcend is doing in upcoming weeks to improve user experience and recap some of the things they've done in recent past.

• I've Just Designed An Entire Treatment Plant...Now What?

  Explore a few real-world examples of firms who have successfully adopted Transcend tools and can answer the question -- so I've designed a treatment plant, now what?

• Automating Stanley Consultants' Conceptual Design Process For A 1MGD Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility

  The Transcend Design Generator helped Stanley Consultants to automatically ascertain the appropriate sizing requirements for a new Flow Equalization Basin and an extension to the existing Aerobic Digester. 

• What’s In The Black-Box? – Bio-P In TDG

  The Transcend Design Generator (TDG) now has the capability to design facilities with biological phosphorus removal! We’d like to highlight some details about the background calculations – this is going to be the first post of our “What’s in the black-box?” series.

• Building Remote Culture – The Transcend Way

  “Establish a Remote Company Culture” is a stated company goal at Transcend. We are a fully remote workforce and it’s not a requirement to go inside the office – so although we enjoy the comfort of our homes, it also creates some challenges for team building, onboarding, and others that need to be paid close attention to.

• I Joined Transcend To Make Engineering Exciting Again

  In the academic world, Engineering and Science are tightly coupled. Scientific truths form the basis of engineering knowledge and professors teach the scientific method to hone skills aimed at solving any problem – from ‘how to cook a juicier steak’ to ‘how to engineer reusable rockets for increasing the accessibility of space travel.’

• Learning Where To Look For Opportunities Will Open Many More

  I wanted to be part of the digital transformation of the water sector because I had experienced firsthand the massive impact that even basic smart systems could have on a utility that was depending on manual monitoring. 

• How AI Can Help During Early-Stage Cost Estimation And Project Phasing

  As a former utility engineering project manager, I understand the difficulty in planning large projects that span multiple years in the context of a capital budget. 

• Existing Preliminary Process Units Are Supported By TDG

  From now on, Transcend Design Generator supports already existing screening and grit removal on plant extensions. 

• Flow Scheme Customization Features In TDG

  TDG recently reviewed some new features that enable the configuration of flow diversions. 

• My Top Three Takeaways From IFAT 2022

  Seeing 100,000 of my closest water friends buzz around buildings upon buildings of water & wastewater treatment was eye-opening and I can’t wait for the next IFAT.

• Rising Into The Water Sector – A Perspective From A Young Woman Of Color

  As a young woman of color in the water industry, I wanted to dive deeper into the current state of affairs, both in water and in the general workforce. As an industry, we have a long way to go.

• CAD Is Dead; BIM Is The Future

  Let’s walk through how engineering firms and asset owners are using BIM in real life to improve their business position – using an imaginary interview of a forward-thinking Civil Engineer at a design expo:

• SBR Is Making A Comeback

  Why should you consider sequence batch reactors for your next wastewater treatment project? Improvements in equipment and technology, especially in aeration devices and computer control systems, have made SBRs a viable choice again.

• The Best Tool For Training Junior Wastewater Engineers

  Hiring, onboarding, and training new employees can be a daunting undertaking, especially when it comes to junior engineers. Now there is a tool to improve outcomes, reducing the learning curve, and assist in junior engineer development.

• Improve Your Rate Case With Automation

  With manual design methods utilities can only assess a small selection of options when preparing for a rate case. 

• The Top 5 Uncertainties Of Utility Master Planning

  When undertaking any new venture or revising a plan of action, it is important first to identify the uncertainties and potential pitfalls. By understanding the potential trouble issues, you can better set realistic goals and manage expectations around project time and budgets, software selection, and design flows.

• This Tool Achieves Consistent And Reliable EBPR Plant Performance

  EBPR plants often don’t achieve consistent, reliable performance because of the chemical additions needed to achieve effluent P limits. This, however, nullifies the EBPR advantages. You can now improve design of mainstream EBPR.