Asset Management Resources
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Improve Your Rate Case With Automation
4/7/2022
With manual design methods utilities can only assess a small selection of options when preparing for a rate case.
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The Top 5 Uncertainties Of Utility Master Planning
4/5/2022
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.
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Water Utility Enhances Reliability With Integrated Technology Upgrades
4/4/2022
For public utilities that provide water while maintaining the physical infrastructure, it is critical to ensure reliable uninterrupted service and data integrity. This includes water metering/billing, compliance reporting, IT network cybersecurity, physical security of local and remote sites, and data collection for rate cases.
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Rethinking Optimization From Planning Through Long-Term Operation
3/10/2022
“Optimization” isn’t a new word in the water sector, but it has a broader meaning now as utilities plan for the future.
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The Contractor’s Song: Communication Breakdown — Managing Project Data During Construction
2/24/2022
With water infrastructure construction projects, it is the goal of everyone involved to identify, plan for, manage, and minimize risk, so having a visual and living document that everyone can access and understand is critical to achieving success.
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5 Lessons From A Climate-Focused CEO Two Years In
2/14/2022
Transcend turned two years old on December 19, 2021! I wanted to share 5 things we learned during the past two years: Clients are realizing substantial value from using design automation software, engineering firms are still slow to adopt, utilities are losing patience, design automation applies far beyond water, and the best team still wins.
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Automation Is Not The Future...
2/10/2022
Automation - and if I’m stepping a little bit back, digitalization - is not the past. And neither the present nor the future. It is all of these. It is never too late, and it is never enough. The world is changing faster, much faster than you and I can possibly imagine.
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3 Tips For Delivering Intuitive And Visually Compelling Analytics
1/27/2022
Presenting data in a meaningful way empowers informed decision-making. Here are three key elements to help present analytics most effectively. A lot of hard work goes into obtaining, processing, analyzing, and displaying data. But data’s true magic lies in presenting insights in a meaningful way to empower informed decision-making.
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Why Now Is The Time To Investigate Digital Twin Software
1/27/2022
The concept of digital twin software has reached a pivotal point between discovery and adoption. Recent studies show that digital twins should reach widespread adoption within the next five years.
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Using Digital Twin Technology For The Hartford Clean Water Project
1/27/2022
For nearly two decades, the Clean Water Project in Hartford, Connecticut has evolved from upgrading aging infrastructure and replacing physical assets with data collected on VHS tapes and paper forms to introducing intelligent water modeling and digital twin technology. The use of new smart technologies helps the team better protect neighborhoods and local waterways through real-time monitoring of sewer system overflows, further driving digital transformation in one of America’s most historic cities.