Casey Chaisson
Autodesk University 2024 in San Diego has come and gone. Did you miss it? We recently put together posts for all the best hydraulic modeling and best drainage design sessions, and this last post wraps up our AU2024 coverage by assembling the top sessions that feature our customers and partners. We’re always grateful for their time – they usually bring in the biggest crowds because it’s about them and their work, and not just about products and roadmaps. So, in case you missed it, here are some of the best sessions about water from AU2024.
Unlocking Digital Transformation in Water Infrastructure
Trevor English explores practical examples of hydraulic modeling excellence, from the City of Fayetteville‘s watershed mapping, to Davidson Water‘s advanced surge analysis, to the Trinity River Authority‘s digital twin model, to the re-building of the Charleston Lower Battery Seawall.
How AI/ML in Info360 Asset Can Assist in Sewer Pipeline Condition Assessment and Management
Tim Medearis introduces VAPAR co-founder Michelle Aguilar, who shows you how to dramatically improve sewer inspections using Info360 Asset SaaS and VAPAR AI/ML tools. Using CCTV to inspect sewers has long been a time-consuming and expensive approach, but it’s rapidly being transformed to meet the urgent needs of pipe replacement. The pipes keep getting older, but the technology has suddenly gotten radically better.
Info360 Asset Data-Driven Sewer Planning: Aqua America’s Integrated Planning for Sewer Systems
When Aqua America contracted GHD to implement a solid, consolidated sewer program in Pennsylvania for planning at the state, regional, and local levels, GHD needed a solution – pronto. GHD’s Alton Whittle joins Martha Nunez to talk about how GHD combined Info360 Asset with Esri’s ArcGIS Online cloud platforms to efficiently manage (very!) significant volumes of CCTV inspection and take advantage of purpose-built tools to help prioritize their riskiest assets, identify rehabilitation approaches, and establish CIP budgets.
The Future of Water: Harnessing the Promise of AI
Jim Cooper of Arcadis is deep in the AI waters. He’s here to dispel uncertainty about the value it can bring and help water workers get better equipped to navigate the complex landscape of AI in water. It’s not just about cost savings and efficiency; AI can be used to help locate lead pipes and deal with PFAS. If you’re at all interested about AI in water, this session is for you.
Automating the Design of Water and Wastewater Treatment Works: A Case Study with Brazil’s Second Largest Water Utility
BRK Ambiental, Brazil’s second-largest water utility, used generative design software to streamline the utility’s infrastructure design processes – against a lot of challenges. Financed by private equity, they didn’t have a budget to spend more or hire more experts, but they did it anyway – and they made it 100% BIM even though they didn’t have a single BIM model for their 171 treatment works when they began. Transcend’s Adam Tank explains how.
Revolutionizing the Maintenance of Water Infrastructure: An Innovative Collaboration with Northumbrian Water Group
Assets break. So do parts and pieces. Instead of waiting months for replacement parts, what if you could design them yourself using laser scanning, reverse engineering, and hybrid manufacturing? Can you DIY? Yes, you actually can. Learn how the Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) worked with the Autodesk Technology Centre in Birmingham, England to reduce downtime and extend product life, improve NWG’s resilience, and ultimately save a lot of money for customers.