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Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2013

Fight the Power! Educate, and Then AIMS for the Sky!

This class begins with educating your bosses or decision-makers about GIS technology with a focus on the benefits of using Autodesk® products with Feature Data Objects (FDO) technology to connect with many GIS and raster data sources. We show how current Autodesk products can use the technology without the need for additional expensive software and contracts. We also show how other electrical utilities use AutoCAD® even with GIS from other vendors. Convince the Power of the facts! We also discuss a real-world upgrade from AutoCAD® Map 3D Enterprise 2012 with Autodesk® MapGuide® 6.5 to Map 3D 2013 and Autodesk® Infrastructure Map Server (AIMS) 2013. The class covers moving the system into full production, using the current process workflow of the utility while retaining the basic look and feel of the application. This class is co-presented with a technical consultant from the Autodesk Global Services Utilities and Telecom Consulting group.

Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2014

LiDAR: How Southern California Edison Visualized Success

Southern California Edison (SCE) uses light detection and ranging (LiDAR)-equipped aircraft to identify overhead lines with clearances that don't comply with local and federal requirements. This involves many utilities, including transmission, distribution, and telecommunications. In this class we will discuss how infractions are solved using a 4-step approach: identify, evaluate, design, and remediation. The LiDAR results show opportunities where man-made encroachments occur, as well as revealing environmental encroachments that involve vegetation management. We will look back at lessons learned to date, and we'll take a look forward at the future of advanced surveying and design systems. This all happens within the framework of SCE's enterprise level workflow management system.

Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2016

Design of a Rail Maintenance Facility on Iconic Metro Project: Grand Paris Express

The Grand Paris Express (GPE) is a major automated metro infrastructure project in Paris, with a new 200-kilometer tunnel line. The maintenance site (depot) is a key structure in a limited space inserted into a dense urban environment. This situation leads to numerous challenging conflicts between the rail and building design. In this class, we will share Systra’s experience on project Building Information Modeling (BIM) implementation, and show how BIM can be used for rail infrastructure design. You will also discover how BIM can be effective for track alignment, utilities, hydrology, catenary, and telecom when interfacing with architecture, structure, and MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) services. BIM has been used on this project to facilitate data exchange—especially between a civil design with AutoCAD Civil 3D software and architectural design with Revit software—but also to improve 3D coordination and design review. This session features AutoCAD Civil 3D and Revit.

Panel / San Diego 2024

Empowering Renewable Energy: Using Autodesk Tools to Drive Value and Overcome Industry Challenges

Navigating the imminent growth in the renewable energy market presents challenges around skills and project data quality. Autodesk tools enable customers to overcome these challenges by investing in upskilling and ensuring high-quality data for their projects. AutoCAD files are critical in this, providing the precision needed, especially with the shift toward 3D designs for energy yield modeling. Well-optimized and structured preconstruction stage designs in AutoCAD can make or break a potential project's funding and eventual construction, thus driving customer value. This panel will explore how Autodesk software can empower customers to unlock the renewable energy sector's potential, overcome bottlenecks, and mitigate risks. By addressing these challenges, users can contribute significantly to achieving the ambitious Net Zero emissions targets and combat climate change, driving positive outcomes for their businesses and the world.

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

Flushing the Giants: InfoWater Pro in Large Water-Main Cleaning

Flushing large-diameter transmission water mains is a critical yet complex step in maintaining water quality. This session will highlight how InfoWater Pro was used to plan the flushing of more than six miles of 36-inch pipe by modeling hydraulic conditions, reversing flow direction, and optimizing valve and tank operations. You’ll learn about modeling guided decision making to increase flow rates for scouring while avoiding disruptions to customer service. Through a focused case study, this session will illustrate how to integrate hydraulic modeling and operational strategy to support effective large-main flushing.

37p

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

Crafting the Best Value Plan for London's Future Water Network Through Modeling and Optimization

Thames Water and Stantec in the United Kingdom have developed an innovative methodology to build a long-term investment plan for London’s clean-water network, serving 8 million customers. This work defines how the future London water network should look like using hydraulic modeling and an optimization framework to identify the best value investment options. It handled extensive data from various sources. A strategic network model (InfoWorks WS Pro software) was prepared, incorporating current and future (25 years) supply-and-demand scenarios to identify needs. Optimatics Optimizer tested numerous solution combinations, calculating cost and hydraulic performance to develop the best value plan. This optimization process required the combined effort of Optimizer processing power, hydraulic modeler input, and stakeholder engagement to select and refine investment plans of interest. The session will provide an overview of the approach we took, and present the results and lessons from the above project.

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

Transform Your Data: Empower Your Business with Autodesk Vault Data APIs and Power BI

Every organization collects data—but what happens when 80% of that data goes unused? This session will be Part 2 of showing how the integration of Vault software with Power BI can turn that dormant data into a leadership tool that supports smarter business cases and executive decision making. Using a real-world example from the utility sector, we’ll walk through how connecting the design process with Vault, using Vault Data APIs, and visualizing with Power BI can uncover valuable insights and drive tangible operational improvements. We'll also dive into the Vault engineering change order (ECO) process, illustrating how this integration delivers measurable impact for both internal teams and external stakeholders. If you're looking to empower leadership with clear, data-driven narratives and justify technology investment with confidence, this session is your blueprint that demonstrates what you can deliver after taking this class.

Panel / San Diego 2024

Are engineering firms driving or impeding new technologies adoption?

There is increased focus on how Digital will disrupt the E&C sector. Most executives now understand that soon, engineers will not design, they will develop the algorithms that automate the design of solutions. According to the 2023 Deltek Clarity survey, ¾ of E&C participants worry that they will lose market share within 2 years if they fail to transform. Also, CAPEX is increasing in most sectors, therefore successful transformation is not only seen as a necessary mean to remain profitable, but also to increase capacity and gain market share. However, it is common for E&C firms to struggle in transforming leveraging Technologies. Usual "ways of working" such as focus on utilization rate, risk aversion and silos can impede a successful transformation. There would be merit in conducting a panel discussion with leaders from different horizons to discuss the above, focusing on the why, potential solutions and how they made meaningful progress happen while addressing these challenges.

Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2026

Maximizing the Value of InfoWorks ICM: A Model-Driven Approach to CSO Reduction

Utilities managing combined sewer systems are increasingly challenged to reduce overflow events while controlling capital costs. This presentation highlights how the InfoWorks ICM hydraulic model was used as the foundation for advanced system optimization in the SUEZ SEVESC wastewater network in the western suburbs of Paris. The calibrated InfoWorks ICM model enabled detailed simulation of network performance across a range of storm events, forming the analytical backbone for decision-making. Building on this, Optimizerâ„¢ (by Optimatics) was integrated to systematically evaluate thousands of operational and infrastructure scenarios, including regulator settings, pump operations, and real-time control (RTC) strategies.

Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2026

Real-Time Digital Twin with iWG/iCG and InfoWorks WS Pro and InfoWorks ICM: An Italian Water Utility Case Study

In this session, we will look at 3,300 kilometers of water supply networks serving 344,000 inhabitants, 155 district metered areas (DMAs), and more than 400 monitoring stations with one digital twin keeping it all together. Piave Servizi used Italy's National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) to enhance water supply operational efficiency by adopting iWG, a web platform by Idrostudi. Integrating InfoWorks WS PRO advanced modeling engine, iWG digital twin creates precise virtual replicas of water supply networks (WSNs), enabling simulations, what-if scenarios, and pressure analyses accessible to all operators, no modeling expertise required. By providing instant, data-driven insights, the iWG digital twin empowers water utilities to cope with daily challenges. And the journey continues: the iCG digital twin with InfoWorks ICM is bringing the same power to sewerage management.

Instructional Demo / San Diego 2024

Integration of BIM and Hydraulic Modeling into a Single Workflow

The development level of hydraulic modeling applications enables their use in various everyday situations in the water industry throughout the entire lifecycle of assets, not only in the design and specification stages. The development of information flows in each phase of asset life enables integration and interoperability between design applications (Civil 3D or InfraWorks software), geographic information systems (ArcGIS), and hydraulic modeling software (InfoWorks WS PRO software). This new dynamic enhances the use of these tools together, extracting the best result as quickly and accurately as possible, both in the design phase and also during operations and maintenance. In this session, we'll go through studies of network pathways, sizing, depth, clash detection, documentation, calibration, operational rules, and more, using the best application for each step with the smoothest interoperability.

30p

Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2026

A Tale of (Digital) Twin Cities. A Tale You'll Actually Want to Hear.

In this session, we're going to take you through the entire process of creating a digital twin for a wastewater treatment plant that's more than 80 years old. This will cover everything from laser scans of existing conditions to creating assets that show live data and allow scheduled maintenance and access to drawings and loop diagrams it. Let's explore how to set up Revit, Civil 3D, GIS, Autodesk Forma Data Management, Autodesk Forma Build, and Autodesk Tandem software to be used in far more ways than you may have considered. Learn with us how we create a management system that our future workforce wants to use.

Industry Talk / San Diego 2024

Doubling a Capital investment Program to $3 Billion: How the @One Alliance Has Changed Gear Within the UK Water Sector

The @one Alliance has delivered more than $1.5 billion in projects throughout the past five years, but is now fast approaching a $3 billion program. Hear about our challenges, successes, and mistakes, and how we're overcoming them through the application of new technology, innovation, and change in the team culture.

42p