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Envista’s Platform to Enable this First Stage of a Great Britain-wide Project

From today, utilities, highways authorities and other organisations will gain access to data about buried pipes, wires and other assets under and above London's streets through a single website. Launched by the National Underground Assets Group (NUAG), the National Records Service should support more effective planning and safer execution of streetworks activities.

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By:  Howard Solomon  On: 08 Dec 2011 For: Network World Canada 

When utilities were tired of circulating and marking up documents for public works approvals, the city went for an answer in the cloud

For businesses, dealing with city hall can be a bit like stumbling through a maze. That can be compounded on physical infrastructure projects, which not only need municipal approval but also a green light from electric, telephone, cable and other utilities.

So the city of Ottawa is turning to a cloud solution for managing what is broadly called “right-of-way” public works projects to straighten things out.

The problem, as outlined by Claudio Colaicovo, the city’s manager of business and technical services for infrastructure, is the shuffling of paper between the municipality, utilities and other agencies.

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The National Underground Assets Group (NUAG) launches its London Project for the exchange of asset records

Today the National Underground Asset Group (NUAG NRS Ltd) launched the National Records Service (NRS) London Project as the first stage of its GB wide implementation of the exchange of asset records. The NRS service will enable, through a single enquiry website, the exchange of underground and above ground records between asset owners, such as utilities and Highways Authorities.

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Case Studies: Pipeline Inspection, Surveying and Mapping
By: Scottie Dayton June, 2011

Map-based project coordination

Problem
The City of Baltimore managed its water and sewer projects by poring over spreadsheets at long meetings, then followed up with emails and phone calls that often led to additional meetings. “We had too many meetings and static data with no way to visualize what was happening in specific locations,” says Margaret B. Martin, P.E., division chief III in the Department of General Services.

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System Heads Off Interagency Construction coordination Conflicts
By Luke Abaffy

The annual marathon in Baltimore is a tricky affair to coordinate among the city’s agencies, especially amid a full spate of construction and infrastructure projects. Conflicts between new construction and the race route are a key challenge for officials to manage. Enter Envista, a web-accessible infrastructure coordination software system that Baltimore’s chief of design and construction calls a game changer.

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A Smarter Way to coordinate Street Projects: Map-Based Coordination on the Web
By Brad Steer

It’s a well-established fact among utilities and municipalities alike: paving restoration is the express lane for wasting money. But it’s not an uncommon issue. How often have you seen a city complete a paving job, only to have one of the serving utilities come in shortly thereafter and cut into the newly paved road? The ripples of frustration extend far and wide—from the project manager to the mayor’s office, from residents of the affected neighborhood to every driver caught in the snarl of traffic diverted by the construction.

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Take a "test drive" of Envista in the July 2010 issue of Municipal Sewer & Water magazine article called "Conflict Avoidance".READ MORE ›

Envista will be part of the excitement in the Collaboration LIVE Zone at the Bentley BE Conference May 17-20, 2010 in Philadelphia, PA.

http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Community/BE+Conference/Agenda.htm

Learn how Envista web-based infrastructure project coordination now leverages Bentley ProjectWise for unprecedented decision support.

Tom Bergeron, Envista VP, will speak on infrastructure project coordination at the Western Pennsylvania APWA Chapter 2010 Equipment Show.

The 2010 event is called "On the Road: Sustainable Roads Maintenance, Operations & Technologies" and will be held June 10, 2010 in Franklin Park, PA.

http://westernpenn.apwa.net/events/chapter/

Marc Fagan, Envista EVP, was interviewed for a podcast about how Envista uses Oracle Database 11g and Oracle Spatial to help deliver its Software as a Service solution for infrastructure project coordination.

Hear the 8-minute interview here:

http://www.oracle.com/database/podcasts.html

Martha Bednarz, Envista Director of Marketing, presented Envista infrastructure project coordination at Ignite Spatial: Boston held at the Microsoft New England Research & Development (NERD) office in Cambridge, MA on December 2, 2009.

View the 5-minute presentation on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfjsXUrq0rc

The June 15th issue of eWEEK features Envista in "Products to Watch" on page 45.

"eWEEK editors recommend new hardware, software and services that enterprise IT decision makers  should have on their radars."

Oracle (www.oracle.com) is the world’s largest enterprise software company with 275,000 customers—including 98 of the Fortune 100—in more than 145 countries. Envista is part of the Oracle Business PartnerNetwork and Oracle Technology Network.

Mass High Tech, The Journal of New England Technology recently listed Envista in its "Startup Watch" as one of five companies whose progress readers should follow. Click here.

A Web-based program clues public and private utilities in on each other's plans

"Margaret Martin, PE, thought she'd hit the jackpot when her Baltimore Gas & Electric (BG&E) contact called to tell her about a tool that might help them better coordinate street cuts and repairs."

Read the Public Works December 2008 article "Playing Nice in the Right of Way".

"Two years ago, the Providence, R.I., Water Supply Board’s system exceeded the action levels set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lead and copper rule. In response, the utility will need to replace 7% of its lead service lines each year—a total of 1,800 annually. This massive replacement program is in its second year, with another 13 years scheduled to complete a total of 25,600 lead services."

Read the Water & Wastes Digest November 2008 article Project Coordination in the Right of Way

"It's an all-to-common scenario: Due to insufficient communication between stakeholders, a utility company has to tear up a newly paved road to replace gas lines. Envista software is designed to prevent such situtations..."

Read the Government Product News Editor's Pick 

"Anyone installing or updating underground utilities has probably got a horror story or two to tell about conflicts with other installers...One company is hoping to change that with an Internet-based solution that allows municipalities, utilities, and other key stakeholders to see what their fellows are doing and coordinate their projects to make life easier all around. The Infrastructure Coordination Online software developed by Envista Corporation is intended to be easy to use while providing a detailed look at what subscribers to the service are doing - and, more importantly, how it affects other projects planned for the same area."

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