Drainage design

  • From Civil 3D to preliminary stormwater design: 5 InfoDrainage workflows

    This tutorial series demonstrates an integrated Civil 3D and InfoDrainage workflow for preliminary stormwater design—from the initial site plan and pipe network through hydrologic analysis, hydraulic modeling, detention pond sizing, and design reporting. Want to follow along with the tutorials? We’ve put together a demo dataset containing the files used throughout all five workflows. The…

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  • How customer feedback helps shape InfoDrainage

    Every engineer has had the same thought right after submitting a feature request: “I wonder if anyone will actually read this.” We do. Many of the improvements in InfoDrainage begin with a simple observation: “I really wish it could do this:” Here are three examples of customer ideas from InfoDrainage customers that became reality. Customer…

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  • What is a ‘Sponge City’? Examples, benefits, and Kongjian Yu’s vision

    Sponge cities are urban areas designed to absorb, store, filter, and reuse rainwater through green infrastructure, wetlands, permeable surfaces, and sustainable drainage systems. Instead of rapidly channeling stormwater away through pipes, sponge cities work with natural water cycles to reduce flooding, improve water quality, recharge groundwater, and increase climate resilience. Cities are facing two contradictory…

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  • Support for MicroDrainage is ending: What you need to know to transition to InfoDrainage

    If you’ve been working in drainage design for a while, chances are MicroDrainage has been part of your journey. MicroDrainage has played a significant role in shaping how the industry designs and models drainage systems over the last few decades. But as the demands on our industry continue to evolve leading to more complexity, tighter…

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  • Stormwater design is getting faster – 21% faster with integrated approaches

    A new white paper from Bluefield Research examines how climate pressure, tightening regulation, and constrained engineering capacity are forcing a rethink of drainage design and the role of integrated software.  Stormwater is no longer just a drainage problem. It’s a growing financial, regulatory, and operational challenge, one that is reshaping how infrastructure gets designed and delivered. From Hurricane Ida flooding…

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  • MMTH: Innovative sports stadium design and construction with Autodesk and TopCon Solutions

    MMTH, a design firm specializing in sports stadiums, fields, and facilities, has always been driven by a singular vision: to create exceptional sports facilities that bring communities together. Notable projects include Kansas University’s Kivisto Field. On one of their latest projects, Silver Lake High School’s sports complex in Kansas, they showcased their innovation in designing…

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  • InfoDrainage 2027 improves Civil 3D interoperability and multi-model drainage workflows

    InfoDrainage – our drainage design software used for modeling, analyzing, and managing stormwater systems at the site scale – has been making huge strides in Civil 3D integration. The 2027 release brings even tighter integration. Drainage design rarely happens in isolation. It sits alongside grading, corridors, utilities, and all the other moving parts that shape…

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  • InfoDrainage vs Civil 3D drainage tools: What’s different – and when to use each one

    Civil 3D 2026 drainage tools are best for analyzing the drainage system in your drawing (pipes, catchments, ponds), while InfoDrainage is best for design automation, iteration, and flexible reporting.

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  • What are sustainable drainage systems (SuDS)? Features, types and design principles

    In many urban areas, rainfall doesn’t soak into the ground. It runs off hard surfaces, overwhelms drainage systems, and contributes to flooding and pollution. SuDS (Sustainable Drainage Systems) are designed to change that. SuDS are designed to manage rainfall in a way that mimics natural processes – slowing, storing, and treating water close to where it…

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  • Drainage designed for nature – and people: GBM’s commitment to SuDS at Fuenlabrada Fairground Park

    Urban drainage is undergoing a fundamental transformation around the world. As cities expand and climate patterns become more extreme, traditional drainage strategies, which are focused almost exclusively on collecting and evacuating stormwater, are proving increasingly inadequate. Capacity constraints, water quality impacts, energy consumption, and flood risk are forcing engineers and planners to rethink how urban…

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