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Interview with Colby Manwaring: Water infrastructure a collaborative effort
Recently, Colby Manwaring sat down for an interview with Kim Slowey of The Construction Broadsheet to discuss the potential opportunities and barriers that might result from the newly passed $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The bill will provide around $65 billion toward water infrastructure needs. Unfortunately, this will not nearly be enough to…
Commentary
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Everything you need to know about the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) for the water sector
After much debate, delay, compromise, and – finally – voting, the US Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) was passed. This $1.2 trillion act comes not a moment too soon. For years, organizations like ASCE have graded the US infrastructure as a ‘D’ (currently a notch up at C-) and have estimated more than $4.5…
Commentary
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InfoDrainage 2021.6 update
InfoDrainage 2021.6 is the sixth installment of new and improved features being brought to the water industry this year, and our development team has just implemented updates that include a few requested features. Premium Tier license First, we’ve launched our Premium Tier license, which offers the ability to demonstrate overland flow paths for exceedance events…
Drainage design
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How the US IIJA infrastructure bill impacts the water sector
Since the Clean Water Act/Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, the federal government has actively supported wet infrastructure investment through various means, including the recently passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). This new bill, and its section 914, centers on authorizing and creating programs to support drinking water and wastewater infrastructure projects. The…
Commentary
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Public-Private Partnerships (P3) funding for water infrastructure and how to limit risk
Public-Private Partnerships (P3) have been a popular funding mechanism for public works projects around the world since the late 80s. More recently, P3 programs have been initiated to help address water quality concerns related to stormwater by providing funding for stormwater retrofits and the development of green infrastructure throughout a municipality, and has become a…
Drainage design
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Info360 Asset launches public beta
We’ve just launched a public beta for Info360 Asset, our software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that was released at the beginning of the year. Info360 Asset helps asset management practitioners review, store, and manage all inspection data effectively, assess condition conveniently, and determine risks accurately, all from a single cloud-based platform. It also provides non-technical stakeholders with an easy-to-understand…
Product news
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9 mistakes we often see in hydraulic modeling
We have seen the same mistakes made over and over. We have designed and built the InfoWorks ICM and WSPro Workgroup architecture so that you don’t have to make these same mistakes again. 1. Your model is not purpose-driven The first mistake is embarking on a project without a clear purpose. That purpose could be…
Storm, sewer, flood
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How to find critical pipe bursts
When a pipe bursts, how do you find the critical pipes?
Water distribution
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The massive scale of one of the biggest flood mapping projects in Australia
An ambitious project to roll out one of the largest flood mapping projects in Australia is using InfoWorks ICM for flood modelling and data management. The Tasmanian Flood Map Project, supported by the expertise of WMAwater, SES Tasmania, Indicium Dynamics and Autodesk, will use a modern technology platform and up-to-date methodology to support and benefit…
Storm, sewer, flood
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Collaborating on building and running hydraulic models using InfoWorks WS Pro’s Workgroup technology
If your organisation has team members who work on the same hydraulic model at the same time, they probably generate several versions of the same model file. When this happens, keeping track of model file versions and model changes is next to impossible. This is a common – but definitely solvable – problem. InfoWorks WS…
Water distribution