InfoWorks ICM


  • Water Talk: Modeling Basics in InfoWorks ICM

    Looking for a quick, basic tutorial for InfoWorks ICM? We have lots of great content on our support portal when you want to tackle every step, but sometimes watching over someone’s shoulder is a great place to start. So grab a source of data – a node, boundary, sub-catchment or whatever you have to start…


  • Where to look: A quick guide to Autodesk water solutions learning content

    Hydraulic modeling software is an essential tool for engineers and water professionals to effectively plan, design, and operate water infrastructure systems. However, finding the right learning materials across the Internet to get started with the right hydraulic modeling solution can sometimes be a daunting task. Here, we give you a round-up of learning content we…


  • AtkinsRéalis: Using InfoWorks ICM to model rainfall runoff across multiple soil types for Reigate

    Over the last 20 years, the town center of Reigate in the southern English county of Surrey has flooded on a regular basis due to a combination of fluvial flooding from the Wallace Brook, surface water, and foul flooding. One specific difficulty they faced in tackling the situation were siltation issues in the brook itself.…


  • How Arcadis helped Hong Kong ensure security of service for extreme weather events using InfoWorks ICM

    Arcadis, a global design, engineering, and management consulting firm known for their expertise in stormwater and wastewater management, was commissioned to support their client’s long-term resilience investment strategy by using catchment-level hydraulic modeling and holistic risk assessment to assess the flood risks that can arise from extreme weather events. The complexity and regional scale of…


  • Tasmania Topography

    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…


  • Western Virginia Water Authority makes asset management software work for everyone

    Better asset data for modeling As the Infrastructure Asset Manager at the Western Virginia Water Authority, Jim O’Dowd has responsibility for planning, managing, direction setting, and administration of the Asset Management Program for the Authority’s water distribution and wastewater collection systems. These are made up of around 1,000 miles of sewer and 1,200 miles of…


  • 5 ways live water modeling helps you make better business decisions

    Utilities and municipalities make significant investments in their development and planning to better serve the residents of their communities. It’s no surprise that they value simplicity and reliability. They not only need to make sure people are safe and happy, they want to be able to optimize performance and increase productivity from their teams to…


  • Troubleshooting hydraulic models in InfoWorks ICM: What we check first

    Summary We often get asked about troubleshooting models. Here is the best advice we’ve collected from speaking to customers in-depth – here’s what we recommend you do when you need to understand what went wrong. To begin with, troubleshooting a problematic, non-convergent model can be avoided by following best practices, providing sensible and well thought…