InfoWorks ICM

  • 7 good reasons to switch from XPSWMM to InfoWorks ICM

    First released for Windows in 1997, XPSWMM aided stormwater and flood professionals to take on the water challenges of the time. Now, 25+ years on, the water industry demands modeling solutions that can efficiently handle large data sets, that can help them crack complex flow conditions across multiple catchments, and that can manage different climate…

    Storm, sewer, flood

  • Protecting Florence’s past from future floods

    What do Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Machiavelli, Raphael, Galileo, Brunelleschi, and Botticelli all have in common? They all, at one point, lived in Florence, Italy. Home to the powerful and beneficent Medici family, this Renaissance city located beside Tuscany’s longest river, the Arno, has long been a wellspring of art and culture. But it’s also…

    Storm, sewer, flood

  • RAFTS hydrology in InfoWorks ICM: A free Learning Series to help you transition

    XPRAFTS has served the Australian stormwater industry well for over 45 years, and part of its usefulness is that it includes methods recommended by the Australian National Guidelines (most recently revised as ARR2019). Originally developed in the mid-1970s, Rafts as a program was around on MS-DOS in the 1980s. XPRAFTS was rewritten for Windows beginning…

    Storm, sewer, flood

  • [Video] Water Talk: Troubleshooting tips to avoid disastrous storm, sewer, flood results

    The latest Water Talk video is now available on our YouTube channel. Subscribe and hit the notification bell to be alerted as soon as each Water Talk has been uploaded. For this one, Systems Engineer Ryan Brown and Solutions Engineer Tim Medearis shows you common mistakes people make when creating SSF models. They went through lots of workflows…

    Water Talks

  • InfoWorks ICM Basics video tutorial series

    If you’re looking to get started with InfoWorks ICM, we have some good news. We designed a series of videos for stormwater experts that is completely free and open to everyone. This is a great way to quickly learn the details of InfoWorks ICM from someone who knows the app inside and out – one…

    Drainage design

  • London wants more SuDS. Here’s how Arcadis is helping them calculate SuDS ROI.

    As the pressures of urban growth and climate change continue to pinch urban centers, the calculation of return on investment and financial viability for long-term resilience strategies will become an essential element for infrastructure management. Perhaps more to the point, calculating your return on investment in SuDS is important if you want to change the…

    Events

  • Ross Valley Sanitary District: from cease and desist to solid asset management

    Way back in 1899 – a decade after hydraulic mining was outlawed in California and the Gold Rush had completely petered out – the Ross Valley Sanitary District was established. It’s one of the Golden State’s oldest sanitary districts. Located in Marin County, RVSD serves the hilly communities of Sleepy Hollow, Fairfax, San Anselmo, Ross,…

    Customer stories

  • Preparing Australia’s water and wastewater networks for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics

    The Games of the Olympiad need no formal introduction. For the last 3,000 years the ancient origins of this athletic affair has held its place through to modern times as the most exhilarating get together of the world’s sporting elite. In the next few years, spectators will venture to France, Italy, and the USA and eventually…

    Events

  • 5 ways to make InfoWorks ICM even more efficient

    As we continue to expand the capabilities of InfoWorks ICM, we want to always find ways to help our customers work more efficiently. From model development and simulation runs to data intake, we’ve found numerous ways to help customers streamline their projects. Here are five ways we’ve been able to streamline workflows for customers since…

    Commentary

  • Watch the Water Talk: Optimatics Optimizer + InfoWorks ICM

    In our latest Water Talk, our friends at Optimatics and Jacobs Engineering joined Ryan Brown to share an overview of using Optimizer with InfoWorks ICM. Optimatics VP of Strategic Support Andrew Erikson kicks off the Water Talk showing how importing an InfoWorks database into Optimizer can remove the grunt work of a typical trial-and-error modeling…

    Water Talks