Electric and gas agencies have long known the benefits of using technology to manage their networks. The seamless data storage of a geodatabase environment enables network functionality over an entire service territory. However, today’s economic pressures are demanding extended life from each asset feature. As a result, managers are dealing with the predictive maintenance of transformers, poles, pull boxes, meters and vaults, which all require regular inspection, maintenance, and condition assessment. Cityworks meets this need now and in the future.
GIS technology provides unique benefits to organize, manage, and maintain asset information from various databases in a system that supports unparalleled data integrity and a fully functional infrastructure network. Based on open technology, the GIS supports a wide variety of extended applications that are easily interfaced, including warehouse inventory and SCADA.
Coupled with leading design and outage management systems like TELVENT and other Esri partners, Cityworks extends the core capabilities of the GIS and utility solutions. The map interface enables users to visualize scheduled work, ongoing activities, recurring maintenance problems, service requests, and historical information. Cityworks complements these out-of-the-box solutions and the inherent GIS capabilities to manage assets for energy agencies.