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5 Ways Tualatin Valley Water District Streamlined their Water Quality Sampling with Cityworks

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5 Ways Tualatin Valley Water District Streamlined their Water Quality Sampling with Cityworks

By Westley CottamDecember 7, 2021Cityworks News, Client Spotlight, Solutions, Tips and Tricks

The Tualatin Valley Water District (TVWD) has been tasked with collecting water quality samples at approximately 170 different locations. Before implementing Cityworks, water quality collections, lab submissions, and chain of custody workflows were inefficient and overly complicated. Data was manually entered on individual spreadsheets and the sample submission process required all the individual sample data …

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3 Ways to Streamline Project Management with OpX

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3 Ways to Streamline Project Management with OpX

By Westley CottamNovember 30, 2021Cityworks Magazine, Software, Solutions, Tips and Tricks

In the world of public infrastructure, asset management is an all-encompassing practice that seeks to understand an organization’s assets, costs, risks, strategy, and policy. Asset managers have always understood the value of extending an asset’s useful life, and maintaining expected services has been a critical point of focus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, disaster recovery …

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Utilizing GIS to Promote and Plan for the Future

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Utilizing GIS to Promote and Plan for the Future

By Westley CottamNovember 29, 2021Asset Management, Cityworks News, Client Spotlight

The City of Celina, Texas, has completely enhanced and streamlined their workflows and infrastructure management through the implementation of ArcGIS and Cityworks. The city has also improved their community engagement through the creation of their “Life Connected app,” which utilizes image recognition technology and enables residents to report public asset issues and submit service requests …

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5 Benefits of GIS-Centric Asset Management for Urban Forestry

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5 Benefits of GIS-Centric Asset Management for Urban Forestry

By Westley CottamNovember 23, 2021Cityworks Magazine, Client Spotlight, Solutions

The impact that trees have within our urban environments is often overlooked and underestimated. Trees not only bring beauty to our cities, they also improve a community’s overall health and well-being. Healthy urban canopies can help clean the air, cut energy consumption by up to 25%, boost property value, reduce costs associated with stormwater management …

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4 Ways GIS is Helping Communities Manage their Infrastructure

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4 Ways GIS is Helping Communities Manage their Infrastructure

By Westley CottamNovember 17, 2021Cityworks News, Industry, Solutions

Geographic information system (GIS) technology is an amazing tool that allows us to gather, analyze, and visualize geographic data, which in turn creates healthier and more sustainable communities. Without GIS—more specifically Esri’s ArcGIS—the Cityworks platform would not be a possibility. Our goal has always been to empower GIS intelligence to help communities manage their public …

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18 Amazing Facts About Public Infrastructure

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18 Amazing Facts About Public Infrastructure

By Westley CottamOctober 28, 2021Cityworks News

Infrastructure has played a vital role in advancing humanity since the beginning of recorded history. Not only does infrastructure connect communities and promote economic growth, it also enriches and enhances individual lives, and keeps communities safe and healthy by providing essential services (drinking water, electricity, road, sewage, etc.). We often take for granted the public …

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