Between the Poles: Autodesk University 2011 for utilities

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Open Source Geospatial Foundation OSGEO
OSGeo was created to support the collaborative development of open source geospatial software and promote its widespread use
Proven guidelines for reducing underground infrastructure damage at airports, university, industrial, and commercial campuses, and towns
There are proven measures that an administration, owner, or municipal government responsible for an airport, university, industrial or commercial campus, or town can undertake to reduce the risk of underground utility damage, the associated disruptions to operations and business and the danger for workers and the public.
Sharing information about the location of underground utilities
The U.S. devotes an estimated $10 billion annually to locating underground infrastructure. Every construction project requiring excavation involves significant efforts in locating underground utilities prior to and during construction to reduce the risk of injuries and unexpected project delays. But this information is rarely shared and the location of underground infrastructure is recaptured over and over again. There are successful examples around the world where municipal and regional governments have helped enable a shared underground utility network database.
Growing evidence of the benefits of an integrated BIM+geospatial full lifecycle approach to construction
Building information modeling (BIM) has been applied to design-build construction projects for many years. A growing number of countries are mandating BIM for public projects. While the UK government has said that "...we know that the largest prize for BIM lies in the operational stages of the project life-cycle", until recently there has not been hard data to support this conjecture. Similarly there has been only anecdotal support for an integrated BIM and geospatial approach for design, build, operate and maintain projects. Now we are beginning to see data from real world projects that offer evidence for the benefits of an integrated BIM+geospatial full lifecycle approach for construction projects.
Progress in geospatial, civil, and BIM interoperability promises efficient workflows for infrastructure
The BIM and geospatial interoperability challenge is the latest symptom of the broader problem of integrating AEC and geospatial workflows, that has contributed to low productivity in the construction sector. After the announcement about a year ago by Jack Dangermond and Andrew Anagnost of a new relationship to build a bridge between Autodesk and ESRI technologies, I thought it a good time to review progress toward interoperability between the AEC and geospatial worlds.
Geography2050: Accurate location information about underground infrastructure is essential for powering our future planet
I thought it would be worth while to include here a talk I gave at GEOGRAPHY 2050 Powering Our Future Planet at Columbia University in New York about the importance of accurate location information about underground infrastructure for the future development of the energy grid. With some notable exceptions accurately recording the location of subsurface infrastructure including oil, gas, electric power and other energy infrastructure is ignored - perhaps this is a case of out-of-sight is indeed out-of-mind. The reality is that knowing the location of underground energy infrastructure is critical for national security, for disaster planning and management, for public safety and for economic efficiency. Everyone is aware of at least one disaster resulting from or exacerbated by not knowing where our energy infrastructure is - the explosions in San Bruno in California (2010) and Belgium (2004) immediately come to mind.
Deep learning enables automated extraction of building footprints and road networks from satellite imagery
Automated feature extraction from satellite imagery has made major progress in the last year. Accurate building footprints extracted from high resolution satellite imagery are becoming available from companies such as Ecopia, which has just announced a partnership with DigitalGlobe, whose satellites are capable of 30 cm (approximately one foot) resolution. Also NVIDIA has demonstrated the ability to automate detection of many road networks using sophisticated algorithms and multi-spectral high resolution imagery.
BIM + geospatial interoperability would avoid another CAD + GIS quagmire
A specific challenge currently facing the AEC and geospatial industries is integrating building information models (BIM) and geospatial infrastructure and building models. There are parallels between what happened in the 1990s in unsuccessfully addressing CAD+GIS interoperability and the current challenge of BIM+geospatial interoperability. But there are also important differences which provide grounds for optimism that the availability of both BIM and geospatial standards, a vibrant open source geospatial community, and a new willingness on the part of major software players in the BIM and geospatial industries will make it possible to successfully address the latest interoperability challenge facing the AEC (architecture, engineering and construction) and geospatial industries.
BVLOS drones improve power line inspections amid increasing fire and storm risks for utilities | Utility Dive
Transmission line inspections for vegetation management and other purposes are essential in ensuring grid reliability and resilience. We saw the devastating effect of vegetation encroachment in the recent California fires, which in part have been blamed on failure to maintain properly cleared transmission lines. With drones that can cover great distances in a single flight and provide detailed and accurate aerial imagery of transmission lines and other infrastructure, it is now possible to almost completely automate this expensive process. Automating transmission line inspections for vegetation management using BVLOS drones not only saves money, but also could improve the resiliency and reliability of the transmission grid.

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November 10, 2011

Autodesk University 2011 for utilities

Autodesk University takes place November 29 to Dec 1 in The Venetian in Las Vegas. This year there are over 650 classes organized in 21 tracks and 10 PowerTracks on topics such as innovation strategies, web, cloud, and mobile technologies, workflows and process, visualization, sustainability, change management, design leadership, and technologies for utilities.

Utility-related Classes

There are a lot of utility-related presentations and labs at AU this year.

Working with SAP® or Maximo® Using AutoCAD® Map 3D and Autodesk® Utility Design Stephen Brockwell
From Zero to GIS in 60 Minutes: Data, AutoCAD® Map 3D, AIMS, GO! Mark Perrott
Breaking the Barrier Between Utility Industry Models and GIS with AutoCAD® Map 3D 2012 Bryan Tanner
Mid-Size Utility Enterprise Roadmap Patrick Reid
Case Study: How the Design Through Asset Management Workflow Was Streamlined at Anchorage ML&P Ray Pearce
How to Manage Pipelines and Reduce Risk Using Autodesk® Topobase™ Stephane Viviand
Effective Change Management: Technology-Centric Culture Change at Southern California Edison Debra Brooks
Publishing Infrastructure Data to Map Books Andy Morsell
Bridging the Gap between Design and Mapping: Making History at PG&E Steve Parker
Rain in the Plain: An Introduction to Autodesk® Storm and Sanitary Analysis Matthew Anderson, PE
Application of Standards for a Substation Design Solution Arnold Fry
Get Your Style On Brian Hailey
High-Quality, Express-Speed Asset Data Collection for Hungarian State Railways peter barcza
Swissgrid: A GIS Customer Implementation Reference Frank Markus
AutoCAD® Map 3D and Autodesk MapGuide®: Implementation and Amazing Uses Deeter Smith
Flinders Ports: A GIS Customer Success Story Using Autodesk MapGuide® Enterprise and AutoCAD® Map 3D Michael Collins
Evolution from Rules-Based to Model-Based Design for Utilities Walt Smith
Stylized DWG™ to Autodesk MapGuide®: Spatial Databases Using ObjectARX® and FDO Clayton Hotson
Maintaining Consistent Inaccuracy: Using AutoCAD® Map 3D® to Improve Utility Asset Data Jason Emery
Global Utility Trends and Impacts on Planning and Design Alan Saunders and Geoff Zeiss
Asset Management in a Water Utility and Our Vision for 2020 Graeme Anthonsen
Autodesk® Utility Design and Your GIS Prashant Srivastav
Integrate Analysis as Part of Utility Design Jeff Saunders
High-End Infrastructure Modeling with Low-Cost Tools: Introducing AutoCAD® Map 3D Enterprise 2012 Bradford Heasley
City of Palo Alto: A Case Study on Implementing Autodesk® Topobase™ Drew Burgasser
Designing with Materials in Mind Jeff Saunders
Alignment Deep Dive Scott McEachron
Condition-Based Assessment: Blowing Up Is Bad Stephen Brockwell
Using Autodesk® Topobase™ to Better Manage a Water Distribution System Daniele Verde
Autodesk® Utility Design Rules Engine Power Carsten Hess
Configure Your Own Standards with Autodesk® Utility Design Carsten Hess
Flying High: Multi-Utility and Infrastructure Project Implementation at Heathrow Airport, London Shashi Verma
Autodesk® Utility Design Process Workflow and Enterprise Resource Planning Optimization at Southern California Edison Debra Brooks

There are also several utility-related talks in the virtual version of Autodesk University

Evolution of Utility Workflow Serguei Sokolov Virtual
AutoCAD® Civil 3D® para Infraestrutura Marcus Cardoso Virtual
Autodesk® MapGuide® Assists Australia's National Telecommunication Carrier after Natural Disasters Steven de Rosayro Virtual
Revitalizing a Mapping Solution with AutoCAD® Map 3D Enterprise Mohan Inguva Virtual
Making Autodesk® Inventor® Work for Substation Design Terri Humel Virtual
Bring the Field into the Office: Using High-Resolution Oblique Imagery with AutoCAD® Map 3D David Petterson Virtual
Conflation or Deflation: Tips for Conflating Your Data to Another Landbase Chris Nailer Virtual
Generación de cartografía con Autodesk® Cristian Barria Virtual

And there is a power track for utility design. Just so you are aware of the level of these presentators. Walt Smith is the father of AutoCAD Utility Design (AUD), Carsten Hess is the architect of AUD including the rules engine (in my opinion the most important advance in AutoCAD for utilities since FDO), and Jeff Saunders is the product manager for AUD.

Evolution from Rules-Based to Model-Based Design for Utilities Walt Smith
Autodesk® Utility Design and Your GIS Prashant Srivastav
Integrate Analysis as Part of Utility Design Jeff Saunders
Designing with Materials in Mind Jeff Saunders
Autodesk® Utility Design Rules Engine Power Carsten Hess - Hands-On Lab
Configure Your Own Standards with Autodesk® Utility Design Carsten Hess

Utility Symposium

Also on November 28, the Monday before AU, the Autodesk Utility Symposium will take place. Last year there were over a hundred participants from electric and water utilities and telecom. You can register here.

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