BE Magazine - Volume 5, Issue 1 - (Page 32) GEOSPATIAL Fire-flow modeling in WaterGEMS is made more time efficient because the Fire Flow Results Browser, a new feature, allows modelers to review the flows and pressures in the network for any fireflow event, selected from the browser list, and determine where system bottlenecks occur without any additional simulation runs. part of almost all other studies, investigations, and designs carried out by Brisbane Water: s Master planning – Coinciding with Brisbane Water’s enhanced and faster modeling capabilities, all new master plans now analyze for fire-fighting capacity s Operational investigations – Team members can now quickly gauge and report on the impact of fire-fighting capacity from proposed rezoning, valve opens/shuts, or water mains maintenance operations “Brisbane Water’s implementation of the WaterGEMS watermodeling solution addressed the needs of two key projects and to meet our goal of maintaining reliable water supplies under the ongoing drought while ensuring community fire safety,” Wilson concluded. “We estimate that Brisbane Water will save about half a million dollars in planning and design overheads in the long term. In optimized capital works, we expect to save tens of millions of dollars because we are able to run more analyses within the available timeframe leading to optimized design.” v The Fire-Flow Results Browser identifies why shortfalls occur “Fire-flow investigations are traditionally one of the most laborintensive types of water-modeling analysis. Previously, separate manual runs often took hours for each critical network location. The Fire Flow Results Browser feature attracted us to the product G E O S PAT I A L N E W S FROM BENTLEY Petrobrás SA Wins 2007 BE Award >>more Dutch Ministry of Finance Wins 2007 BE Award >>more City of Amsterdam Wins 2007 BE Award >>more Greater Toronto Airports Authority Maximizes Engineering Productivity with Bentley Geospatial Server and Oracle Spatial >>more Bentley Ships All-New StormCAD, No. 1 Hydraulic Modeling Solution for Stormwater Networks >>more Nacap Telecom BV Wins 2007 BE Award >>more v ArcGIS integration allows a network model to be overlaid on rich background maps and layouts Bentley Releases ProjectWise Lifecycle Server 8.9.3 Edition >>more as it significantly reduces these overheads. In a single fire-flow simulation run, WaterGEMS allowed our engineers to immediately determine not just where, but also why, the water network had failed to meet the desired standards of service,” said Wilson. The successful adoption of WaterGEMS has benefited many other areas of Brisbane Water’s work. For example, where it was previously rare, fire-fighting analysis has now become a normal Bentley’s Haestad Methods Solutions Selected No. 1 Water Resources Modeling Software in National Survey >>more Stadtwerke Mainz Selects Bentley for Multi-Utility GIS and Infrastructure Engineering Solutions >>more 32 BE MAGAZINE | Volume 5, Issue 1 http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Corporate/News/Quarter+4/Petrobr%c3%a1s+SA+Wins+Award.htm http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Corporate/News/Quarter+4/Dutch+Ministry.htm http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Corporate/News/Quarter+4/Amsterdam.htm http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Corporate/News/Quarter+4/GTAA.htm http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Corporate/News/Quarter+4/StormCAD.htm http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Corporate/News/Quarter+4/Nacap.htm http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Corporate/News/Quarter+4/PLCS.htm http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Corporate/News/Quarter+4/No+1+Water.htm http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Corporate/News/Quarter+3/Stadtwerke.htm
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