US City of St Petersburg adopts InfoNet software

Edited by the Buildingtalk editorial team Mar 23, 2006

St Petersburg has purchased InfoNet, Wallingford Software's asset and data management system for water network.

St Petersburg, in the US state of Florida, has purchased InfoNet, Wallingford Software's asset and data management system for water networks, in order to build a central data repository for the management of all data relating to its collection systems infrastructure.

Like many engineering departments, in the past, data about St Petersburg's network was held in many different locations around the organization - computer files in corporate and personal systems, paper records, and in the case of network piping surveys, VHS CCTV tapes.

"The catalyst for our purchase of InfoNet was our adoption of the US PACP (Pipeline Assessment and Certification Program) standard for CCTV surveys of our collection network" explains Matt Wilson, Engineer with the Water Resources Department of the City of St.Petersburg.

"We needed a tool to enable us to both better analyze and prioritize asset condition data, and store and retrieve the clips of the new surveys that we are now receiving".

InfoNet can store very large volumes of CCTV files online, and display the specific clip automatically when the related pipe is clicked on in the network diagram.

The system helps to identify the precise location of any defect within the surveyed pipe or sewer, and to link that with the network records.

But the use of InfoNet will go far beyond CCTV clips.

It will in time become the central location for all collections systems infrastructure data, and will make that data easily available to all users across the organization.

Matt Wilson points out: "At present two different departments need immediate online access to the CCTV data, and InfoNet will make that possible".

"This principle of needing one accurate source of data with shared access applies to most of our data, and InfoNet is a highly cost-effective way of achieving this".

Matt Wilson added the reasons why St Petersburg selected InfoNet for the task.

"Functionally, it met our requirements very closely".

"As users of InfoWorks CS, we know that the user interface is very straightforward".

"Finally, in training and support, again we already know that Wallingford Software score very highly in this important area.".