NJBSoft helps utilities identify

solutions that best meet their needs to

achieve business objectives.

Technologies that serve a utilities needs are abundantly available. Such technologies include GIS (Geospatial Information Systems), CADD, billing databases, elevation maps, etc. These technologies help a utility achieve its business goals, as well as help develop and maintain modeling solutions. Several different companies provide different types of modeling solutions with capabilities to integrate or interface with other technologies. NJBSoft staff has worked on all commercial modeling platforms available in the market and are intricately familiar with their capabilities, and can help utilities identify solutions that best meet their needs of achieving business objectives, as well as reducing the redundant work and thereby reducing the cost of data maintenance. NJBSoft staff has extensive experience with all types of modeling software including Bentley’s water/wastewater/stormwater products, MWHSoft products, Army Corps modeling products, DHI products, etc.

Objective Analysis: Modeling has multiple uses in the utility operations, planning and management. However, decisions used in developing the model reflect how accurately the model can be used for utility goals. The primary reason why a model is not able to serve as a preliminary information source reflects lack of model development objectives. NJBSoft helps define and develop objectives for model development and maintenance. Because of the vast experience of NJBSoft staff in the field of modeling and analysis, NJBSoft can ensure that each decision developed including modeling assumptions are targeted towards the goals defined by the utility.

Gap Analysis: Modeling for a utility has to be thoroughly planned. If a modeling project is started without performing data gap analysis, it could lead to a project run-away cost. Through this analysis, NJBSoft identifies the missing pieces of information for developing and maintaining the model. It also analyses the existing data to identify the limitations and assumptions in the data as well as data collection procedures. Any missing software or a bridge between existing software will also be defined. The objective would be to ensure that there is minimum (if any) data duplication. This can substantially save cost on modeling operations (whether performed in-house) or through a consultant.

Cost Analysis: NJBSoft understands that technologies may not be easy to replace and offers value added assistance in identifying the correct technology for related to utility’s modeling requirements along with an estimated purchase and implementation price. Because NJBSoft is intricately familiar with the technologies, it can serve as a neutral vendor for establishing pros and cons for technology needs for a software.

Please contact NJBSoft for free preliminary needs assessment.

Most modeling software is developed to serve a need of utilities that are common across the board. NJBSoft offers model customization service for all the modeling platforms. The customization allows a utility to define additional features for the model that are not available commercially. NJBSoft also offers maintenance on these products.

Typical customizations include:

1. GIS and water model synchronization. Though most models offer a direct integration into the GIS platforms such as ArcGIS, in most cases, it is a separate GIS database from the database used by a GIS team. NJBSoft offers services to either customize or develop a workflow that will keep the Utility GIS and model (including model GIS in synchronization) reducing the redundant efforts on maintaining the model. This becomes a larger problem when the model is skeletonized. NJBSoft has tools and protocols that are developed to address this issue. Because this problem is generic, NJBSoft tools development cost is amortized over several users and thus available at a fraction of cost compared to the full software development.

2. SCADA and water model synchronization: There are over 500 types of SCADA systems available in the market, and even more ways to implement these systems. NJBSoft offers its expertise in developing or implementing integration with SCADA systems for an efficient and fast use of data for modeling purposes.

3. Tools for custom reporting and web publishing: NJBSoft offers services for developing customized reports from a model and publishing those reports on the web as needed. NJBSoft utilizes web-publishing tools from vendors, where available, and integrates with other technologies as per the needs of the users. Where such tools are not available, NJBSoft offers its programming services to conduct these operations.

NJBSoft has a wide experience in training

engineers for modeling and customization.

  1. Water Modeling

      a. WaterCAD
      b. WaterGEMS
      c. Hammer
      d. EPANET

      a. SewerCAD
      b. SewerGEMS
      c. CivilStorm
      d. Flow Master
      e. EPASWMM

      a. StormCAD
      b. Culvert Master
      c. Flow Master
      d. EPASWMM

      a. EPANET Toolkit and programming
      b. Programming with WaterObjects™