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ESRI DAYS 2006 

ArcFM UT Utility GIS Implementation 

Estonia, Tallinn 

May 2006 

Theo Itzen

Utility GIS Implementations 

You can‘t always expect what you want, 

but sometimes your expectations can be justified !!


Mobile GIS ?


Agenda 

� Company Introduction 

� ArcFM UT Product Overview 

� System Integration


Dr.Thomas Englert 

Werner Lück 

AED-SICAD 

� Largest GIS Application Company in Europe 

� About 220 Employees 

� More than 10.000 Licenses and >2000 

Customers worldwide 

� Offices in Bonn, München, Berlin, Essen, 

Frankfurt


AED-SICAD 

Application Framework 

AED-SICAD Product lines on ArcGIS 

Landmanagement 

Local Government 

Utilities 

Others 

Cadastre, Mapping, 

Topographical Information Systems 

Urban and Environmental Planning 

Topography, Special Cadastre 

Electricity, Gas, Water, Sewage, 

Heating, Telco 

Real Estate, Banking, Industry, 

Insurances


� Our offering 

The Company 

� State-of-the-art and ready-to-use GIS applications for land 

management / cadastre and utilities 

� IT Services: Specification, installation, customizing, data 

migration, training 

� We enable partners to support our customers: International 

partner support, localizations 

� More than 20 years of experience 

� GIS and GIS application development 

� Large infrastructure project management 

� Network Information Systems implementation


Electricity 

34% 

Product Figures 

Sewage 

12% 

Telecom 

2% 

� More than 1400 licenses sold worldwide 

Heating 

Cooling 

9% 

� More than 110 customers use UT products 

Water 

25% 

Gas 

18% 

� Largest databases: more than 50 GB of network data 

� Largest installation: more than 100 concurrent updating users, more 

than 400 Intranet users


EWE Oldenburg 

UEM Metz 

Some of our customers in the UT world 

RWE Net Cologne 

MVV Mannheim 

PESAG Paderborn 

Mainova Mannheim 

Pfalzwerke 

Wien Energie 

City of Luxemburg 

AGAC Reggio Emilia 

AGSM Verona 

ACEGAS Trieste 

Guangzhou Water 

4.000 km 

Electricity Gas Water 

77.000 km 43.000 km 

73.000 km 

4.500 km 

8.000 km 

10.000 km 

15.000 km 

25.000 km 

2.000 km 

1.000 km 

1.400 km 

1.600 km 

4.500 km 

1.400 km 

3.400 km 

1.000 km 

3.100 km 

1.000 km 

2.000 km 

1.400 km 

1.500 km 

1.000 km 

4.500 km 

1.600 km 

2.000 km 

4.000 km


Our recent wins … 

� EWR, Germany 

� Multy-utility chose to use ArcFM UT for the documentation of their networks 

� GWG Grevenbroich, Germany 


� Berlin Water, Germany 

� Berlin Water has chosen AED-SICAD’s solution after an intensive evaluation process in which several vendors 

were present. 

� Supplying water to the capital of Germany with 3.7 Mio. inhabitants 

� Aqualectra Distribution, Dutch Antilles, Netherlands 

� Aqualectra Distribution has chosen AED-SICAD’s solution after an intensive evaluation process in which several 

vendors were present. 

� Supplying water and electricity to the inhabitants of Curacao, Antilles (Netherlands) 

� FEWA, UAE 

� 

� After an intensive evaluation process including several •other EnBW solutions, - Importance ArcFM UT was to international chosen market 

� Supplying Water and Electricity to the Northern Emirates 

City of Magdeburg, Germany 

� 45% subsidiary of EdF 

� Water, Gas, Electricity, and district heating for the town of Magdeburg � Change from Smallworld to AED-SICAD 

� 

� 

City of Russelsheim, Germany 

� Water and Gas 

EnBW, Stuttgart, Germany 

� 

� 

Third-largest electricity utility in Germany 

International data capture using ArcFM UT 

� Third largest electricty supplier of Germany chose ArcFM UT as enterprise GIS with strong focus on SAP 

integration 

� EVO, part of RWE, Germany 


� City Works of Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany 


� SEWA, UAE 

� Use of ArcFM UT for network and asset documentation and close integration with other relevant IT systems.


Our recent wins … 

� City Works of SIngen, Germany 

� Multy-utility chose to use ArcFM UT for the documentation of their networks (before: AutoCAD) 

� City Works of Karlsruhe, Germany 

� Multy-utility chose to use ArcFM UT for the documentation of their networks (before: GTIS/GFIS) 

� City Works of Stuttgart, Germany 

� The department of waste water chose to use ArcFM UT for the documentation of their sewage networks 

(before: AutoCAD) 

� City Works of Passau, Germany 

� 22 New ArcFM UT customers since the first 

� ArcFM UT Mobile for field work 

release 

� Pfalzwerke, Germany 

� Multy-utility chose to use ArcFM UT for the documentation of their networks (before SICAD-UT) 

� KEVAG, RWE subsidiary, Germany 

� Use of ArcFM UT Mobile in their operational work (before: GISMobil) 

� Infrafürth, Germany 

� Use of ArcFM UT Mobile in their operational work (before: GISMobil) 

� Albstadtwerke, Germany 

� Use of ArcFM UT Integrator for integration ArcFM UT – SAP PM 

� City Works of Jena, Germany 

� Multy-utility chose to use ArcFM UT for the documentation of their networks (before SICAD-UT) and use of ArcFM 

UT Integrator for ERP integration 

� Delta, Netherlands 

� Delta is the 4th largest utility in Netherlands, supplying electricity, gas and cable TV to South-Western 

Netherlands 

� Eestigas, Estonia 

� Biggest Gas supplier in Estonia, supplying gas


Processes in a utility - overview 

Primary processes 

Network management 

Expanding 

networks Outage 

management 

Secondary processes 

• Material procurement and logistcs 

• Financial accounting and 

bookkeeping 

• Accounting 

Maintaining 

networks 

• Asset accounting 

• Controlling 

Acquiring 

customers


Utility Information Technology Infrastructure 

Typical Applications in a Utility Company 

Outage 

Reporting 

GIS 

SCADA 

/ EMS 

Human 

Resources 

Planning 

Integration Platform 

Work 

Management 

Distribution 

Management 

Substation 

Automation 

Customer 

Information 

Data 

Warehouse


ArcFM UT Product Family 

� Family of Network Management products for 

� Electricity networks 

� High, medium, low tension, street lights 

� Stations, substations, connectors 

� Electricity related telecommunication networks 

� Water networks 

� Gas networks 

� District heating networks 

� Sewage 

� Telco 

� Horizontal applications: 

� Application integration 

� Data exchange for distributed editing 

� Network planning, outage statistics 

� Data migration 

� Plan generalization 

� Intranet / Internet viewing


� Process orientation 

The Philosophy of our GIS Applications 

� As simple as possible 

� Ergonomic 

� Software adapts to the business processes 

� Interoperability 

� Between GIS systems 

� In the IT world 

� Continuous Data Flow 

� From field to office and back 

� Investment security 

� Smooth transition to new technologies 

� Component-oriented architecture to reduce software license costs 

� Based on Standards


Electricity 

ArcFM UT: Product Structure 

Gas 

Water 

Heating 

Sewage 

Telco 

UT Editor 

UT Alpha 

UT View 

UT Web 

UT Mobile 

UT Designer 

UT Integrator 

UT Base

HTML Viewer 

UT WEB 


Web Seats Mobile Seats Viewing/Editing Seats 

ArcFM UT WEB 

GIS Portal 

ArcIMS 

Java Viewer 

UT WEB 

AED-SICAD ArcFM UT and ESRI ArcGIS 

ArcFM UT 

Alpha 

Internet 

Internet 

ArcFM UT Integrator NCS 

ArcFM UT Integrator SAP 

ArcFM UT Integrator SCADA 

Free! 

Free! 


Reader 

ArcReader 


Mobile 

ArcView 

ArcSDE 

Central Enterprise Database 

Vector data 

Raster data (Ortho-photo ...) 

Alpha-numerical data 

Data model 

In Planning 

In Planning 


Mobile Editor 

ArcEditor 


Editor 

ArcEditor 

Multi Use 

Single Use 

Personal 

geodatabase 

(MS Access) 


View 

ArcView 


Alpha


ArcFM UT – Components 

� Core data models for electricity, gas, water, district heating 

� RDMBS-based (Oracle, DB2, Informix, SQL Server, MS Access) 

� Pre-configured user interface 

� Dimensioning and construction 

� Cables, net points, service points 

� Substation management 

� Network tracing 

� Cable conduit systems and cross sections 

� Status and history management of assets 

� Central catalog services and customizing tools 

� Parameterization 

� Profiles, access rights and privileges 

� Map layout management


Electricity 

network topology 

(geometric network) 

ArcFM UT – Data Model 

object 

facility objects support objects 

net cluster section installation component service point 

network 

branch 

circuit 

: 

: 

cable distrib.box 

overhead station 

line : 

: : 

: 

joint 

switch 

transformer 

isolator 

fuse 

: 

: 

connector 

meter 

: 

: 

section node 

conduit sys. manhole 

duct pole 

bridge building 

culvert : 

: 

: 

: 

management objects 

address 

document 

damage/outage 

maintenance 

: 

: 

��


� UT Base 

Product Family ArcFM UT 

� Cross application functionality for all network types 

� Data navigation 

� Network trace 

� Central parameterization using “Catalog Services“ 

� Dimensioning 

� Central access to Geodatabase via customized access functions (area 

name, address, coordinates, etc.) 

� UT Alpha 

� Completely integrated in ArcGIS ® 

� Completely customizable without programming 

� For „stand-alone“ usage available 

� Internet enabled (Geo Service Providing – GSP)


� UT Editor 


� Electricity, gas, water 

� Complete data model in the geodatabase 

� Integrated data capturing for geographical and alphanumerical data 

� Lines 

� Net points 

� Protective pipes 

� Service connections 

� Routes 

� Cross Sections 

� UT Editor Single Use 

� Single use system based on Microsoft Access


� UT View 


� Viewing component ArcFM UT 

� Viewing access to the Geodatabase 

� UT Mobile 

� Mobile component for ArcFM UT 

� UT View functionality 

� GPS tracking 

� Car navigation 

� Capturing of dynamic data 

� Data providing from central systems


� Customizing 

� Rule – based objectparameter 

� Cartographic 

representation 

� Screen forms 

and data model 

� Macro - Creation 

� Visual Basic Script 

ArcFM UT - System Overview - Customizing 

Standard 

Release 

Cycle!


ArcFM UT: Viewing


ArcFM UT: Editing


ArcFM UT: Editing


ArcFM UT: Network Trace


ArcFM UT: Network Trace


� Software products that are 

� Scalable 

� Open 

� Standard 

� Customizable 

� Future proof 

UT Reader 

UT Web 

Scalability = Flexibility 

UT View 

UT Mobile 

Data Access 

Map Visualisation 

Printing & Plotting 

UT Editor 

+ 

Cartographic 

Representation 

Queries and Reports 

Simple Edititing 

Customizable 

UT Integrator 

+ 

Advanced 

Edititing 

+ 

Integration 

EAI


ArcFM UT – Summary 

� Integrated multi-utility solution 

� Ready-to-use, fully customizable solution with extremely short implementation 

duration 

� Extensive functionality covering network documentation, outage management, 

maintenance, customer information and planning. 

� Efficient support of the initial collection, update, analysis and presentation of 

spatial and technical information. 

� Based on strong data models and databases, transaction protected. 

� Uniform handling of common objects across utility branches. 

� Interoperability with ERP and other business and technical systems.


Thank you for your interest! 

Theo Itzen 

AED-SICAD 

Lilienthalstraße 7 

85579 Neubiberg / München 

GERMANY 

Tel.: +49 89 45026 - 212 

theo.itzen@aed-sicad.de

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