{"id":83005,"date":"2018-11-12T22:16:36","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T22:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/article\/new-smart-utility-management-software_o"},"modified":"2018-11-12T22:16:36","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T22:16:36","slug":"new-smart-utility-management-software_o","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/projects\/infrastructure\/new-smart-utility-management-software_o\/","title":{"rendered":"New Smart Utility Management Software"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brown and Caldwell, environmental engineering and construction firm, announced the launch of BC Blue, a smart utility approach to efficiently manage and operate water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities.<\/p>

Harnessing the power of emerging technologies, including Internet of Things and sensors, to collect and exchange data, BC Blue enables a broader understanding of operations and systems data and identifies organizational efficiency improvements. The approach equips staff with powerful sets of tools, user-friendly interfaces, improved data quality, and artificial intelligence-enhanced analytics for heightened utility performance.<\/p>

A product of BC Blue, business intelligence visualizations collect system-wide data, transforming it into a singular view of enhanced analytical information and foresight to help staff make informed decisions faster. Bringing engineering, operations, water quality, and management together, the visualizations integrate systems including supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), asset management, customer service, and geographic information systems.<\/p>

By embracing the BC Blue approach, utilities can discover and utilize untapped potential to create a smart utility path forward for efficient, high-value outcomes. Subsequent benefits include real-time contaminant detection and improved water quality, enhanced asset monitoring for infrastructure and equipment replacement, predictive emergency response, improved customer service, and resource conservation.<\/p>\n

\n\t
\n\t\t\n\t\t\"BC\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tBrown and Caldwell<\/a>

BC Blue supports effective utility management, bringing management, adaptive planning, real-time operations, and data analytics together.<\/p>\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t<\/figure>\n\n

\u201cBC Blue helps utilities efficiently align operations and systems to better collect and understand data for long-term capital investment and innovation planning while reducing operator training time,\u201d says Kevin Stively, smart utility services leader at Brown and Caldwell.<\/p>

Early adopters, the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District is using BC Blue in the implementation of its $2 million SCADA human-machine interface replacement project to support the District over the next 25 years. Connecting the District\u2019s three water treatment plants, multiple pump stations, reservoirs, and wells, BC Blue is combining AMI and SCADA data to reduce water loss and consumption as well as aiding overall effective utility management.<\/p>

SUEZ, one of the nation\u2019s largest investor-owned utility organizations, is partnering with Brown and Caldwell to develop a state-of-the-art smart SCADA process throughout its award-winning 1,000 square mile SCADA network. The BC Blue-inspired method will establish an integrated, intuitive SCADA system harnessing data and analytics for increased utility performance and security while reducing operator training time.<\/p>

Powered with this approach, SUEZ will implement smart SCADA upgrades and renewals throughout its 15 North American utility operations, ensuring alignment with the firm\u2019s overarching smart utility vision. A first for an investor-owned utility, the large-scale integration of SUEZ\u2019 SCADA systems encompasses more than two dozen systems, each operated independently from one another. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brown and Caldwell, environmental engineering and construction firm, announced the launch of BC Blue, a smart utility approach to efficiently manage and operate water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities. Harnessing the power of emerging technologies, including Internet of Things and sensors, to collect and exchange data, BC Blue enables a broader understanding of operations and systems […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":83008,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"scheduledNewsletterDates":[],"_scheduled_newsletter_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"zonda_content_type_url_append":"_o","zonda_dfp_zone":"","zonda_exclude_recommended_contents":false,"zonda_exclude_most_popular":false,"zonda_exclude_tagged_results":false,"zonda_eyebrow":"Water\/Sewer","zonda_last_newsletter_date":"2099-12-31T23:59:59.999-05:00","zonda_original_url":"","zonda_pdf_version":0,"zonda_print_headline":"","zonda_promo_abstract":"","zonda_promo_headline":"","zonda_promo_image":0,"zonda_subheadline":"BC Blue will aid in the management of water, wastewater, and stormwater systems for more efficient operations."},"tags":[],"news_item_type":[163],"section_10":[83124],"subject":[29,106,197,195],"organization":[],"award":[],"person":[],"product_type_10":[],"content-group":[],"event":[],"location":[],"state":[],"brand":[21460],"jlc-category":[],"year_tax":[],"sponsor":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-83005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_item_type-press-release","section_10-infrastructure","subject-management","subject-operations","subject-software","subject-technology","brand-public-works"],"yoast_head":"\nNew Smart Utility Management Software<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"BC Blue will aid in the management of water, wastewater, and stormwater systems for more efficient operations.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/projects\/infrastructure\/new-smart-utility-management-software_o\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Smart Utility Management Software\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BC Blue will aid in the management of water, wastewater, and stormwater systems for more efficient operations.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/projects\/infrastructure\/new-smart-utility-management-software_o\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Concrete Construction Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-11-12T22:16:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/bcblue-logo.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"506\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\\\/concrete-construction\\\/projects\\\/infrastructure\\\/new-smart-utility-management-software_o#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\\\/concrete-construction\\\/projects\\\/infrastructure\\\/new-smart-utility-management-software_o\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"New Smart Utility Management Software\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-11-12T22:16:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\\\/concrete-construction\\\/projects\\\/infrastructure\\\/new-smart-utility-management-software_o\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":410,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\\\/concrete-construction\\\/projects\\\/infrastructure\\\/new-smart-utility-management-software_o#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\\\/concrete-construction\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2018\\\/bcblue-logo.png\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\\\/concrete-construction\\\/projects\\\/infrastructure\\\/new-smart-utility-management-software_o\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\\\/concrete-construction\\\/projects\\\/infrastructure\\\/new-smart-utility-management-software_o\",\"name\":\"New Smart Utility Management Software\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\\\/concrete-construction\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\\\/concrete-construction\\\/projects\\\/infrastructure\\\/new-smart-utility-management-software_o#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\\\/concrete-construction\\\/projects\\\/infrastructure\\\/new-smart-utility-management-software_o#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\\\/concrete-construction\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2018\\\/bcblue-logo.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-11-12T22:16:36+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"description\":\"BC Blue will aid in the management of water, wastewater, and stormwater systems for more efficient operations.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\\\/concrete-construction\\\/projects\\\/infrastructure\\\/new-smart-utility-management-software_o#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\\\/concrete-construction\\\/projects\\\/infrastructure\\\/new-smart-utility-management-software_o\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\\\/concrete-construction\\\/projects\\\/infrastructure\\\/new-smart-utility-management-software_o#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\\\/concrete-construction\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2018\\\/bcblue-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\\\/concrete-construction\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2018\\\/bcblue-logo.png\",\"width\":2000,\"height\":506},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\\\/concrete-construction\\\/projects\\\/infrastructure\\\/new-smart-utility-management-software_o#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\\\/concrete-construction\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"New Smart Utility Management Software\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\\\/concrete-construction\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\\\/concrete-construction\\\/\",\"name\":\"Concrete Construction Magazine\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\\\/concrete-construction\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"New Smart Utility Management Software","description":"BC Blue will aid in the management of water, wastewater, and stormwater systems for more efficient operations.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/projects\/infrastructure\/new-smart-utility-management-software_o","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"New Smart Utility Management Software","og_description":"BC Blue will aid in the management of water, wastewater, and stormwater systems for more efficient operations.","og_url":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/projects\/infrastructure\/new-smart-utility-management-software_o\/","og_site_name":"Concrete Construction Magazine","article_published_time":"2018-11-12T22:16:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2000,"height":506,"url":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/bcblue-logo.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/projects\/infrastructure\/new-smart-utility-management-software_o#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/projects\/infrastructure\/new-smart-utility-management-software_o\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"New Smart Utility Management Software","datePublished":"2018-11-12T22:16:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/projects\/infrastructure\/new-smart-utility-management-software_o\/"},"wordCount":410,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/projects\/infrastructure\/new-smart-utility-management-software_o#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/bcblue-logo.png","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/projects\/infrastructure\/new-smart-utility-management-software_o\/","url":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/projects\/infrastructure\/new-smart-utility-management-software_o","name":"New Smart Utility Management Software","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/projects\/infrastructure\/new-smart-utility-management-software_o#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/projects\/infrastructure\/new-smart-utility-management-software_o#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/bcblue-logo.png","datePublished":"2018-11-12T22:16:36+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"description":"BC Blue will aid in the management of water, wastewater, and stormwater systems for more efficient operations.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/projects\/infrastructure\/new-smart-utility-management-software_o#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/projects\/infrastructure\/new-smart-utility-management-software_o"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/projects\/infrastructure\/new-smart-utility-management-software_o#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/bcblue-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/bcblue-logo.png","width":2000,"height":506},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/projects\/infrastructure\/new-smart-utility-management-software_o#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"New Smart Utility Management Software"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/#website","url":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/","name":"Concrete Construction Magazine","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Concrete Construction Magazine","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction","push-errors":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/bcblue-logo.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83005"},{"taxonomy":"news_item_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_item_type?post=83005"},{"taxonomy":"section_10","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/section_10?post=83005"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=83005"},{"taxonomy":"organization","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/organization?post=83005"},{"taxonomy":"award","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/award?post=83005"},{"taxonomy":"person","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person?post=83005"},{"taxonomy":"product_type_10","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_type_10?post=83005"},{"taxonomy":"content-group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-group?post=83005"},{"taxonomy":"event","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event?post=83005"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=83005"},{"taxonomy":"state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/state?post=83005"},{"taxonomy":"brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/brand?post=83005"},{"taxonomy":"jlc-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jlc-category?post=83005"},{"taxonomy":"year_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/year_tax?post=83005"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=83005"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zonda-develop.go-vip.net\/concrete-construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=83005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}