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Rodriguez Consulting, LLC: High Pressure Fire Service Asset Inventory

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Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
Applicable Industries	Utilities
Applicable Functions	Facility Management
Use Cases	Asset Health Management (AHM) Infrastructure Inspection
Services	Data Science Services System Integration
Challenge	The Philadelphia Water Department was in the process of removing their high pressure fire hydrants, which were left in place after the High Pressure Fire Service (HPFS) system was decommissioned in the mid-1990’s. Rodriguez Consulting was brought into the project to provide a final inventory of the hydrants and to document any potential construction impacts to surrounding street features such as ADA ramps, paving, poles, etc. The initial assumption was that the inventory would be performed using paper maps and digital cameras. The objective of the asset inventory was to assess the location of existing inactive HPFS hydrants and the potential impact that removing the hydrants would have on the surrounding pavement, street furniture, and ADA ramps. Read More
About Customer	Rodriguez Consulting, LLC is a regional leader that provides innovative engineering and geospatial solutions for the nation’s infrastructure, incorporating creative applications of technology. The company specializes in design (land development, redevelopment, site retrofits), infrastructure (water, sewer stormwater, roadways), and geospatial (GIS, GPS, LiDAR, land surveying) services. They were brought into a project by the Philadelphia Water Department to provide a final inventory of high pressure fire hydrants and to document any potential construction impacts to surrounding street features. The company was already using Fulcrum to support surveying operations and was chosen for this project because it provided an efficient and interactive way to collect hydrant data and manage the data collection operations from a command center. Read More
Solution	The Rodriguez team used Fulcrum to store, manage, and collect hydrant data and digital photos. A custom app was created to support the collection of hydrant location, photos, and attributes. Existing HPFS GIS data was imported into Fulcrum to serve as base data for the team to update and augment during field survey. After using ArcGIS to develop work plan basemaps for field staff, the HPFS hydrants were located and inventoried using iPads and Fulcrum. Digital photos and attributes such as pavement type and distance to ADA ramps were collected for each hydrant. Field teams walked and biked the streets to find and inspect each hydrant in the dataset, then synced the results up to the cloud for the QA/QC process. Rodriguez used both Fulcrum’s web dashboard and Google Earth to review and analyze the completeness and quality of the collected data. Read More Log in to view content
Contents

Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms

Applicable Industries

Utilities

Applicable Functions

Facility Management

Use Cases

Asset Health Management (AHM)

Infrastructure Inspection

Services

Data Science Services

System Integration

Challenge

The Philadelphia Water Department was in the process of removing their high pressure fire hydrants, which were left in place after the High Pressure Fire Service (HPFS) system was decommissioned in the mid-1990’s. Rodriguez Consulting was brought into the project to provide a final inventory of the hydrants and to document any potential construction impacts to surrounding street features such as ADA ramps, paving, poles, etc. The initial assumption was that the inventory would be performed using paper maps and digital cameras. The objective of the asset inventory was to assess the location of existing inactive HPFS hydrants and the potential impact that removing the hydrants would have on the surrounding pavement, street furniture, and ADA ramps.

About Customer

Rodriguez Consulting, LLC is a regional leader that provides innovative engineering and geospatial solutions for the nation’s infrastructure, incorporating creative applications of technology. The company specializes in design (land development, redevelopment, site retrofits), infrastructure (water, sewer stormwater, roadways), and geospatial (GIS, GPS, LiDAR, land surveying) services. They were brought into a project by the Philadelphia Water Department to provide a final inventory of high pressure fire hydrants and to document any potential construction impacts to surrounding street features. The company was already using Fulcrum to support surveying operations and was chosen for this project because it provided an efficient and interactive way to collect hydrant data and manage the data collection operations from a command center.

Solution

The Rodriguez team used Fulcrum to store, manage, and collect hydrant data and digital photos. A custom app was created to support the collection of hydrant location, photos, and attributes. Existing HPFS GIS data was imported into Fulcrum to serve as base data for the team to update and augment during field survey. After using ArcGIS to develop work plan basemaps for field staff, the HPFS hydrants were located and inventoried using iPads and Fulcrum. Digital photos and attributes such as pavement type and distance to ADA ramps were collected for each hydrant. Field teams walked and biked the streets to find and inspect each hydrant in the dataset, then synced the results up to the cloud for the QA/QC process. Rodriguez used both Fulcrum’s web dashboard and Google Earth to review and analyze the completeness and quality of the collected data.

Impact #1	Rodriguez was able to deliver all of this information to the client via a user-friendly interface that allowed decision makers to view hydrant locations, attributes, and digital photos all from one system.
Impact #2	Fulcrum’s Google Earth Streaming functionality allowed the management team to view data collection operations in “real time” using Google Earth for fast and easy data assessment.
Impact #3	Progress of the field data collection versus the proposed work plan could be reviewed throughout the day by the project manager.

Impact #1

Rodriguez was able to deliver all of this information to the client via a user-friendly interface that allowed decision makers to view hydrant locations, attributes, and digital photos all from one system.

Impact #2

Fulcrum’s Google Earth Streaming functionality allowed the management team to view data collection operations in “real time” using Google Earth for fast and easy data assessment.

Impact #3

Progress of the field data collection versus the proposed work plan could be reviewed throughout the day by the project manager.

Benefit #1	Over 1000 fire hydrants inspected in the field
Benefit #2	56+ miles of roadway surveyed
Benefit #3	Completed over 4 weeks of field survey, with 2 teams of 2 engineering technicians

Benefit #1

Over 1000 fire hydrants inspected in the field

Benefit #2

56+ miles of roadway surveyed

Benefit #3

Completed over 4 weeks of field survey, with 2 teams of 2 engineering technicians

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Rodriguez Consulting, LLC: High Pressure Fire Service Asset Inventory

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