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In the 2025 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure, ASCE noted that “[m]any infrastructure categories lack a basic inventory of assets and therefore are unable to implement asset management practices.” WithersRavenel is lowering this barrier to entry into infrastructure asset management by creating simple but powerful tools for local government. Our toolbox assists with data collection, tracking, and visualization for land development, parks and recreation planning, and sanitary sewer tracking.
LUCID
What is it?
LUCID is a cloud-based asset management solution that provides robust land use data visualization, mapping, and what-if scenario modeling. It transforms static land use plans into dynamic land use models.
Who is it for?
- Local government decision-makers, including:
- Planning directors
- Utility directors
- Economic developers
- Real estate developers
Why choose LUCID?
- More informed decision-making. Interactive maps coupled with quantitative data make it easier to see the impacts of proposed changes.
- Predictive rather than reactive planning. LUCID calculates how much new developments will increase demand for services, including the costs of new construction and maintenance.
- Lightning-fast site selection. Economic developers can easily search, sort, and filter developable parcels based on a variety of criteria to find the perfect parcel or attract the right kind of buyer.
- Streamlined development approval process. LUCID layers land use and utility asset data in a single interface to allow reviewers to quickly evaluate real estate development requests for feasibility and suitability.
Parks Collector
What is it?
Parks Collector is a GIS data collection application designed for mobile devices to support parks facilities planning. It enables technicians to quickly and easily capture quantitative and qualitative data for park components such as sports fields, playgrounds, and picnic shelters.
Who is it for?
- Parks and recreation directors
- Parks and recreation facility managers
- Local government data analysts
Why choose Parks Collector?
- Richer data outputs for more robust facility planning. Parks Collector is purpose-built to collect the data needed for data visualization, capital improvement plan creation, maintenance plan development, and lifecycle modeling.
- Fewer missed assets with real-time spatial mapping. Field and office staff can view, query, and filter asset data on a map in the app and on the web. Missed assets are easier to spot, leading to fewer return trips and less total time in the field.
- Faster, simpler data entry with fewer input errors. Using dynamic decision trees to hide unneeded field and data validation to prevent data–field mismatches, Parks Collector speeds up data entry and reduces the chances of human error when transitioning from analog data collection to digital database.
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LiftCommand
What is it?
LiftCommand is a web-based software application that tracks sanitary sewer flow between lift stations and wastewater treatment plants. It calculates existing and proposed sanitary sewer system capacity and generates ready-to-submit Flow Tracking for Sewer Extension (FTSE) forms.
Who is it for?
- Utility directors
- Sewer system operators
- Pump station managers
Why choose LiftCommand?
- Avoid missing out on development opportunities. With LiftCommand, users can view total capacity and available capacity at a wastewater plant and every lift station along the way. Verifying available capacity for a land development proposal is fast and simple.
- Prevent sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs). LiftCommand updates capacity values as projects are added and built out, reducing the likelihood of double-committing capacity or exceeding design capacity.
- Create and track accurate, compliant FTSE forms. LiftCommand stores all the information necessary to complete an FTSE form—no referencing paper files, no rechecking spreadsheet formulas. Generating the form is as simple as clicking “Print.”
Conclusion
Asset management is an iterative process, and each effort to add data, refine calculations, and measure outcomes contributes to overall success—no matter how small that effort may seem. WithersRavenel’s infrastructure asset management toolbox is designed to leverage the data that communities already have and identify which data gaps would be most advantageous to fill. Alone, any one of these tools will level up a community’s asset management program; together, they help local governments unlock a new world of insight into their assets.