Certa Engineering Solutions

Within utilities, the head of distribution planning and engineering is pressured to create efficient designs that minimize technical losses, improve network reliability, and result in higher quality of service. At the same time, this person must ensure that projects based on these designs are executed on time and within budget. CertaLogic’s Certa Engineering Solutions Suite helps utilities address these issues and optimize their engineering initiatives. Today, this suite consists of Certa Geographic Information System. Utilities realize significant business value from this product due to the underlying, unparalleled information quality delivered by the Certa Platform.

Certa Geographic Information System
Certa Geographic Information System (GIS) provides a robust graphical interface based on AutoCAD® technology that leverages a powerful drawing engine to help engineers model the network topology and landbase. Engineers can design and characterize spatial objects, a valuable capability that enables operational, demographic, and environmental data to be overlaid onto a landbase and network model. The product includes a number of tools that support drawing and modeling. It features modeling toolbars that shorten design steps. Engineers at multi-utility companies can overlay multiple networks simultaneously on a single GIS screen for enhanced productivity. The product also helps utilities address regulatory affairs requests by providing information on a geographical and network feeder basis.

Certa Geographic Information System includes a number of features that set it apart from other GIS solutions. For instance, object symbology can be adapted to user preferences – without any programming. Because objects are explicitly connected, not just associated by graphical proximity, organizations can define topological rules that ensure consistent modeling and network tracing.

In addition, Certa Geographic Information System addresses the information inconsistencies that abound in utilities due to their inability to capture and validate all information relevant to network changes. Because of its streamlined integration with the Certa Platform, Certa Geographic Information System allows high-value applications to benefit from an extremely accurate single source of spatial and spatial-related business information. By helping improve the quality of this information – and enabling utilities to sustain that quality over time – Certa Geographic Information System provides organizations with information that can be used effectively across the company.

With Certa Engineering Solutions, utilities can optimize network designs, improve project execution, and enhance quality of service.