KeySpan New England in Production with ArcFM
Natural gas distributor gains greater system performance with updated technology
Fort Collins, CO -- KeySpan New England, a branch of the largest
distributor of natural gas in the Northeast, successfully migrated from a
homegrown ArcInfo 7 environment to ArcFM™ and ArcGIS in March 2004.
KeySpan distributes natural gas to 2.5 million customers in New York
City, Long Island and the New England region and operates more than 21,000
miles of gas mains in its service territory.
Migrating to the latest ArcFM platform has increased KeySpan NE's
system performance and provides a more productive environment for
maintaining and analyzing the company's gas distribution network. The new
ArcSDE Geodatabase model allows the utility to store all its GIS-related
data in one central RDBMS instead of a combination of Coverage/Info files
and Oracle tables. Customized functionality in KeySpan NE's old legacy
system has now been replaced with core tools in the new product, and
future enhancements will be able to leverage on an existing framework,
thereby cutting overall implementation costs.
The project took eight months to complete and the office is currently
in production with more than 30 editors and 60 viewers. The
migration also gave non-traditional users access to the GIS. The Marketing
group at KeySpan can now perform spatial analysis for their business
needs without having to make a special request to the GIS group.
Kevin Brady of KeySpan New England reported that, “Working with Miner
& Miner was a great experience. They demonstrated a true partnership
working with our project team and clients, resulting in a very successful
implementation of ArcFM at KeySpan in our New England gas territory. We
delivered the project on time and on budget largely through the dedication
of their staff in meeting project commitments.”
About Miner & Miner
Miner & Miner (M&M) is a world leader in the development and implementation of GIS software for utilities. M&M's ArcFM Solution and extended services assist electric, gas, water, and wastewater utilities in increasing productivity, lowering costs, and improving services by allowing them to effectively manage spatial information. Founded in 1946 as a full-service electrical engineering firm, M&M has been a business partner of ESRI since 1987. This partnership has enabled M&M to become the world's leading developer of ArcGIS applications for the utility industry. M&M services include implementation and customization of software to fit the needs of individual utilities. For more information, please visit www.miner.com.
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