Innovative asset management software can assist councils in maintaining crucial infrastructure and keeping essential services running, by collating up-to-date data and generating reports that all departments can access, to monitor assets in real time. With added support and guidance from suppliers making this journey of innovation even easier for councils to adopt.
For councils, asset management forms a large part of day-to-day operations, with the management of water, roads and waste disposal networks being top tier responsibilities that require 24/7 monitoring and maintenance across multiple departments.
This is why innovative asset management software, to help councils monitor and analyse sewer networks, is becoming more popular amongst utilities and local governments alike.
Around the clock access to real-time data
WinCan, developed by Swiss company CD-Lab and supplied by SECA, is a prime example of innovative software that allows councils to monitor sewer assets around the clock, made simpler with ongoing support.
Experienced in water asset management, SECA is a leading supplier of cleaning, testing, inspection and rehabilitation equipment for pipes, sewers and drains, providing long-term solutions for all aspects of the wastewater process.
By choosing a supplier such as SECA, that offers ongoing technical support, councils can ensure that WinCan will facilitate efficient and confident asset management.
Comprehensive asset monitoring
In WinCan, data is kept accurate, up to date and accessible.
WinCan VX is the core of the WinCan suite of software, allowing users to collect pipe inspection data, organise it in a database, generate reports for analysis and share that data with relevant parties.
Under one system, WinCan VX streamlines data collection and sharing, allowing everyone involved – from engineers to management – to access and analyse the data.
There are different packages to account for varying needs and specialisations, offering software to evaluate, manage and analyse different areas of a sewer network.
By using WinCan, data can be captured and uploaded to the system in real time, and viewed in both grid and schematic views, which helps to understand and monitor asset condition easily. By graphically displaying pipes and manholes in the WinCan database, maintenance teams can observe any defects after inspection to create in-depth reports and analysis.
Visualisation also helps councils maintain assets well into the future and prepare for when disaster strikes. With an up-to-date and comprehensive system, councils have a complete overview of sewer networks – to prepare and understand these key assets before an incident becomes a problem for the community.
Dedicated support and adaptability
SECA has been supplying WinCan to contractors and authorities in Australia since 1999 and has an exclusive WinCan VX Professional Certification, which means it has the expertise to properly operate and sell the software.
With two WinCan Support consultants, one of which has been trained in Switzerland, SECA offers help with installation, training for beginners and ongoing remote and in-person assistance.
SECA is the only Australian supplier that offers this type of personalised WinCan support. WinCan itself adapts to the capability of any user, regardless of skill level or experience, as it offers varying levels of detail and functions.
WinCan is also compatible with different language and regional standards, and seamlessly integrates into different geographical information systems (GIS). This customisation ensures everything from the user interface to displaying inspection codes suits the individual user.
Software by subscription
WinCan VX is a software by subscription, which means it’s cloud-based to create an accessible and affordable software option for councils.
In a centrally-hosted system, data is stored on WinCan Web and can be accessed from anywhere via the WinCan app or a web browser.
Councils can also choose different software packages and adjust storage depending on requirements – to ensure they only pay for the features used.
Cutting costs with WinCan
Damage to, or deterioration of sewerage infrastructure, can cause disruptions to essential services and be costly for councils. WinCan helps councils save money in two ways; by licensing the software as a subscription and by helping to maintain assets through the use of a comprehensive system.
Through SECA, councils can access affordable asset monitoring technology from WinCan, with a trained support team to help keep costs down and essential services running.
This a sponsored editorial brought to you by SECA, for more information on how SECA can assist local governments with a full range of water asset management solutions, head to www.seca.com.au
