GIS/Asset Management Consulting and Implementation Services

After years of maintaining water, wastewater, and flood control data in multiple locations and formats, the City of Cumberland, Maryland, needed a centralized, web-based GIS and asset management program to meet consent decree requirements. EBA helped the City generate such a system through a grounding investigation, strategy development, and implementation services.
First, EBA conducted an educational session on ArcGIS for Water and ArcGIS Online (AGOL) web and mobile capabilities. Interviews with City departments, followed by strategy development meetings, helped identify implementation approaches.

EBA then compiled GIS data into a central enterprise geodatabase, implemented an AGOL Data viewer for field crews to access data, incorporated and trained City staff on Esri’s ArcGIS for AutoCAD extension, and developed a Python script to create unique asset and location IDs.

The second implementation phase added Esri’s Workforce for ArcGIS to enable spatial tracking of activities by work site and assigned personnel. City managers can access Workforce from any location to assign, monitor, and manage work efforts, and crews can use a mobile device to update task status from the field. EBA also configured and linked Esri’s Survey123 software to Workforce data for the City to capture project labor, materials, and equipment data. Custom Esri dashboards display information in real time, giving City management additional analysis and data tracking capabilities to make more informed decisions.