Civil XLr8 (the Connect Edition)
As much as I was enjoying banging on Civil3D (and its Hydraulic extensions), it was clear that I was never going to be truly bi-lingual. I'm happy to have had a deep dive back in the other half of the duopoly, but Bentley solutions is my home. It was time to resurrect Civil XLr8.
I've been doing a lot of workspace development (particulary Survey, Sheet Seed development, Annotation - filling in subscopes I had neglected), some training, and business development (see CivilXLr8.com).
My primary focus in the Bentley Ecosystem is helping organizations grow by adopting better practices and broadening internal and peripheral integration with the tools they already own. The greater efficiency and expanded services footprint = succe$$.
Parsons Corporation (2021-2023)
In November 2021, I accepted a position at Parsons Corporation as a Supervising Drainage Engineer. My goal was to get back into industry that had changed so much in the thirteen years I had been watching a remote vantage point at Bentley (involved, but not embedded).
Parsons is known for their expertise in Multi-Discipline Live-Collaboration MegaProjects.
I worked on these MegaProjects
- US-183 North Mobility Project, Austin TX: ProjectWise-Managed Roadway&Drainage Rehabilitation. I worked Drainage using OpenRoads Drainage and Utilities software.
- Edmonton Light Rail Transit, Valley Line West, Edmonton, Alberta: Light Rail Extension through downtown Edmonton. I worked modeling existing and new Subsurface Utilities using ORD Drainage and Utilities. Note this is absolutely a subdiscipline where moving chaotically-source data to the (extended) OpenRoads Data Model (Item Types) yields huge benefits in schedule, cost and quality. Utilities is so well-suited for OpenRoads BIM and Digital Twins capability.
- JFK Airport Redevelopment, New York: Multi-discipline $19 billion project. I worked drainage modeling and design in Civil3D, SSA, AutoDesk Construction Cloud and supporting programs.
Other opportunities at Parsons included
- Leading the drainage portion of a phase of a $570M highway expansion project bid (which we one). FAST detailed modeling for estimates! (It seems that the Construction firms are in an arms race to fully model a project so that they can get really precise estimates. This really increases the costs of bidding.)
- Using Teams to share new Best Practices for OpenRoads Drainage
Bentley Systems (2008-2021)
Prior to being recruited to join Bentley Systems in 2008, half of my career had been responsible engineering design and half had been developing training, implementing and training InRoads and InRoads Drainage (Storm&Sanitary). Half had been as an employee, half had been as a self-employed consultant.
My role at Bentley initially had been to extend our Training Content available for InRoads and then later to transform how we delivered training: to facilitate remote OnDemand Learning.
Additional major Learning System responsibilities included rolling out OpenRoads Technology, incorporating the Haestad (OpenFlows) drainage software, on-site training and consulting, and managing the Civil Content Development Team.
My current role at Bentley is Blueprints Portfolio Manager for the Design Integration Products (these include the OpenRoads, OpenPlant, OpenBuildings, STAAD/RAM product families and the MicroStation Platform). Our goal is to transform how the spectrum of value - from short job-aids through large Consulting projects - are consumed by Bentley users. Our goal is to dramatically facilitate the consumption of training and consulting - similar to how we transformed the delivery of training from Instructor-required to OnDemand self-service.
I have a Bentley page with more detail.
Please see sub-menus under Experience for discipline summaries and highlights, like