ArcFM CM

ArcFM Conduit Manager

Utilities must have the ability to effectively manage underground network systems. Business functions such as duct space joint use, call-before-you-dig, and cable placements are important revenue-earnings and savings activities that require supporting information. By managing underground facilities using sophisticated, intuitive functions to accurately track where cables are located and placed in conduit, these business processes can be realized.

Miner & Miner has developed ArcFM Conduit Manager as an extension to the ArcFM Solution to support underground facilities management. Conduit Manager is an integrated set of tools and dialogs to add, annotate, and maintain the underground infrastructure of the utility network system. Conduit Manager provides the functionality for defining an underground system with duct banks, trenches, conduits, cross-sections, underground cables, and underground access structures. Once the underground system is built, users can leverage the tracing queries to determine duct availability based on various criteria. All features managed by Conduit Manager are available for viewing in ArcFM Viewer.

With Conduit Manager users can represent the following underground components on the map:

Add conduit system structure such as a trench or duct bank
Add additional cross-sections (views) of the conduit
Add an underground conductor
Add an underground cable (non-electric) or pipe
Adapt converted data to the Conduit Manager model
Select circular or rectangular duct shapes
Place an annotated, cross-section view of the conduit system
Duct-in-duct size domain checking
Duct bank configuration annotation placement options
Place and manage ducts within ducts
Change annotation format
Use the Lasso tool shortcut for relating a group of conductors (or cables) to a conduit and displaying annotation
Place and edit a leader line
Allow one phase of a cable to be associated with a duct and one cable to be associated with multiple ducts
Query Conduit Manager ducts based on criteria such as availability, size, material, occupancy, etc.
Set duct query criteria and report available ducts