Use the ARX Platform to Efficiently
Make Informed Wastewater
Infrastructure Decisions.
Rapidly Evaluate Multiple Collection Alternatives, Plan, Cost, and Propose Optimal Collection Solutions While Maintaining Full Project Oversight.
ARX Wastewater™ empowers users to easily plan, cost, and propose the optimal wastewater collection solution for projects. ARX, Built on the Esri advanced geographic information system, utilizes standard engineering design rules, considers government regulations and local policies, and estimates order-of-magnitude costs to facilitate rapid planning and decision-making with less risk.
There’s more: ARX leverages industry-standard, third-party data, and local construction costs to estimate capital expenditures (CapEX), project viability, and multi-year operating expenditure (OpEx). ARX expedites decision-making, substantially reducing project timeframes and planning costs.
Who Uses The ARX Platform?
Rapidly estimate wastewater collection system costs to speed investment decisions and time to profit.
Shrink Feasibility and Preliminary Engineering Report analysis from months to days, plus additional capabilities.
Evaluate and lead wastewater collection projects with confidence, accelerating the entire process at lower cost
ARX Platform: The Five Engines
1. Design Engine
Define constraints and assumptions
An expert system that strips out complexity and enables non-experts to define parcel maps within project boundaries and service areas, include terrain characteristics, regulations, and other known conditions.
Generate feasible infrastructure alternatives
ARX evaluates wastewater layouts and collection methodology alternatives based on parcels and zoning types within the boundaries, sight conditions, and engineering logic.
Analyze hydraulic performance
For each alternative, the ARX platform identifies the Hydraulic Grade Line (HGL) to estimate system capacity and performance limits to create preliminary feasibility reports, including the basis for cost analyses.
Visualize tradeoffs clearly
Alternatives are visually compared side by side to enable layouts, hydraulics, and methods, and cost ranges to provide succinct, comprehensive, and clear information for early decision-making.
2. CapEx Engine
Estimate capital costs as designs are developed
Early cost estimates are produced and refined as assumptions improve. Estimates progress from feasibility-level ranges toward near bid-level accuracy. Overcomes typical problem of underestimating up-front costs.
3. OpEx Engine
Understand lifetime operational expenses—energy, operations, replacements/repair
Comprehensive operating costs are estimated and detailed, comprising maintenance, energy consumption, and expected replacements/repair over time.
4. FINANCIAL Engine
Provide a life-cycle cost estimate for funding alternatives
Generate a feasibility report that documents assumptions, alternatives, hydraulic findings, and cost ranges. The report supports alignment and funding discussions.
5. ASSET MANAGEMENT Engine (FUTURE)
Long-term Operational Management & Planning
Project and track operational performance, anticipate replacements, and plan expansions.
Integrate ARX Seamlessly Into Your Workflow
The ARX Platform works in tandem with Esri behind the scenes. If you use other tools, you can connect your ARX Platform right into your workflow for greater speed and quicker clarity for your design process.
