Map-based project coordinationProblemThe City of Baltimore managed its water and sewer projects by poring over spreadsheets at long meetings, then followed up with emails and phone calls that often led to additional meetings. “We had too many meetings and static data with no way to visualize what was happening in specific locations,” says Margaret B. Martin, P.E., division chief III in the Department of General Services.SolutionA colleague introduced Martin to the Envista R2 2010 map-based project coordination program from Envista Corp. The software enables the city to map its infrastructure projects and manage them in a dynamic, Web-based environment. The
