TECHNOLOGY

Weston & Sampson is committed to staying abreast of industry improvements and cutting-edge technology. Our expertise as a comprehensive service provider combined with our status as an authorized Esri® business partner uniquely positions Weston & Sampson to maximize return on the most advanced industry software available. Our experience includes developing in-depth GIS applications for water, sewer, and drainage systems, as well as building parcel databases and creating unique solutions for environmental issues. 

Weston & Sampson can help you choose the best software and hardware solutions to increase efficiencies for routine field inspections. These solutions you to take control of your data management using the latest generation of low-cost, wireless devices and custom software to save time and money. Our field data collection platform iDataCollectSM streamlines the field data collection process by replacing paper forms and associated workflows. Operations data collected with iDataCollectSM can be directly integrated with GIS providing decision-makers near real-time access to the data they need in a common interface.

Our products provide functionality between municipal departments such as public works, engineering, assessors, emergency response, conservation, planning, and zoning. Wherever you want to take your geospatial data management strategy, Weston & Sampson has the knowledge and expertise to provide a product to meet your full project needs, including:

  • GPS asset locating services
  • Record digitization/data conversion
  • Needs assessments
  • Infrastructure modeling
  • Application development
  • Mobile data platforms
  • Cloud-based solutions
  • Hardware and software acquisition
  • Database management
  • Facilities management planning
  • Project implementation plans
  • Web-based GIS
  • Training and technical support
  • Record document access management
  • Data model integration and compliance

News & Highlights

Photo of Winona Pond at a low water level. Coupling Quantity, Conservation, and Habitat through WSOne - Introducing a novel web-based multi-reservoir model called WSOne. This tool forecasts future water levels and potential failures in the city’s drinking water reservoirs. It assesses the impacts of #climatechange, demand trends, and regulatory changes on water supply systems.
ArcGIS Online Capital Improvement Plan Viewer/Generator ArcGIS Online Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) Viewer/Generator - Weston & Sampson uses Esri’s ArcGIS Online platform to shorten the preliminary development of the CIP. By centralizing an organization’s assets into a universally accessible digital twin, we begin laying the foundation for a responsive, web-based CIP application that grows with changing asset qualities. Weston & Sampson’s CIP Viewer/Generator is designed to respond as asset attributes are updated, so organizations at the start of their inventorying process can benefit.

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wsOne | water

wsOne | water is a data-driven intelligence platform created by Weston & Sampson that allows you to engage with real-time data and insights - empowering you to make proactive decisions to sustainably manage your natural resources and water infrastructure.

  • Transparent and collaborative
  • Configurable
  • Integrated
  • Actionable insights

Weston & Sampson's Backflow Software is a comprehensive backflow management application that helps manage cross connection programs from planning to end-of-year completion.

Key features of the application:  

  • Functionality to sort, filter, assign, create appointments, and color code facility and device information helps your program easily keep track of tests and surveys that need to be performed
  • Easily view and edit data related to facilities and devices in your program. Track history on facility and device notes, device testing, and facility surveying
  • Allows backflow technicians and surveyors to perform tests, surveys, and collect real-time data in the field, even without internet access
  • Automatically generates notices and invoices for tests and surveys. 4 different notice letters can be customized to suit the needs of your program
  • Quick access to downloadable summary reporting, including the annual statistical report for your program’s state
  • Tests, surveys, notices, and invoices can be printed or emailed
  • Export multiple types of data to Excel, at the press of a button

iDataCollect Forms and Reports give stakeholders the ability to customize the design of a mobile data collection application to meet specific project needs and generate presentation-ready reports with just a few clicks of a button.

One system for data:

iDataCollect Forms

Key features of iDataCollect Forms:  

  • Collect data electronically in the field, even in locations without Internet access
  • Secure cloud storage removes the need to save physical copies of field data
  • Organize and plan field work through functionality to upload existing data to forms and assign records to users
  • Record a wide variety of information directly in the form.
  • Quick access to iDataCollect support to easily edit the form to meet new requirements if project needs change

iDataCollect Reports

Get the most out of data collected through iDataCollect Forms through customized online reporting developed by iDataCollect support

  • Quickly generate client deliverables and presentation-ready documents with data collected in iDataCollect forms
  • Allows stakeholders to see long-term project progress and analyze data
  • Ability to schedule reports to be automatically emailed to project stakeholders on a user-defined schedule allows you to keep project stakeholders updated on work completed with no extra effort
  • Reports can be downloaded in PDF or Excel formats

We are a densely populated city with a population over 100,000, and an extensive network of Sewer /Water /Drain systems.

Weston & Sampson's GIS mapping has been the most valuable tool for us in cataloging, inspecting, and maintaining our systems.

Their mapping was excellent, and was completed within scope and budget. The quality of work was excellent, and their response to our questions for changes and updates were prompt. With their products we were able to scan all of our record paper plans and geo reference to the GIS on the iPads so that field crews had the ability to update records in the field and create inspection forms.

I would highly recommend them for your mapping project.

-- Peter Hoyt, Sr. Civil Engineer, City of Quincy - Water/Sewer/Drain

Weston & Sampson’s engineers, integrators, instrumentation specialists, and field technicians provide collaborative expertise to meet all aspects of your monitoring and control needs. Key personnel from our engineering, construction, and services groups have been organized into a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and Instrumentation and Controls (I&C) team to ensure continuity over the life of each project. Whether you have no control system, an aging system, or a system that needs to be maintained or upgraded, our SCADA and I&C team can help. Our areas of expertise include:

  • Planning and design
  • Construction/installation
  • Integration
  • PLC and SCADA programming
  • Start-up and training
  • Implementation, maintenance, and optimization
  • Phased approaches
  • Design/build services
  • Energy conservation
  • Data management