GIS & Digital Twin for networks and infrastructure

Every survey, on its own, is a snapshot that ages. A thermographic scan in a PDF, a point cloud on a disk, a list of leaks in an Excel sheet: valuable data, but disconnected from one another and impossible to query when it really matters to decide. Our work in GIS & Digital Twin for networks and infrastructure starts exactly here: giving that data a single home, georeferenced and always up to date.

We build a WebGIS platform where georeferenced thermal maps, the anomaly catalog, the intervention history and the KPIs coexist as overlapping layers. It's not an image viewer: it's the reference system for your water network, electrical network or infrastructure assets — the point where anyone, from the technical office to management, sees the same up-to-date picture and makes decisions on the same numbers.

It's the natural evolution of our field surveys. Where diagnostics finds the problem, the digital twin organizes it, stores its history and makes it exportable to BIM/IFC design environments. The same methodological framework we applied to the CONSAC WebGIS, mapping over 50 municipalities in the province of Salerno, can be replicated for any utility, consortium or municipality across Italy.

What a network digital twin is (and what it isn't)

A digital twin is not a 3D model that looks good in a presentation. It's a faithful, georeferenced digital representation of your network or infrastructure, fed by real surveys and enriched with every intervention. The practical difference is clear: with a PDF you consult a past state, with a GIS digital twin you query the current state and compare states over time.

In concrete terms, on the platform you find:

• Georeferenced thermal maps and GIS layers — thermography, orthophotos, the layout of pipelines/ducts, nodes and valves, each on a layer you can toggle independently.
• A structured anomaly catalog — every anomaly has an ID, coordinates, severity and photos, so it's searchable, filterable and exportable, not buried in an attachment.
• Intervention history and KPIs — who intervened, where, when and with what outcome; summary indicators to read the health of the network at a glance.
• Export to BIM/IFC — the data leaves the platform in the formats of your design software, without rebuilding it from scratch.

It's the shift from the logic of the "delivered document" to that of the living system that grows with the network.

What we do: from survey to reference system

We don't sell licenses for a generic software you have to configure on your own. We build and populate the platform with your data, following a repeatable process:

• Acquisition and georeferencing — we import the surveys (aerial/ground thermography, photogrammetry, point clouds) and align them on a single coordinate system.
• Structuring of GIS layers — we define the layers your operations need: network, anomalies, interventions, assets, areas of responsibility.
• Cataloging of anomalies — every critical issue becomes a complete record (ID, exact location, severity class, photographic evidence), so crews reach the right spot without digging in vain.
• KPIs and history — we set up the indicators and the intervention log that turn the platform into a planning tool, not just a consultation tool.
• BIM/IFC interoperability — we prepare the exports to the design and maintenance environments you already use.

The result is a single source of truth: same map, same numbers, same priorities for the whole team.

Who it's for

The GIS & Digital Twin is the layer needed by those who manage assets distributed across a territory and must decide with method, not by gut feeling:

• Water utilities, consortia and municipalities that need to reduce Non-Revenue Water (NRW), plan maintenance and demonstrate progress with data — including with a view to ARERA targets and PNRR funds.
• Utilities and operators of technological networks (electrical, district heating, underground utilities) that need a queryable digital register of their infrastructure.
• Design firms, contractors and works supervision that want to align the as-built state to the design and bring surveys into the BIM workflow.
• Authorities and owners of infrastructure assets that need to document the condition of assets for tenders, testing and certifications.

If your network data today lives scattered across folders, emails and spreadsheets, this is the right page.

Deliverables and concrete benefits

What you get is a working system, not a report that ends up in a drawer:

• A WebGIS platform accessible from a browser, with toggleable layers and anomaly search.
• A georeferenced anomaly catalog with ID, coordinates, severity and photos, exportable.
• Intervention history and a KPI dashboard to read the state and the evolution of the network.
• BIM/IFC exports and compatibility with the main technical design formats.

The benefits are measured in the field: fewer wasted excavations thanks to the exact location of anomalies; scheduled maintenance instead of emergency work — where an emergency Class 3 intervention can cost up to 10× compared to prevention; less wasted energy, considering that without monitoring you pay 100% of the pumping energy even for the water that is lost (up to 40%). And above all a shared picture, where decisions are based on the certainty of the data, not on guesswork.

Pricing and how to get started

Every network is different in size, starting level of digitalization and number of assets to manage: that's why we don't publish a fixed price list, but build a tailored proposal based on your real scope.

We usually start in three steps:

1. Free technical call — we understand what data you already have (surveys, KML, orthophotos, anomaly lists) and what the goal is: reducing leaks, building a digital register, aligning the as-built to BIM.
2. Scope and proposal — we define the layers, the anomalies to catalog, the KPIs to monitor and the exports required, with clear timelines and costs.
3. Population and activation — we import and georeference the data, configure the platform and train your team for everyday use.

If you've already carried out surveys or a leak detection campaign with us, the digital twin is the next step that brings them into a system. If you're starting from scratch, we can support the survey phase first and then the platform.