{"id":2984511,"date":"2026-10-13T15:00:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T22:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=2984511"},"modified":"2026-10-13T15:48:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T22:48:33","slug":"from-plan-to-verification-an-electric-utility-as-built-workflow-with-arcgis","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/utility-network\/electric-gas\/from-plan-to-verification-an-electric-utility-as-built-workflow-with-arcgis","title":{"rendered":"From Plan to Verification: An Electric Utility As-Built Workflow with ArcGIS"},"author":263392,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[25741,23261],"tags":[27971,757121,35461],"industry":[],"product":[679821,515312,774772,760392],"class_list":["post-2984511","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electric-gas","category-field-mobility","tag-editing","tag-field-workflow","tag-utility-network","product-field-maps","product-utility-network","product-web-editor","product-workflow-manager"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":426969,"user_firstname":"Jessica","user_lastname":"Gooch","nickname":"Jessica Gooch","user_nicename":"jgooch","display_name":"Jess Gooch","user_email":"jgooch@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2025-12-09 18:10:37","user_description":"Jess is a Solution Engineer on the Infrastructure team with a focus on the Utility Network. She lives in Southern NH where she enjoys paddleboarding in the summer and snowboarding in the winter.","user_avatar":""},{"ID":67691,"user_firstname":"Mike","user_lastname":"Hirschheimer","nickname":"Mike Hirschheimer","user_nicename":"mhirschheimer","display_name":"Michael Hirschheimer","user_email":"mhirschheimer@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2020-07-21 14:49:54","user_description":"Mike Hirschheimer is a Senior Solution Engineer on the Infrastructure team with a focus on the Utility Network. He is a big sports fan who enjoys watching NFL games and playing disc golf & pickleball.","user_avatar":""},{"ID":263392,"user_firstname":"Albert","user_lastname":"Schelin","nickname":"Albert Schelin","user_nicename":"aschelin","display_name":"Albert Schelin","user_email":"ASchelin@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2021-08-12 21:11:17","user_description":"Albert is a Product Marketing Manager at Esri, promoting ArcGIS Web Editor and ArcGIS Data Pipelines. When he isn't promoting Esri's products, you can find him enjoying a cup of single origin light roast coffee at a local coffee shop.","user_avatar":""}],"short_description":"Track an electric utility meter install from plan to field verification using Workflow Manager, Web Editor, and Field Maps Tasks.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Every electric utility organization begins with a mission: to deliver safe, reliable power to homes, businesses, and communities.<\/p>\n

Each project that a utility undertakes, whether it is a large substation project, a new subdivision, or a single service line and meter installation needs to be planned, tracked and verified to meet that mission.<\/p>\n

The journey starts in the design phase, where engineers use advanced tools to plan the layout of power lines, structures, transformers, and other critical assets. They consider factors like load forecasts, risks, regulatory requirements, and future growth.<\/p>\n

The goal is to create a system that is efficient, resilient, and cost-effective.<\/p>\n

To meet this goal, electric utilities need a way to track the end-to-end process- from documenting the project plan to designing the new assets all the way through the construction and verification phases.<\/p>\n

Once the design is approved, the construction team installs all the components and connects the assets according to the plan. However, there are times when the design needs to be modified for unexpected obstacles like rocks, underground utilities, property boundaries and more. Adjustments are made in the field and redlined on the design plan.<\/p>\n

The as-built process takes the design and what was built and verifies what actually was installed. This information can take weeks to months to get back into GIS, which is a critical step for safety, maintenance and future upgrades. Ensuring the data gets into the GIS quickly and accurately is vital for many reasons including operational efficiency, outage management, regulatory compliance, planning and analysis, and more.<\/p>\n

In this blog, we will explore how a utility can take advantage of Esri technology to track a new service meter installation from plan, to design, to construction and verification of what was built in the field.<\/p>\n

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