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Smallworld NRM at NRE Group/OBN-NetH Group

The network operators within NRE Group and ObN-NetH Group have chosen Smallworld GIS and the data and process models NRM (Network Resource Manager) for their gas and electricity network. In the middle of 2007, the decision was made for the Smallworld standard NRM solution.

“We chose to implement a system that offers as much standard functionality as possible and that works with only little customization,” says Phil Donders of NRE/ ObN-NetH. “We thoroughly inspected the solutions of neighbouring companies and also visited a network operator in Germany, before we decided for Smallworld GIS and NRM.” Today the company belongs to a circle of more than 300 loyal Smallworld NRM customers world-wide.

While the decision for the software was made, there was still a lot of data conversion to be done. But the step from the stone-age of analogue drawings (Obragas Net en Netbeheer Haarlemmermeer) to the future of modern GIS technology lasted only a few months. Thanks to the dedication of the NRE/ ObN-NetH employees and all other concerned parties, the gas grid was ready to be documented and updated in Smallworld GIS in August 2008. The electricity grid will follow in the beginning of 2009.