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Capital projects and operations, on one platform.

Program pages and site maps from GIS, the ERP and asset management. Every contractor's schedule, RFIs, submittals and pay applications in one place, and the as-builts in the record when the work is done. A model built for solar, with every deadline that carries money.

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The problem

Utilities and asset owners run capital programs and operations on systems that do not share a record. GIS holds the asset locations, the ERP holds the money, Primavera holds each contractor’s schedule and work management holds the maintenance. Contractors send as-builts, pay applications and progress as email attachments, and someone reconciles it all by hand.

A capital project finishes, and the assets it built are still not in the systems that operate them. Solar developers and EPCs carry the same problem with a clock on it. Interconnection, site control, permits and tax-credit dates each have money attached, and they are tracked in spreadsheets.

The whole program, in one place

Aquifer puts program pages, maps, schedules, contractor coordination and accounting on one platform, kept in sync with ArcGIS, Oracle, SAP, Primavera and the 70+ systems you already run. One model of the program sits underneath, with assets, activities, documents, observations, people and companies, every value carrying its source and date, read by every app. For solar there is a model of its own. Take one part and keep everything else.

Canvas and Studio

A page for the program, a map for each site and an asset view for operations, read by leadership, engineering and the contractors on a laptop or a phone. Studio builds them from ArcGIS, the ERP and the EAM, drafted by Aquifer AI and approved by a person, with GIS and asset views down to the element.

From the portfolio map to the feeder

Start at a map of the program colored by status, go down to a site and the equipment on it, and see its schedule, open items and cost together.

Coordination

RFIs, submittals and open items with every contractor on the program, each with who it is waiting on and for how long. Contractors sign in free and see only what they owe.

As-builts into the record

Closeout submittals, as-builts, O&M manuals and warranties build the handover record as they come in, checked against your template, so the asset record is ready when the work is done.

Scheduling

Every contractor’s schedule in one place. Import each XER or P6 XML, read milestones and variance across the program, and share the schedule with contractors without a license for each of them. For solar, the critical path runs through interconnection as well as construction.

Accounting

AP for contractor pay applications, coded to project and funding source, in sync with the ERP you run today. Aquifer AI reads the PDF, codes it and routes it through your approval chain with an audit log. EPCs run certified payroll and prevailing wage from the same platform. The ERP keeps its ledger; move it when you choose.

Integrations

A product on its own, with no app required. 70+ pre-built connectors keep ArcGIS, your ERP, your EAM and Primavera in sync, with asset records, work orders and cost flowing in both directions, field updates from ArcGIS Field Maps reaching the system of record, lineage on every value, and a copy in Snowflake or your warehouse for Power BI and Tableau.

Exchange

A product on its own, with no app required. As-builts, pay applications and work orders move between your systems and your contractors’ without portals or re-keying. Each contractor sees only what you share with them, guests join free, and the data arrives in your format.

The solar model

Public reference data about land, grid and rules, built once and kept current, with each company’s projects on top. Score sites, track the dates that carry money with the buffer left on each, keep a tax-credit evidence binder as the work happens (evidence, not tax advice), roll installed quantities into the pay application, keep one record per interconnection request, and assemble the handover package and the data room.

Aquifer AI

Aquifer AI reads pay applications, study PDFs and leases into the model with a citation on each value, drafts the program page, checks the schedule and answers questions across the program. Bring your own AI through an MCP server or a ChatGPT Action.

The platform, as utilities & energy uses it.

In the product, for utilities & energy.

An owner portfolio page: the program's budget, schedule and open items, with a map

Where the day‑to‑day changes.

Patterns we see across this industry, and what changes on the platform.

UC.01 Asset data sync
Before

GIS updates asset locations. The ERP updates asset records. Someone reconciles them when the audit comes.

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After

A change in either system flows to the other through Integrations, with lineage on every value. The asset record agrees everywhere it is read.

UC.02 Contractor as-built delivery
Before

The contractor emails shapefiles. The GIS team reviews, reformats and imports them by hand. New assets sit in limbo.

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After

As-builts arrive through Exchange in your format, or as closeout submittals in Coordination, and land in ArcGIS and your EAM. The assets are in the record when the work is done.

UC.03 Capital program visibility
Before

Pull from each contractor's system, combine it with internal data, build the report in Excel.

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After

Every contractor's schedule, pay applications and open items on one Canvas page, with the program map beside them. Leadership opens the page instead of waiting for the report.

UC.04 Contractor pay applications
Before

Pay applications arrive as PDFs. Someone keys each one into the ERP, codes it to the project and the funding source and chases the approval.

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After

Aquifer AI reads the pay application, codes it to project and funding source and routes it for approval in Accounting, in sync with the ERP you run.

The systems utilities & energy runs, connected.

17 systems across 4 categories.

GIS & Mapping

6 connectors
ArcGISArcGIS Field MapsArcGIS Site ScanArcGIS Survey123GeoJSONShapefile

ERPs & Financials

3 connectors
SAP S/4HANAOracle Cloud ApplicationsMicrosoft Dynamics 365

Project & Asset Management

3 connectors
Oracle PrimaveraAutodesk Construction CloudProcore

Data & Analytics

5 connectors
SnowflakeAzure SynapsePower BITableauExcel

Something useful before any sales call.

Describe the page you need and name one system it should read from. Aquifer AI drafts it from live data; you leave with a live page and a share link.

A page in a day

Describe the page you need. Leave the session with a live one and a share link.

  • A live page on your own data, authored from your description
  • A share link for the people who need to read it, on a laptop or a phone
  • The next two pages you would build, written down

Capital projects and operations, on one platform.