Siegrist, Justin

Justin is a 2011 graduate of the University of Dayton with a Bachelors in Civil and Environmental Engineering. He has worked at Wade Trim since graduating from college, where he provides technical engineering analysis, planning and design for many public sector clients on large water resources projects around the country. His specialization is hydrologic and hydraulic modeling and analysis. His project experience includes floodplain, water quality and groundwater modeling, computational fluid dynamics modeling, tunnel surge analysis, and combined and sanitary sewer overflow treatment and facilities planning. More recently Justin has moved into a Project Manager role, as well as focusing on improving internal workflows within Wade Trim, and for his clients.

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Description: Meeting the Demands of the Future: Revolutionizing Your Workflows to Achieve More...

Meeting the Demands of the Future: Revolutionizing Your Workflows to Achieve More With Less

Abstract

As is often the case for many business operations within the knowledge work industry at large, workflows are generally understood by the individuals managing and/or performing the work, but typically aren’t well defined, formally published, or efficiently transferrable to an uninitiated party. In relying on nebulous workflows that, for the most part, exist within the minds of a few individuals, performing what should otherwise be efficient workflows due to their repetitive nature ends up becoming an exercise in loosely “reinventing the wheel” each time the same workflows are executed for new projects. Performing work in this manner leads to significant inefficiencies, overwork on the part of those tasked with managing projects, and lack of consistency and quality of the product. This paper discusses how The Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati’s (MSDGC) Modeling Group overcame these exact challenges by transforming their internal business operations.

MSDGC developed a system for managing their models that streamlined the model update process, implemented a higher standard of quality, and automated much of the workflow involved in managing numerous model updates at the same time to achieve revolutionary increases in workflow efficiency. Based on that experience, this paper provides guiding principles on how to optimize any workflow within the Knowledge Work industry at large.

SpeakerSiegrist, Justin

Presentation time

10:30:00

10:50:00

Session time

10:30:00

12:00:00

SessionStrategies for Transformational Change, Innovation, and Operational Efficiency

Session locationRoom S405 - Level 4

TopicFacility Operations and Maintenance, Intermediate Level, Research and Innovation, Utility Management and Leadership

Author(s)

Siegrist, Justin

Author(s)J. Siegrist 1; D. Moughton 2 ; J. Barton 2; K. Krzak 3;

Author affiliation(s)Wade Trim, Cincinnati, OH 1; Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 2 ; Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 2; Arcadis 3;

SourceProceedings of the Water Environment Federation

Document typeConference Paper

PublisherWater Environment Federation

Print publication date Oct 2023

DOI10.2175/193864718825159198

Volume / Issue

Content sourceWEFTEC

Word count15