| OEC has released advanced design-assistance and data-processing technologies, which were developed from basic technologies for assessing, designing, and managing water supply system, sewerage systems and waste disposal. For example, take OEC's 3-D Structural Design System, URUSHI. In addition to its ability to rapidly generate elevations, cross-sections, and plan views of structures based on three-dimensional diagrams, this system is capable of automated production of parts and civil-engineering data while allowing design information to be shared over a network, making it compatible with the next generation of computer systems. Or consider MONJU, a technical information resource management system. This system offers centralized management of huge volumes of data in the form of maps and text, for example, data concerning sewer systems, part of a city's infrastructure. This information can be readily searched and easily updated. Further, OEC has found practical applications for facilities-management support systems that efficiently automate facilities management and management of capital assets. These systems have already been adopted by a large number of local governments, where they are highly regarded.Great expectations are paid for the future of "real flood maps," which is designed to forecast and help cope with floods through the analysis of the whole dynamics of rainwater on a regional basis. With this leading-edge technology, the uncertainty of a natural threat will be replaced by the certainty of concrete numbers. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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