Video: OTL in the Water Industry

Watch Herman Hoekman’s presentation from Waterinfodag 2026 on how an Object Type Library (OTL) can speed up the renewal of aging water infrastructure. A recording from Semmtech. Please note: this video is in Dutch.

Details

Original title: Hoe een OTL de vernieuwingsopgave kan versnellen?
Event: Waterinfodag 2026
Format: Recorded presentation (video, 22 min)
Language: Dutch
Type: Conference presentation, recording available
Topic: Object Type Libraries (OTL), asset data, water infrastructure, renewal, and replacement

Note: This presentation was given in Dutch and the recording is Dutch-language. The description below is in English so you can decide whether it is relevant for you.

About this presentation

The Dutch water sector faces a huge renewal challenge: a large stock of locks, weirs, pumping stations, and other structures is reaching the end of its lifespan and needs to be renovated or replaced, often at the same time and under real budget and capacity pressure. Getting that work done efficiently depends on having reliable, consistent, and reusable information about the assets involved.
At Waterinfodag 2026, our colleague Herman Hoekman gave a presentation on how an Object Type Library (OTL) can help. An OTL provides a standardized, structured way to define what you know about your assets, so that information can be captured once and reused across projects rather than rebuilt every time. In this talk, Herman explains how putting that foundation in place can accelerate the renewal challenge, making asset data a driver of progress instead of a bottleneck.

Who it is for

Professionals in the water sector and beyond who deal with asset information: asset and data managers at water authorities, along with contractors, engineering firms, and advisors working on the renewal and management of water infrastructure.

Watch the recording here