Arcadis: MBSE
At a glance
Together with Arcadis, we gave teams a uniform way to manage project data, making collaboration easier across projects, teams, and tools worldwide.
Challenge
Project data was scattered across siloed tools, and the most capable tools were too complex for daily use.
Solution
A standardized blueprint, built on a proven information modeling framework, that connects project data into one shared structure.
Results
High adoption, better collaboration, and full control over data on a global scale, so Arcadis can work more effectively and manage project data with greater consistency.
The challenge
The bigger the project, the harder the data becomes
Arcadis delivers large-scale projects worldwide. As those projects grow, managing their data gets harder, and the number of tools involved grows exponentially.
Teams worked across siloed tools, each with its own no-code configuration that varies from project to project. The result was constant manual rework and endless data checking, which slows teams down. On top of that, many of the most advanced engineering tools were simply too complex to use in practice, so teams avoid them, and adoption stalls.
There is also a familiar gap between engineering knowledge and IT expertise, which makes it hard to set up effective systems and even harder to maintain them. We see this pattern across the engineering world and the wider asset-related industries, and we know it can be turned around.
Our approach
One common way of working, on every project
We introduced one common way of managing tools across every project, simplifying how
project data is organized and accessed with a proven information modeling framework.
Here is how we did it together, step by step.
Low-code and no-code accessibility
First, we implemented tools that do not lean on heavy IT support, so project teams can pick them up, use them every single day, work more independently, and benefit from a simpler daily workflow.
A shared blueprint
Next, we created a common architecture for model-driven information management, so that everyone, on every project, works the same way.
Open standards
Then we built it all on universal, open data formats. Arcadis can now share data with any client without being locked into a single software brand, which makes sharing easier, more flexible, and more useful in practice.
Internal mastery
Finally, we did more than deliver tools. We trained Arcadis teams to scale the approach entirely on their own, so they can keep building on it, sustain progress, and retain the benefits over time.
Data complexity, turned into a scalable way of working
Arcadis turned data complexity into a scalable way of working, with greater control and consistency already taking shape, making the approach easier to manage worldwide.
Immediate adoption
Teams actually use the system because it is practical rather than painful, so adoption stays strong and work moves forward more efficiently.
Better collaboration
Everyone works from the same blueprint, so confusion disappears and collaboration comes naturally, helping teams move faster and work more effectively together.
Scalable and future-proof
Arcadis now applies this approach worldwide. They own their own process, depend far less on external vendors, and have more control over how they work, making the approach easier to sustain.
Dick-Jan van Driel
“Semmtech has proven to be a professional, reliable and innovative partner which helped us develop our Arcadis MBSE approach on operational, tactical and strategic level. Semmtech is now for ten years our Ecosystem partner for a successful implementation of Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) within Arcadis. They have delivered us consultancy, knowledge transfer, support for setting up the Model Based Systems Engineering approach and helped to build the application landscape with their semantic information architecture framework (SEm®)”.
Is your project data helping or slowing you down?
Simplify your workflows and give your teams a structure they will actually use, so project data is easier to manage, and daily work becomes more efficient. Let’s talk about how one shared framework can help you bring your project data under control and move forward.