Distribution Design Studio

Double-Digit Gains in Utility Design Productivity

Empowering utilities with improved accuracy, compliance and customer satisfaction.

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50%

In-field time saving

100%

Built-in compliance

Build Smarter and Faster

Your single platform from assignment to construction approval

The DDS Advantage

Design Smarter, Not Harder.

Cut field time in half with safer, faster mobile data capture. Engineers can gather terrain and project data on a single field visit using only a smartphone or tablet. No brush cutting required.

Build with Confidence.

DDS integrates 100% of standards, materials, and structural analysis tools. Compliance is built-in, not added later.

Visualize. Collaborate. Deliver.

Achieve faster consensus with customers and contractors using 3D visualizations that reduce confusion and costly rework.

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Reduce Material and O&M Costs 

DDS can shave hundreds of days in the average utility designer’s project schedules each year, reduce over-design material and O&M costs by 5% or more, and significantly enhance customer experience.

DDS Performance vs. Traditional Design Workflow

Let’s Build the Future of Utility Design

Current State

  • 80% of engineer time spent navigating disconnected tools
  • Design by “rules of thumb,” not analysis, timelines delayed
  • Multiple field visits, unclear 2D sketches, rework loops

DDS Transforms the Workflow

  • Single platform, mobile-first field capture with 50% time savings
  • Integrated compliance and visualization tools
  • Reduced overbuilding and material waste

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What Customers Say

DDS has been an integral component of our grid modernization strategy. It has streamlined our design process. Our GIS model, design standards, work management system, and right of way process have been seamlessly incorporated into DDS with increased accuracy and efficiency.
Jason Iacconi
Distribution Technician, Duquesne Light Company
Distribution Design Studio has taken what used to be a labor intensive manual process between our drafting software, GIS and WMS to create integrations that work automatically with reduced user input. Working with GSI through the build out and implementation was a pleasure. They continue to provide excellent communication and customer service after the sale. Going from our manual processes to DDS is like going from using a 300’ tape measure to using a range finder!
Brad Lett, Construction Planner III​
The Empire District Electric Company D/B/A Liberty
DDS simplifies and streamlines the entire design process from the old days of separate CU, sketch and analysis tools. The ability to drag, drop, and select multiple construction variables in a few clicks combined with the ability to provide standards validations in one easy-to-use interface greatly increases the efficiency and accuracy of nearly any designer. When you add in the powerful engineering analysis taking place in the background, you create the utility designer’s best friend and asset.
Engineering Manager
WEC Energy Group
I like the many different analysis that can be done to check the work that the designer completes because it takes away any guess work that would otherwise need to be done on the design.
Distribution Engineering Design Technician​
MIDWESTERN ELECTRIC UTILITY​

Featured Case Study

AEP relies on DDS to streamline Make-Ready Engineering for Joint Use Attachments

Designing over 70,000 jobs per year using DDS, AEP has set a new standard for engineering-driven efficiency and compliance. With the surge in broadband deployments and increasing pressure from attachment requests, AEP uses DDS to meet today’s demands while maintaining distribution system resilience.

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