Future Proofing Our Cities Podcast

On this episode of Liquid Assets, host Ravi Kurani speaks with Adam Tank, co-founder and Chief Customer Officer of Transcend, about their mission to transform infrastructure design through technology. With experience across microbiology, consumer goods, and robotics, Adam brings a unique perspective to improving the water sector. Seeing inefficiencies in engineering firms firsthand, Transcend overhauls the conceptual design process for critical assets like wastewater treatment plants.

What you’ll hear in this episode:

  • Adam’s Journey: Adam’s unique background across microbiology, consumer goods, and robotics.
  • Transcend’s Mission: How Transcend’s software transforms infrastructure design through automation.
  • Empowering Engineers: Understanding how Transcend gives engineers time to focus on innovation.
  • Startup Insights: Adam’s perspectives on starting a company and finding product-market fit.
  • Global Impact: Discovering how Transcend’s technology impacts millions around the world.
  • Optimizing Design: Seeing how integrated calculations optimize preliminary design.
  • Purposeful Entrepreneurship: Finding inspiration in startups using technology for good.
  • Envisioning the Future: Adam’s vision for more sustainable and equitable infrastructure.

Clients

Technology Providers & OEMs Technology Providers & OEMs

TDG rapidly generates accurate budgetary proposals to help suppliers bid more, win more, and sell more.

Asset Owners and Utilities Asset Owners and Utilities

TDG streamlines the capital planning and conceptual design processes to accelerate project timelines and deliver better outcomes.

EPCs, AECs, and Consultants EPCs, AECs, and Consultants

TDG enables engineering firms to deliver more value to their clients & increase competitiveness.

Individuals Individuals

TDG works for individual engineers who want to grow their business and reduce their non-billable time.

Academic Academic

Transcend supports students and professors around the world to incorporate TDG into their curriculum.

Resources

Articles Articles

Read posts written by Transcend team members sharing their points of view on the company mission, vision, and products.

Webinars Webinars

Register for our upcoming webinars or watch on-demand webinars like Transcend’s popular ‘How To’ Series.

Case studies Case studies

Understand how Transcend’s customers are utilizing TDG to bring more value to their customers and grow their businesses.

FAQ FAQ

View a list of the questions we are most frequently asked about our company and our software

Transcend tools Transcend tools

Access a number of tools Transcend has developed to help engineers and industry professionals take back their time.

Security Security

Learn more about Transcend’s security practices

Industries

Water and Wastewater Water and Wastewater

TDG creates unique, optimized designs of water & wastewater treatment facilities by automatically combining decisions and calculations from each engineering field.

Power Power

TDG creates unique, optimized designs of T&D assets by automatically combining decisions and calculations from each engineering discipline.

Solutions

WWTP Design WWTP Design

TDG generates optimized, unique designs for water and wastewater treatment facilities by automating decisions and calculations across engineering fields.

Substation Design Substation Design

TDG generates optimized, unique designs for T&D assets by automating decisions and calculations across engineering disciplines.

Utility Interconnection Hub Utility Interconnection Hub

For transmission providers and power utilities, simplify the interconnection process by integrating TDG into your website to ensure developers submit fully compliant collector substation designs from the start.

Transcend Proposal Generator Transcend Proposal Generator

Enables technology suppliers and OEMs to generate more proposals, faster, with more detail and less resources, so you can sell more of your technology and/or equipment

White Label Proposal Generator White Label Proposal Generator

Generate qualified leads, elevate your customer experience, and simplify your engineering and channel partner workflows in an intuitive, user-friendly interface integrated into your website.

PFAS Feasibility Study PFAS Feasibility Study

For drinking water utilities, automatically generate accurate CAPEX and OPEX estimates to calculate the cost of upgrading your facility to meet stringent PFAS regulations

Booster Station Design Booster Station Design

Automates and simplify the complex process of designing booster pumping stations

DC Battery Sizing DC Battery Sizing

Get precise battery sizing recommendations in minutes for renewable energy and other critical infrastructure projects