News & Events

March 30 – April 2, 2020 April 6-9, 2020 Due to the popularity of our SDS – Physical Remote Training, we are now offering remote training for our SDS – P&C software. If you are looking for a lower cost...

January 28 – 30, 2020 | San Antonio, TX Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center | Halls 1-4 SBS will be at DistribuTECH International 2020 Booth #1869. We will showcase our industry leading software design tools, Automated Utility Design™ (AUD), Substation...

February 3-10, 2020 Looking for a lower cost option for SDS Training? This open enrollment training is priced per student and is a cost effective alternative to our group training offerings that cover the same material. There are still spaces...

SDS Product Suite Supports 3D, Intelligent Substation Design with AutoCAD NOVEMBER 18, 2019 SBS is announcing a new product this week at the Substation Design Solution Industry Consortium (SDSIC) meeting, held in conjunction with Autodesk University 2019 in Las Vegas....

October 15, 2019 Join SBS at the Utility Technology Association Conference in Chattanooga, TN, October 29-31, 2019. SBS will be sharing the latest capabilities of our flagship products Automated Utility Design™ and Substation Design Suite™. More information can be found...

October 14, 2019 Join SBS at the IA/NE Conference in La Vista, NE, October 22-24, 2019.  SBS will be sharing the latest capabilities of our flagship Substation Design Suite™ product.  More information can be found here:  http://www.cvent.com/events/43rd-annual-iowa-nebraska-system-protection-and-substation-conference/event-summary-e7343cbcd23c4d47a841136ab31649fc.aspx?i=0d1cfb35-3afb-42d2-b93b-1f2675a8b562...

October 11, 2019 SBS Found the Missing Link SBS has the link between AutoCAD and Esri and we’re excited to share it at GeoConX in Atlanta, GA October 27-30!  Stop by booth #200 to see GIS assets maintained using 3D...

October 11, 2019 We are excited to be a part of the Utility Day prior to this years Autodesk University. Please join us and many of your peers to learn more. The agenda for the event is as follows. Agenda:...

ADVANTAGES OF DESIGN INTEGRATION WITHIN ESRI’S UTILITY NETWORK Many utility organizations are moving to Esri’s Utility Network Management extension (UN) and are finding that the process introduces fundamental changes in how they implement their data creation and maintenance workflows. The...

Substation Design Suite™ (SDS) Physical and Protection & Control 7.4.1 Now Available Substation Design Suite 7.4.1 is now available to our users as part of our commitment to continually improve SDS with new features and performance improvements. Updated Substation Design...

In the 1990s, most organizations developed monolithic platforms that embedded engineering design in their geographic information systems (GIS). While the concept of going to those common “suites” made sense at the time, it failed to address the needs of the...

Esri – Autodesk Strategic Partnership Ushers in a New Generation of Integrated Design Solutions SBS is pleased to announce its acceptance into the Esri Partner Network.  And it’s quite an exciting time for SBS and our clients. SBS sees tremendous...

Visit SBS at booth #208 at the Esri User Conference, July 8-12 in San Diego. As one of Esri’s newest partners, SBS is excited to show our Automated Utility Design™ (AUD) product seamlessly integrated with ArcGIS and the Esri Utility...

Manufacturers 3D models continue to grow with the addition of content from Southern States and Reliaguard. June 14, 2019 SBS announced during the Substation Design Solution Industry Consortium (SDSIC) 2019 Spring Meeting that Southern States and Reliaguard will be adding...

6th Annual PUG Conference hosted by Puget Sound Energy We are excited to announce this year’s conference will be held August 27th – 29th, 2019 and will be hosted by Puget Sound Energy, Bellevue, Washington. We are busy planning all...

Join SBS at the 2019 Milsoft User’s Conference, June 11-13. The event will be held at the Omni Orlando Resource at Championsgate in Orlando Florida. Meet the SBS team, at booth 34, and see how SBS distribution design and integration...

New Version Improves Performance, Adds Smart Trace and Supports Esri Utility Network Model   Automated Utility Design™ Version 8.0 (AUD) is now available!  AUD 8.0 is the biggest release to–date from SBS and adds several significant enhancements to the product.  Most notable  are the extended capabilities to support integration...

Substation Design Suite™ 7.4 brings new features and bug fixes for improved functionality. New Features SDS — Physical features: SDS will now alert you to using read-only files. When selecting cylindrical surfaces for Round Bus, it will obey bus offsets....

Premier Utility Design Tool Supports Esri’s Utility Network Model SBS has delivered a steady stream of enhancements to Automated Utility Design™ (AUD) since we first released the product back in 2016. We are quite excited to announce the trend will...

Based on Customer feedback at the 2018 Peer Utility Group (PUG) conference, SBS has released an update to Utility DataHub™ Design – GIS module. UDH Design – GIS module provides bi-directional data integration between GIS systems and Automated Utility Design™...