Wyoming Hills: Around 25% Fewer Preliminary Design Hours
Technology: Level AI & Service AI
Pipe network: More than 2 miles
Location: North-eastern Wyoming, USA
Project size: 60+ lots across 12 acres
AI subdivision grading and pipe design, compared with manual CAD
Wyoming Hills is an infill housing development in north-eastern Wyoming, with more than 60 lots across 12 acres and over 2 miles of sanitary, storm and water-supply pipes. The attainable-housing mix includes single-family and attached homes.
The engineering team ran Level AI and Service AI alongside a manual CAD design to compare grading, retaining walls and utility-network design quality and hours.
The Challenge
The compact site combined a dense street and lot layout, tight connections to existing roads and significant grade changes. Roads needed to meet local standards while utilities passed through limited corridors with the required cover, minimum slopes and separation at crossings.
The team also needed to avoid conflicts with retaining walls and building pads, and keep overland flow paths safe in a storm-sensitive catchment.
Technology in Action
Level AI set building-pad, road and car-park levels, placed retaining walls and balanced the site. Overland flow low points were restricted to specified locations, with grading and walls matching the team’s intent and local road standards.
Service AI set pipe inverts to engineering rules with clash avoidance, cover and separation. It automatically sized sanitary pipes and generated full capacity assessments.
The Results
Compared side by side with manual CAD, Level AI and Service AI matched the design quality while reducing hours to preliminary design by around 25%. The saved time gave the team more opportunity to explore options and respond to the client.
This measured result relates to preliminary design on Wyoming Hills. Read more civil engineering case studies or talk to our team about your subdivision.
“Level AI matched our grading intent and wall locations to local road standards, and Service AI set clash-free inverts with proper cover and separation — less red-lining, same design quality.”
— Lead Civil Engineer, Wyoming Hills