public void Create( 
   AssociationDescription associationDescription
)

{
  var duplicateFeatures = new EditOperation() { Name = "Duplicate Features" };

  //Duplicate with an X and Y offset of 500 map units
  //At 2.x duplicateFeatures.Duplicate(featureLayer, oid, 500.0, 500.0, 0.0);

  //Execute to execute the operation
  //Must be called within QueuedTask.Run
  var insp2 = new Inspector();
  insp2.Load(featureLayer, oid);
  var geom = insp2["SHAPE"] as Geometry;

  var rtoken = duplicateFeatures.Create(insp2.MapMember, insp2.ToDictionary(a => a.FieldName, a => a.CurrentValue));
  if (!duplicateFeatures.IsEmpty)
  {
    if (duplicateFeatures.Execute())//Execute and ExecuteAsync will return true if the operation was successful and false if not
    {
      var modifyOp = duplicateFeatures.CreateChainedOperation();
      modifyOp.Modify(featureLayer, (long)rtoken.ObjectID, GeometryEngine.Instance.Move(geom, 500.0, 500.0));
      if (!modifyOp.IsEmpty)
      {
        var result = modifyOp.Execute();
      }
    }
  }
}

// Create edit operation
EditOperation editOperation = new EditOperation();
editOperation.Name = "Create structural attachment association";

// Create a RowHandle for the pole

Element poleElement = utilityNetwork.CreateElement(poleAssetType, poleGlobalID);
RowHandle poleRowHandle = new RowHandle(poleElement, utilityNetwork);

// Create a RowHandle for the transformer bank

Element transformerBankElement = utilityNetwork.CreateElement(transformerBankAssetType, transformerBankGlobalID);
RowHandle transformerBankRowHandle = new RowHandle(transformerBankElement, utilityNetwork);

// Attach the transformer bank to the pole

AssociationDescription structuralAttachmentAssociationDescription = new AssociationDescription(AssociationType.Attachment, poleRowHandle, transformerBankRowHandle);
editOperation.Create(structuralAttachmentAssociationDescription);
editOperation.Execute();