This video was recorded at NCE’s Rail and Transit conference. Network Rail chief intelligent infrastructure engineer Karl Butler-Garnham provides insights from Network Rail’s award winning Intelligent Infrastructure programme. The programme is transforming asset management across the network through utilising technology to deliver data and intelligent information to improve the…
Tag Archives: Data
Data reveals civils starts down by half in a year
Just half as much civil engineering work got underway this spring as in the same period last year, dismal data this morning revealed.
Industry analysts Glenigan found that the value of civils projects starting on site was 50% lower in the three months to the end of May 2023 than a…
Civil engineering projects need to become more data-centric to deliver efficiencies
Better use of data is critical to improved decision making and driving efficiencies in design, construction and operation of infrastructure, according to Bentley Systems chief operating officer Nicholas Cumins.
Cumins called on the sector to become more data centric as he revealed the software business’ latest launches to the UK market…
Speeding up infrastructure decisions through data integration
A digital platform integrating data from multiple sources and visualising them could speed up decision making.
Procurement and technical approval rules hamper innovation in transport infrastructure, says Transport Infrastructure Efficiency Strategy (Ties) Living Lab Programme lead and National Skills Academy Rail chief executive Neil Robertson. These obstacles mean the sector…
‘Rolling lab’ launched to gather data to enhance railway safety
A “rolling lab” on the UK railway network will provide critical data on a hyper-accurate train positioning system to increase the safety and efficiency of Britain’s railways.
This month tech firm Thales is installing its Robust Train Positioning System (RTPS) technology onboard an in-service Great Western Railway (GWR) Class 150 cab,…
How engineers can harness more benefits from infrastructure project data
There is scope to make construction projects more efficient and “greener”, as well as buildings safer, by harnessing the power of data.
However, businesses face a challenge in collecting, organising, structuring and sharing the vast volumes of data generated in the planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of infrastructure in…
Analysing longer term data critical to driving sector-wide construction efficiency
Construction projects are highly complex undertakings and the success of a project is determined by thousands of interconnected decisions made every day, at every level, across multiple organisations. Each of those decisions has the potential to add inefficiency and risk, which can inevitably lead to additional project costs and delays…
Network Rail adopts digital tools to ‘transform’ asset planning strategy
Network Rail has selected Arcadis Gen as its preferred supplier to help improve asset and workforce planning across the network.
The digital business, part of engineering consultancy Arcadis, will work closely with Network Rail and its IT partner Cognizant to provide strategic support and analytics through its Enterprise Decision Analytics (EDA)…
Is open data key to unlocking engineering’s net zero ambitions?
The next decade is going to be crucial when it comes to translating ambitious net zero and economic growth targets into actionable plans.
The UK government has set challenging goals for our green economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic and its Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution will…
Arup staff details stolen in cyber attack
Staff at Arup have had personal details, which could include bank details, names and addresses, stolen after the engineering firm’s external payroll supplier was hit by a cyber attack.
Symatrix, which is contracted to handle the payroll for Arup’s 6,000 UK staff, was hit by a cyber attack in mid-January but…