Driving the digital journey

Louise Haining, Asset and Project Delivery Director at Connect Plus Services has featured in Highways Magazine exploring how harnessing the power of digital is transforming the operation and management of the UK’s busiest motorway

The challenges that exist on the M25 go far beyond roadside safety and traffic management. At Connect Plus Services, the power of new technology has enabled a transformation in the way the motorway is operated and maintained – often in ways never before imagined.

In the latest edition of Highways Magazine, Connect Plus Services’ Asset and Project Delivery Director, Louise Haining shares her thoughts on how Connect Plus Services, a consortium comprising Edge Orbital Holdings Ltd, Balfour Beatty and Egis Investment Partners, is putting in place innovative solutions to meet its strategic objectives and ensure the UK’s busiest motorway is safe and fit for purpose.

One of the most ground-breaking digital initiatives completed is the digital twin of the M25. The technology produces highly accurate geo-referenced 2D and 3D outputs, providing over 23 billion data points in the process. The digital mapping of 120 miles of road provides Connect Plus Services with more detailed information to aid planning and decision-making, ultimately reducing the need for physical surveys to be carried out in a live highways environment and therefore, improving safety too.

To learn more about the digital twin and other ways in which Connect Plus Services are innovating on the M25, read the full article here.

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Notes to editors:

• Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure group with 24,500 employees driving the delivery of powerful new solutions, shaping thinking, creating skylines and inspiring a new generation of talent to be the change-makers of tomorrow.
• We finance, develop, build, maintain and operate the increasingly complex and critical infrastructure that supports national economies and deliver projects at the heart of local communities.
• Over the last 113 years we have created iconic buildings and infrastructure all over the world including: the £1.5 billion A14 improvement scheme - Britain’s biggest road project; Hong Kong’s HK$5.5 billion world-class harbour theatre project for the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority; and the 12.5 mile $429 million North Metro Commuter Rail line in Colorado, US.
• Balfour Beatty's highways business deigns, constructs and manages many of the UK's major highways, implementing innovative technologies and sustainable solutions to deliver the best results. The business also delivers complex Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Early Contractor Involvement schemes.

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