James Veitch, Balfour Beatty’s Director of Data and Digital Technology, has featured in Construction News, discussing how the company has effectively invested in digital technologies to deliver efficiency and productivity benefits

In the article, James details the company’s strategy towards digital adoption and the considerations needed to realise the full benefits of integrating these solutions into day-to-day workflows.

James highlights Balfour Beatty’s focus on project-management tools, specifically targeting the technologies that fill crucial gaps in areas including telematics, supply chain integration, digital permitting, and task management as well as short-term planning.

Commenting on the company’s focus in integrating and even building proprietary back-end solutions, James explains: “This was a strategic choice to address gaps in the digital ecosystem and ensure we had end-to-end visibility of our processes. The digitisation of frontline operations is a prerequisite for other initiatives such as generative AI, so the focus has been on ensuring it has solid foundations to build upon”.

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Notes to editors:

• Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure group with over 25,000 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 114 years we have created iconic buildings and infrastructure all over the world. Currently, we are working to deliver Hinkley Point C, the first UK nuclear power station in a generation; constructing the world-class arts and cultural facility, the Lyric Theatre, in Hong Kong; and designing, building, financing, operating and maintaining the Automated People Mover superstructure at the fifth busiest airport in the world, Los Angeles International Airport.
• Balfour Beatty is committed to investing in cutting-edge technology to design, build and maintain its portfolio of diverse projects. ‘Digital’ is integral to the business, allowing the company to innovate and implement improvements in efficiency, quality and safety. 
• Our in-house expert capabilities encompass a variety of digital services and are applied across the whole lifecycle of a project, including supporting earlier and smarter collaboration with supply chain partners.
• The company’s digital transformation provides seamless integration between design and construction as well as enabling sustainability goals to be reached including going beyond net zero by 2040.  
• We’re constantly leveraging the latest technology including augmented and virtual reality; Building Information Modelling (BIM); drones; 3D printing; cloud data storage; telematics and data analytics.              
• Balfour Beatty’s strategic approach of continuous, data-led improvement ensures that we are future-ready, delivering excellence for our customers and reaping the benefits for Balfour Beatty and the communities we serve.

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