Construct - Issue 41

Technology

INVESTING INTECHNOLOGY ISA PILLAROF FMCONWAY’SBUSINESS PLANFOR THENEXT TENYEARS TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCYANDSAFETY SMART BUSINESS STRATEGY

“ Technology is going from the back office to front and centre in the business”

Technology is now so central to FM Conway’s business that Kamal Uddin, IT and transformation director, says: “We’re not only an infrastructure services company; now we’re an infrastructure technology company. Our recent investments in technology show how committed we are to it.” FM Conway’s approach to investing in technology is based on a number of key criteria, which include using cloud-based technologies and services to provide security, resilience and scalability; investing in big data solutions to pull together information from disparate sources to make data-driven decisions; and using the Internet of Things (smart sensor technologies) to collect live condition information about the assets, enabling a digital twin of the physical built environment to be created. “By applying machine learning to the data we collect, artificial intelligence can make the data work for us and our clients,” says Kamal. “Recent investments in mixed reality

KAMAL UDDIN IT AND TRANSFORMATION DIRECTOR, FM CONWAY

and augmented reality solutions take data interaction to the next level and fit perfectly alongside this approach.” Underpinning these technologies is FM Conway’s unique approach to asset management, which is set to transform the way highway assets are maintained and, ultimately, to support clients’ own smart city strategies. As Kamal says: “Technology is going from the back office to front and centre in the business to deliver smart and modern solutions for our clients as well as smarter working for us."

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