Balfour Beatty Living Places, an infrastructure maintenance provider, has opened its new operational control hub at its Southampton depot.
The hub will reportedly use technologies designed in-house to monitor the company’s activity in real time and drive efficiency through data-led decisions.
Comprised of eight 55in screens, the hub was designed to enable teams to prioritise works based on the location of vehicles and operatives and track ongoing and completed projects.
In order to increase response times and defect reporting, the hub will map works in a digital live environment.
Steve Helliwell, managing director of Balfour Beatty Living Places, said: “Following the success of the Operational Control Hub in Herefordshire, we are delighted to introduce our second state-of-the-art facility which is now set to drive efficiencies and productivity throughout the city of Southampton.
“Our investment into new technologies, such as the operational control hub, further demonstrates our commitment to going above and beyond for our customers to ensure that we can continue providing a best-in-class highways maintenance service for the council and local community alike.”
The new hub follows Balfour Beatty Living Places first facility in Herefordshire, which has reportedly seen over 1,901 emergency responses resolved, 41,544 reactive jobs completed and a 16% increase in productivity within one year.
