Sunderland City Council has announced the deployment of a new Integrated Smart City Platform (ISCP), from IoT and smart cities provider Connexin, to enhance its services.
The ConnexinOS platform will pool data sets from services, including environment incidents and health, from both the council and third parties. This collated information will be aggregated and analysed to inform a collective and coordinated multi-agency response at the earliest point, whether that’s removing graffiti or helping people who are at risk or need support.
ConnexinOS uses AI and machine learning to identify trends in data sets and suggests the best course of action, ensuring that no potential issues are missed and the correct pathway is taken. The platform is also scalable, meaning that the council will be able to add and remove new solutions and data sets to it in the future.
The project follows the announcement of Sunderland City Council’s 20-year strategic partnership with BAI Communications to design, build and operate digital infrastructure including a private 5G small cell network. This, along with implementation of the ConnexinOS, will support the city’s plan to make Sunderland a connected, international city.
Liz St Louis, assistant director of Smart Cities at Sunderland City Council, said: “Our new contract with Connexin marks another significant milestone for our smart city as we strive to make Sunderland a leading global smart city of the future.
“Connexin’s experience in delivering end-to-end smart city projects with an agile, flexible and collaborative approach meant they were the perfect partners to meet our needs in the short term, but also increasing the scope and capabilities of the platform into the future. Working together, we will be able to put in place a platform that will further revolutionise our services, continuously improving the smart management of our city to create better futures for our communities.”
The contract between Sunderland City Council and Connexin will run for three years and will cover the entire lifecycle of the project from concept to delivery.
Hull became the first city in the UK to install its own purpose-built Smart City Operating System thanks to Connexin. Sheffield also used the ConnexinOS platform to integrate, view, manage and respond to information to improve highway maintenance.
While, Connexin in partnership with Cisco and Newcastle City Council has helped deliver the UK’s smartest street.
