Streets Ahead contractor Amey partners with Smart City operator Connexin to build the latest
Waste bins that say they're full, grit bins which tell you they're empty, drains which ask to be cleaned and trees which demand water.
It sounds futuristic, but the technology is available, and it's coming to
By spring, the city's highways contractor, Amey, will have created a digitised public highway network for
Amey, which operates Streets Ahead, the city-wide highways maintenance contract, is positioning itself at the forefront of Smart City technology to deliver a more efficient service to the city of
Using an Internet of Things (IoT) foundation for its digital strategy, Amey will use Connexin's CityOS platform to integrate, view, manage and respond to information to improve highway maintenance services and revolutionise service delivery across
Connexin's CityOS platform, described by the firm as the 'Operating System of a Smart City', is being delivered in partnership with
For example, when to; empty high street bins to avoid overflowing, water trees for preservation, refill grit bins ready for icy conditions and clear gullies to reduce the risk of flash flooding. By alerting operatives, Amey's maintenance managers will always be one step ahead.
Another huge benefit to the system will be a reduction in air pollution, with staff making fewer journeys across the city and being able to avoid spots where air quality levels are poor, to reduce the impact.
As a result, residents of
'This is very much about us working better and smarter towards a greener and cleaner future for
'By investing in this new initiative, our contractors will be undertaking fewer journeys, which in turn will result in a reduction in energy consumption, pollution and congestion, while ensuring our streets are kept clean and our bins are emptied using a more efficient and effective approach.
'Using technology in this pioneering way will help the Council in its efforts to tackle the climate crisis while improving standards. Following installation, those who live and work in our city should see a positive impact on their neighbourhoods fairly quickly.
'Our complete solution is built on the CityOS platform, bringing together the best of breed capabilities from Cisco Kinetic for Cities and the Atlantis Smart City platform from Quantela which together present the city's assets in a single aggregated view.
'This project has far reaching, long term benefits that go beyond simply delivering service efficiencies. A city with reduced service vehicles contributing to traffic congestion and air pollution is a benefit to everyone and has the potential to become the 'new norm' for how services are delivered to cities.
'The investment Amey has made in CityOS will support an agile approach to future technology adoption. CityOS is 'open' and as new use cases are discovered Amey will be able to integrate new data sets to expand their service offering.'
'With so many components to a Smart City, from sensors creating data to insights that need to be actioned, by introducing an operating system for services in the city,
'We're delighted to be working with Connexin, Quantela and Amey on this initiative.'
'With councils and service providers looking at more efficient ways to manage assets and services, digitisation will aid in extracting efficiencies and unlocking economic value. Our endeavour is to help our partners and clients to bridge different islands of information, deliver new insights and improved services for the city and its residents, businesses and visitors.
'We believe that this project will help bring more digital services to
About Streets Ahead
Streets Ahead is a huge city-wide highways maintenance contract between
About Connexin
Founded in Hull in 2006, Connexin is an innovative and disruptive technology company specialising in building and operating award-winning Smart City infrastructure to support the Internet of Things.
Connexin in partnership with
Connexin was recently named one of the Top 100 Fastest-Growing Technology Companies in the Northern Tech Awards.
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Connexin recently hosted its annual Connexin Live event at the
About Amey
Amey, with a turnover of
Our aim is to make the world a better place to live, work and travel. Designing, building, maintaining and investing in the
This means keeping core services running smoothly across the country: utilities, transport, engineering, justice, defence, environmental and waste services, and facilities management. These are underpinned by our leading consulting and asset management capabilities, which allow us to offer standalone or integrated service solutions to a range of clients.
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