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Digital Innovation Shortlist at the IAM UK Chapter Awards

We're delighted to share that we have been shortlisted in the Digital Innovation category at the IAM UK Chapter Awards 2026.

Our entry, A Connected Digital Ecosystem Transforming M25 Pavement Asset Management, has been recognised for its innovative approach to turning data into faster and more transparent asset management decisions across the M25 network.

To make this possible, over the past 18 months, our pavement community has developed and embedded an integrated digital ecosystem that combines governed asset data, high-frequency condition intelligence, optimisation tools and emerging defect quantification technologies.

By integrating trusted asset data, computer vision technology, optimisation tools and emerging defect quantification capabilities, we've created a connected digital ecosystem that is helping modernise pavement asset management on the network. Inlcuding Running Chainage Sheet (RCS), RoadAI and Robotiz3d, each element plays a role in delivering a more consistent, transparent and data-driven approach to planning and delivery.

Congratulations to everyone involved in this achievement and who have helped make this possible.

The awards take place on 3rd November 2026.

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Notes to Editors

About Connect Plus and Connect Plus Services:

  • In 2009, National Highways awarded Connect Plus a 30-year contract to operate and manage the M25 and its key arterial link roads. It continues to be National Highways’ flagship public finance initiative (PFI) and is the largest highways PFI project ever awarded in the UK.
  • Connect Plus is a consortium that includes Edge Orbital Holdings Ltd, Balfour Beatty and Egis Investment Partners - a unique partnership with a collective strength in highways maintenance and management.
  • Connect Plus Services (CPS), is Connect Plus’ specialist and strategic supply chain partner responsible for operations and maintenance, bringing together the collective strength and expertise of its parent companies, Balfour Beatty, AtkinsRéalis and Egis.
  • With a workforce of 780 people, based at seven locations around the network, CPS carries out routine maintenance, and whole-life management of thousands of M25 assets. CPS manages the operation of the network 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, including a severe weather season maintenance programme.
  • For further information please visit: https://www.connectplusm25.co.uk/