7 Jul 2021
Bridge in sunset

Delivering a safer, more sustainable and efficient infrastructure for the future

Authors
Jonas Groes

Partner, Government & Infrastructure Leader, EY Nordic

Head of EY's services to the public sector in Denmark and Nordics. Analytical and strategically strong adviser who focuses on tasks, challenges and opportunities in the public sector.

Martin Petersen Lennards

Partner, EY Danish Government and Public Sector Industry Leader, EY Nordics EY-IBM Alliance Leader

Democratizing insights with sustainable data. Over 20 years of experience in developing and implementing IT solutions, helping clients to achieve their sustainability goals and drive business value.

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7 Jul 2021

Bridging the gap between past and future of infrastructure forces owners and operators to transform the way they work, drastically. 

Together with IBM and Sund & Bælt, EY delivers a full operating model together with the IBM Maximo® for Civil Infrastructure solution.

There is an unprecedented need for the owners and operators of infrastructure assets to reinvent and transform the way they work. Old and worn-out assets pose an immediate and sometimes unknown risk. Additionally, the maintenance and reinvestment needs often exceed available budgets.

At the same time, changes in technology, mobility and demography call for a constant rebalancing of the infrastructure to meet society’s future needs. An increasing focus on the sustainability agenda demands radical new ways of working smarter with old and new infrastructure alike.

These considerations force us to ask some fundamental questions about investment priorities. Further, it triggers a need to rethink the way we build, operate, maintain and replace our infrastructure. And this is exactly what we offer. EY and IBM have joined forces to deliver a leading asset management solution — Maximo for Civil Infrastructure. 

Expected savings in operations and maintenance costs

Up to 25%

By harnessing the power of IBM, Sund & Bælt and EY, we can help clients reduce operations and maintenance costs by >25% while improving safety and sustainability.

The projected global infrastructure spending by 2030

$70 trillion

Global infrastructure spending required to support aging assets, reverse past underinvestment, and provide safer, more sustainable infrastructure to an increasingly global population is mounting by the day.

Together, we have an unparalleled and unique skill set, combining the market-leading technology from IBM with the global business integration and transformation skills from EY and the deep knowledge of operations and infrastructure maintenance from Sund & Bælt. We have four simple objectives for our clients:

  • Avoid accidents.
  • Increase productivity and reduce operations and maintenance costs.
  • Extend the life of assets and reduce CO2 emissions.
  • Be compliant with rules and regulations. 

Together, we help our clients better understand the health and risk profiles of roads, rail, bridges and tunnels, and take the appropriate maintenance and reinvestment decisions, both now and in the future.

In this way, we help them build a better working world.

Summary

EY’s global alliance with IBM, enhanced with specialist know-how from civil infrastructure leader, Sund & Bælt, has created a solution that significantly drives down the operations and maintenance costs of various transport infrastructure like roads, rails, bridges and tunnels, while helping improve safety and sustainability.

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Authors
Jonas Groes

Partner, Government & Infrastructure Leader, EY Nordic

Head of EY's services to the public sector in Denmark and Nordics. Analytical and strategically strong adviser who focuses on tasks, challenges and opportunities in the public sector.

Martin Petersen Lennards

Partner, EY Danish Government and Public Sector Industry Leader, EY Nordics EY-IBM Alliance Leader

Democratizing insights with sustainable data. Over 20 years of experience in developing and implementing IT solutions, helping clients to achieve their sustainability goals and drive business value.

Contributors