Confirm OnDemand for Birmingham

Following an ROI analysis comparing the costs of running its own data centre with using PBBI’s hosted solution, Amey chose Confirm OnDemand as the most cost-effective system for managing BCC’s highways network and assets. Amey is now benefiting from over GBP800K savings in infrastructure costs alone within the first year.

Amey is using Confirm for the effective delivery of highways asset management and maintenance services, covering 2,500km of road network, 100,000 street lights, 80,000 trees and over 1,000 bridges, structures and tunnels.

PBBI’s experience in rapidly planning and implementing the integration of on-demand solutions meant that Confirm OnDemand was up and running at Amey within one month.  This meant that Amey and BCC were quickly able to enjoy the cost and efficiency benefits of moving to a hosted environment, reducing capital expenditure on hardware and software, and simplifying ongoing support and maintenance.  Savings have also been made through the consolidation of 72 systems into 25, with Confirm OnDemand driving this integration.

In addition, Amey is also saving up to GBP100K per annum in productivity and transport costs by deploying the Confirm software on PDAs. This has enabled officers to carry out their highways inspections, write reports and raise jobs in the field without having to travel back to the office to duplicate this data.

In addition to helping Amey manage and maintain the city's highways and assets via a centralised system and database, Confirm has also made it significantly easier for members of the public to report any faults or issues with the municipal environment and for Amey to expedite an appropriate response.