A New Civil Engineer webinar examines how the rapid spread of BIM, CDEs and asset management platforms on major infrastructure schemes is creating a looming “data handover gap” at project close-out. Speakers focus on integrating design, construction and O&M datasets into a single, validated asset information model that meets ISO 19650 requirements rather than leaving owners with fragmented PDFs, native models and sensor feeds. For geotechnical and civil teams, the discussion stresses early definition of data schemas for ground models, as-built records and inspection regimes to avoid costly rework at commissioning.

WSP’s AI specialists describe deploying machine learning tools across UK infrastructure portfolios to cut manual inspection and analysis time for engineers. Applications include automated defect detection on large image datasets from bridge and tunnel surveys, and predictive maintenance models that flag high‑risk assets before failure using historic condition, loading and environmental data. The approach is being embedded into WSP’s digital asset management workflows, raising questions for practitioners about data quality, model validation and how to integrate AI outputs into existing inspection and safety regimes.

Bouygues UK is using Revizto BIM tools to run live, fully navigable 3D walk-throughs of the 47,000 m² Moorfields and UCL Centre for Eye Health, enabling clinicians to test operating theatre layouts, medical gas outlet positions and patient flows months before work reaches those areas. A single shared model for more than 100 daily onsite users across 20 disciplines has cut clash detection from about a week to 10–15 minutes, with issues logged and resolved in real time. The specialist eye hospital complex is scheduled to open to patients in summer 2027.