Vanuatu appoints TRL to implement climate-resilient iROADS Road Asset Management software
The Government of Vanuatu has selected TRL to implement and roll out its iROADS Road Asset Management system to strengthen the country’s transport network. This initiative marks an important step towards building a more climate-resilient, sustainable, and well-maintained road system, helping Vanuatu plan, manage, and protect its infrastructure in the face of changing environmental conditions. […]
TRL Software publishes asset performance white paper
TRL Software has announced the release of The Future of Intelligent Asset Management, a comprehensive white paper on how data-driven innovation is reshaping infrastructure maintenance and planning. The UK’s road network is one of the most critical national assets. Stretching across towns, cities and rural areas, it boosts economic productivity, social mobility and community connectivity, […]
Brightly Software: How can strategic asset management benefit your local council?
Local councils are under ever-growing pressure to ensure their roads and other public assets remain safe and reliable, while at the same time having to manage tighter budgets and increased public expectations. A reactive approach, responding to issues of asset degradation only after they are noticed, is increasingly unsustainable and, especially with issues such as […]
TRL Software’s iROADS powers Malta’s new road asset management system roll-out
TRL Software has successfully rolled out a new digital pavement asset management system for Transport Malta called TM Roads, to enhance roadworks coordination and public transparency across the island’s transport network. The new TM Roads system is a customised version of TRL Software’s cloud-based Asset Management software, iROADS,configured specifically for Malta Transport. It is a […]
Rebuilding the Foundation: Asset Management, the Key to Infrastructure Investment
There’s only three weeks to go before the Local Government Technical Advisers Group (LGTAG) Presidential Conference gets underway in Milton Keynes. This year the focus is on: Rebuilding the Foundation: Asset Management, the Key to Infrastructure Investment and being held at Bletchley Park on 4 June 2025. Asset management can have different meanings across various sectors, often […]
National Highways renews £8m asset management contract with Brightly Software
National Highways has renewed its asset management contract with Brightly Software, part of Siemens, for its Confirm enterprise asset management system. The contract, valued at just over £8m, has an optional one-year extension to June 2029. National Highways uses Confirm for asset and workflow management in a tailored implementation to integrate with multiple asset management […]
Opinion: How to build a strong foundation for asset investment planning
By: Nick Vague, Senior Solutions Consultant, Brightly Software Asset investment planning (AIP) is more than a buzzword. It’s an approach that empowers local authorities to transition from reactive to proactive asset management. Why is this important? As it stands, UK councils face the complex challenge of managing a diverse range of assets within their boroughs […]
Opinion: Assets United: Benefits for all
By Steve Harris, Solutions Manager, Brightly Software What are the advantages of digitising your asset management? What impact can a digitised system have on councils and their communities? Assets. United. is a joined-up approach to asset management from Brightly, which gives its users – UK councils – a holistic view of all assets within their […]
Better managing your assets – Brightly explain on this week’s Highways Voices
Effective management of highway assets is on the agenda this week on Highways Voices. We speak with Brightly, one of the UK’s leading providers of asset management software in the highways sector. Local authorities and contractors have been using the company’s asset management solution for over 20 years now, helping them make the correct decisions around […]
Brightly column: Synergies between assets
By: Nick Vague, Senior Solutions Consultant, Brightly Software What happens when assets are NOT managed intelligently? It causes knock-on effects and disruption that could otherwise have been avoided.Picture this: A gully along a highway is running slow due to a broken pipe and a weather warning for heavy rain is in place. Overnight, the rainfall […]