CORNERSTONE
“ We have introduced digital capture and digital twins to digitalise all the assets we have within our estate”
ANDY TRAIN, CHIEF NETWORK OFFICER, CORNERSTONE
taking place and may need additional infrastructure to be deployed.
The company’ s field operations have also undergone significant changes through digital transformation. The traditional model of planned and preventative maintenance is evolving into proactive preventive maintenance through digital evolution. Such a shift represents a fundamental change in how infrastructure is monitored and maintained.
“ We’ re trialling new innovation where our field engineers go to site and digitally capture sites through eyeglasses and through their phones, through drone capture LiDAR and photogrammetry and also using drone technology to digitalise the evidence workbook,” Andy explains.
“ Then we can use AI to overlay and tell us when sites may need further maintenance requirements.”
Security improvements accompany these operational changes. The company implemented a digital access control system that replaced traditional locks five years ago. This system creates a digital footprint of site access and ensures visitors have appropriate qualifications and authorisation.
“ Digitisation has allowed us to have full visibility of who is visiting our sites,” Andy shares.“ Now, through Locken, we can ensure that the individual attending site is correctly qualified and they are there to complete instructed works in a safe and planned manner”.
“ It also allows us to look at things like our carbon footprint, how many people are accessing and egressing our estate on an annual basis.” cornerstone. network 11