“Assets. United.” was launched by Brightly Software, a Siemens Company, in February 2024. The purpose of the campaign was to help local authorities manage complex networks of asset classes within increasingly challenging budget and resource constraints.

The campaign highlights the interconnected nature of assets and the need for an efficient, integrated, and proactive approach to asset management. 

Assets. United. Introduced a clear plan: one partner, one system. One way to manage all assets a council is responsible for.

Two years on, the campaign has entered a new phase: Assets. United 2.0, as Brightly focuses on assisting councils to fully manage and unlock the value of their asset data across each unique asset class they manage on a daily basis.

A way to make informed asset decisions

Local councils in the UK are facing a range of challenges, from ageing road networks to rising repair costs, shrinking budgets and growing public frustration – all of which pile pressure on day-to-day operations. Asset managers in local authorities are spending too much time collating data, and are too dependent on spreadsheets and other manual processes. Spending significant time on data collation and analysis leads to delays and ultimately to a reactive model of asset management, with inefficient decision-making, inefficient allocation of resources and, ultimately, lower levels of public confidence.

Assets. United. 2.0 builds on the original campaign by showing how a unified approach to asset data can transform these workflows. Instead of reacting to failures, councils gain the ability to monitor performance, identify trends and intervene earlier.

Brightly’s Confirm Enterprise Asset Management Software is at the core of Assets. United. 2.0. What makes Confirm the best asset management system for infrastructure on the market? You get industry-leading mobility, centralisation, and reporting all in a single, cloud-based platform.

Confirm allows its users to manage their assets effectively by identifying priorities and addressing issues before they escalate, and allows the budget to be allocated strategically where they will deliver.

One system for your asset classes

Local councils manage a range of assets, and each asset class presents various challenges, requirements and risks. Assets. United. 2.0 therefore allows councils to effectively manage multiple assets, all while being connected to one system.

The asset classes covered include street lighting, bridges, structures, grounds, parks, drainage, blockage and highways.

Looking at highways specifically, a significant amount of Highway Managers’ time is spent pulling together information from multiple systems, duplicating work, and manually checking and extracting data just to be confident it’s accurate. This makes managing your highway network far more complex, as it becomes slower and increases the risk of errors.

With Assets. United. Confirm helps monitor and control assets with preventive maintenance and real-time field data access. Pre-defined dashboards and reports give highway teams a complete view of asset performance and budget impacts.

Moving from reactive to predictive maintenance

With a connected platform, councils gain a clearer view of their assets and can prioritise preventative maintenance to reduce long-term risk. They can build multi-year plans; bring asset classes together, and enable cross-asset trade-offs. This allows them to reduce costs by addressing problems before they arise.

Assets. United. 2.0 brings asset data together in one platform, and councils gain the visibility and insight required to manage ageing infrastructure more effectively

To learn more about Assets. United

Nick Vague, Brightly Software