Digital Custodianship

Redefining how we care for our infrastructure through preserving critical expertise, and ensuring that our bridges, tunnels, roads, and railways continue to serve society for generations to come.

A Vision for the Future of Infrastructure Stewardship

Infrastructure management has evolved from custodianship of engineers to a more data-driven, externalised approach with digital systems and consultancies. While this has improved oversight, some aspects of custodianship have been lost. With growing challenges like climate change, proactive decision-making has become crucial.

We believe the answer lies in Digital Custodianship.

Digital Custodianship is not about replacing engineers with technology. It is about preserving institutional knowledge, integrating historical data, and applying AI-driven insights to extend asset life and improve resilience. We want to ensure the right knowledge is available to the right people at the right time.

We have an opportunity to reclaim custodianship — digitally, intelligently, and for the long term.

Steve Robers

Professor Stephen Roberts
Co-founder & CSO
Mind Foundry

Steve Denton

Steve Denton
Head of Civil Engineering
WSP

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Digital Custodianship starts with better data...

Introducing Windward Inspect; Transforming bridge inspections by combining state-of-the-art AI and Machine Learning, digital image correlation, and mobile-based inspection tools to create a seamless, efficient workflow for bridge inspection and maintenance.

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Digital Custodians for Ageing Infrastructure

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AI Applications Across the Infrastructure Life Cycle

by Tom Bartley

From planning to decommissioning, every stage of the infrastructure asset life cycle has its own priorities and needs. Here are the ways that AI can...