Just like large parts of the construction industry, digitization has come relatively late to Swedish civil engineering company Svevia. But here, CIO Maria Wester details how a cloud-based digital infrastructure has been built for the entire company, kickstarting several innovation projects. Credit: Thinkstock Nearly 15 years ago, the then Vägverket Produktion was incorporated so road maintenance on Sweden’s national road network could be put on the competitive open market. Today, state-owned Svevia is the country’s largest company in the operation and maintenance of roads and bridges, and manages over 50% of the road network yet, just like in the construction industry, it’s been relatively late to digitization. But today, Svevia is driving cross-sector digitization projects where new technology for increased safety for road workers and users is tested. “When I came in three years ago, it was with the task of digitizing the company,” says Svevia CIO Maria Wester. “In order to do that, a digital transformation was required, and when it comes to information provision, there wasn’t much, so we put in place basic platforms to handle data, and developed a cloud architecture for infrastructure and applications.” Over the course of a year, 150 applications were then moved […]
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