AI-assisted connected infrastructure planning across Water & Wastewater, Energy & Bioresources

BMA is excited to sponsor the Future of Utilities Summit 2025. The utilities landscape is transforming across water, energy, bioresources, and beyond — and BMA is looking forward to exploring innovative solutions and showcasing our AI-assisted connected infrastructure planning across Water & Wastewater, Energy & Bioresources.

UK water sector transformation: the case for connected infrastructure planning

As the Cunliffe Review gets underway, the water sector faces unprecedented challenges. Addressing climate change and population growth requires billions in investment to modernise assets, build reservoirs and expand pipeline networks and infrastructure. Utilities must also manage debt and respond to public concerns over rising bills and sewage overflows.

At BMA, we developed the Decisio™ software platform to harness AI and other ground-breaking cloud technology advances to deliver integrated planning capabilities that can support the water sector in these challenging times.

Four key areas of complexity where Decisio™ can help

• Managing competing priorities including financial resilience, environmental performance, ageing infrastructure, decarbonisation, and system resilience
• Engaging and balancing the interests of diverse stakeholders from national policy makers to local catchment managers
• Developing flexible planning approaches that can adapt to changing conditions
• Identifying the optimal timing, location, and type of investments for maximum impact

In this complex landscape, whole systems and integrated planning capabilities have become essential. These capabilities bridge the gap between high-level strategy at the national level and practical implementation.

At BMA, we see cloud-based platforms emerging as key enablers for this integration — creating a ‘single source of truth’ with secure data access that offers different perspectives for decision-makers.

Energy sector transformation

At BMA, our Decisio™ C4ET platform is purpose-built to address the Energy Transformation challenge.

Here’s how Decisio™’s whole systems adaptive planning capabilities are making a difference:

• Secure stakeholder engagement — bringing all parties together on one protected platform
• Seamless data integration — enabling smooth information flow across operations
• Multi-level collaboration — coordinating planning from national frameworks to site-specific levels
• Adaptive planning — quickly evolving as technology, policy, and market conditions change

To find out more, get in touch.