Marina Chambers

This session will explore how AI-enabled tools are moving to everyday use in road maintenance and safety, and the practical choices road custodians face when deciding what to adopt.

• How the technology has evolved: from manual surveys and specialist vehicles to AI analysis of standard video, and from annual snapshots to frequent, near real-time condition data
• Where AI is delivering today: defect and asset detection, planned preventative maintenance and winter road condition monitoring such as surface state and friction
• The choices custodians face when adopting the new technology -  independent validation, data quality, integration with existing asset systems, procurement and cost, and how to start small and scale
• Questions to ask yourself before you decide which technology is right for you