Will Brown | Chief Finance Officer
Re-flow

Day 2 - 16th October @ 14:00

Turning data into dividends: The CFO’s case for digital in highways

The highways sector faces unprecedented pressures: tighter budgets, increased regulatory demands, skills shortages, and rising expectations around safety, sustainability, and delivery speed. Traditional, paper-heavy workflows are no longer fit for purpose. To remain competitive and resilient, firms must embrace digital transformation, not as a buzzword, but as a strategic investment.

This session explores how highways contractors and asset managers can unlock value by digitising field operations, streamlining compliance, and improving data visibility across their projects. Drawing on real-world examples from across the industry, we’ll examine:

• The cost of inefficiency in highways workflows, and how to quantify the return on digital adoption
• Practical steps for integrating field management platforms to connect office and site teams
• How data-led decision making improves safety outcomes, sustainability reporting, and financial control
• Why firms that invest in digital now will be better equipped to navigate the UK’s future infrastructure demands

By rethinking how information flows through an organisation, highways firms can reduce risk, deliver more with less, and create a foundation for long-term growth.