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Regional navigation and information system enabling remote monitoring of location and condition of vehicles (e.g. school buses and ambulances) and quickly respond to unforeseen events or violations of the route schedule.

This use case aims at creating a distributed, secure, reliable and smart sensing system in urban and suburban areas capable of collecting information and data to be shared with local governments and public authorities to improve management, quality and provision of public services.

The use of Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence and 5G to enable Smart-Cities-as-a-Service (SCcaas) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) model to optimize the provision of existing public services.

3D printing to reconstruct heritage pieces that were lost or damaged from heritage properties without the need to resort to skilled artisans who are difficult to find.

Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) can be integrated in all stages of infrastructure planning and design to transport users into virtual environments that reveal what designs could look like when constructed and how they would impact upon the existing environment.

Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) can be used to deploy training programs and assist workers in performing asset inspections and maintenance works.

A water height and flood management system enables local authorities to predict flooding and avoid building infrastructure in high risk areas.

A central system of roadside installations and equipment relying on Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) that replaces conventional toll systems to enhance operational efficiency and reduce long waiting times for vehicles.

Cloud platforms for electric vehicle charging enables scaling up of EV charging operations by helping to manage wide charging networks more efficiently.

Integration of digital and communication technologies such as cloud computing, 5G, and the Internet of Things to improve operation, management and quality of services for transport hubs such as airports.

Artificial intelligence (AI) that streamlines processes, documents and data in the flow of goods to reduce duplication, automate handshakes, and improve status accuracy.

Disruptions as a result of Covid-19 have heightened the awareness of and desire to increase adoption of technology on many fronts, including infrastructure. We explore five ways that technology can revolutionise the infrastructure landscape for emerging economies.

The global competition to accelerate the infrastructure industry has entered the next stage with assessment of all InfraChallenge applications now complete.

Global Infrastructure Hub has launched an international competition designed to disrupt the infrastructure industry through new digitally-driven solutions.

Global Infrastructure Hub (GI Hub) was a lead contributor at the recent United Nations’ (UN) workshop tackling access to infrastructure for excluded groups including women, differently-abled, and the economically disadvantaged.

How can cities absorb the influx of people without developing new and more efficient ways of building, transporting, and consuming resources? Without significant disruption across urban infrastructure, the cities of the future will struggle to keep up, much less make progress toward things like mitigating climate change or providing quality education to every student.