Fragmented evidence
Images, reports and updates can sit across separate systems, making review and comparison slower.
Road intelligence for highways teams
Find road defects earlier. Review the evidence. Act with confidence.
Auztec is building ARCH for councils, highways teams and contractors that need clearer defect visibility, practical prioritisation and a traceable route from road evidence to action.
- UK company
- Public-sector aligned
- Field validation sought
CaptureRoad evidence
ReviewSuspected defects
PrioritiseRisk and urgency
AssignControlled action
AuditDecision history
The operational gap
The problem is not a lack of reports. It is turning evidence into a defensible next action.
Highways teams already receive inspection records, resident reports, images and contractor updates. The challenge is deciding what needs attention first, recording why that decision was made and keeping the evidence connected as work progresses.
ARCH is being developed as the intelligence and workflow layer between captured road evidence and the systems used to inspect, approve, deliver and report maintenance activity.
Priority needs context
A defect signal alone does not explain operational risk, urgency or the appropriate next step.
Decisions need traceability
Authorities and contractors need a clear record of what was reviewed, decided, assigned and closed.
ARCH product evidence
A working interface built around the operational workflow.
The current interface brings together work items, map context, evidence, approvals, capture-node status and audit history. Backend and capture integration are the next development stages.
What ARCH is intended to do
Connect captured evidence with review, priority, assignment and closure.
Capture evidence
Receive route capture, inspector submissions or agreed third-party road-condition data.
Create a review item
Present the suspected defect, location, imagery and supporting metadata for human review.
Record the decision
Accept, reject, reprioritise or request further evidence with the reviewer and reason retained.
Support controlled action
Prepare an approved work item for assignment, export or integration with existing systems.
Maintain the audit trail
Keep status changes, evidence, approvals and completion records connected throughout the lifecycle.
Partner outcomes
Designed for authority oversight and contractor delivery.
The council and contractor propositions are related but distinct. The initial field work will validate where ARCH removes friction rather than adding another reporting burden.
For councils and highways teams
Clearer review and defensible prioritisation
- Bring defect evidence and location context together
- Record reviewer decisions and priority changes
- Improve visibility of overdue and at-risk work
- Export an auditable record for existing processes
Contractor workflow under validation
Stronger evidence handover and client reporting
- Reduce time spent locating and validating submitted evidence
- Support route, programme and SLA visibility
- Connect work status with completion evidence
- Reduce avoidable rework and disputed records
These outcomes are pilot hypotheses and are not presented as proven customer results.
Primary pilot hypothesis
Can ARCH reduce the time and ambiguity involved in turning road evidence into reviewed, prioritised and traceable work items?
An initial evaluation should test one end-to-end workflow on an agreed route or operating area. It should not attempt to replace an authority's existing asset-management or work-order platform.
Indicative scopeOne vehicle or agreed data source
Evaluation period8–12 weeks, subject to readiness
MeasuresReview time, evidence completeness, workflow fit and auditability
A pilot partner contributes
- An agreed route, area or representative data sample
- Operational input from relevant users
- A validation method and success measures
- Feedback on workflow and integration requirements
A pilot partner receives
- Configured access to the evaluation environment
- Structured defect and evidence outputs
- An agreed audit and export record
- A close-out report covering findings, limitations and next steps
Operational evaluation brief
Review how an ARCH evaluation would work.
A practical overview for highway authorities and maintenance contractors covering ARCH's current stage, the operational workflow, evaluation scope, partner responsibilities, expected outputs and governance approach.
Governance summary
Controlled evaluation, with terms agreed before field activity.
Scope and ownership: routes, users, outputs, data ownership and responsibilities agreed in advance.
Privacy and security: DPIA screening, retention, access controls and processing terms considered where applicable.
Evaluation route: discovery first, then a separate formal agreement before any live pilot or deployment.
Contact Auztec
Discuss a specific highways or contractor workflow.
Initial conversations are focused on operational fit, field-validation requirements and whether ARCH could address a defined evidence or prioritisation problem.
Gary Morton
CEO & Founder, Auztec Ltd