Why tech in asset maintenance is important – Retail Times
Jason Petsch, CEO of OUTCO, discusses how technology is bringing long-term thinking back to asset maintenance From being an occasional menace, potholes are now ubiquitous on the country’s roads. Indeed, cratered road surfaces are becoming a symbol for national decline. Growing public outrage forced prime minister Rishi Sunak to commit a staggering 8bn of the money saved […]
How To Successfully Outsource Autumn Leaf Clearance
As the leaves begin to fall, businesses of every size are faced with the annual challenge of Leaf Clearance on their premises. Those red, brown and yellow tones of Autumn may look stunning and evoke dreamy thoughts of stirring family walks and mulled wine, but for business, falling leaves clog drains, leading to water damage and flooding, and accumulate on paths, car parks, and other areas, posing a slip and fall hazard. Fallen leaves also attract pests and block gutters
How tech is being used to keep the UK moving during winter
“How tech is being used to keep the UK moving during winter” – published in FMOnline November 2023. Although the automation of winter maintenance doesn’t require clients to even request a gritting service, digitisation is allowing customers to immediately view in real-time when and where that service is delivered
Protecting night time workers – how challenging work like winter gritting can be made safer through innovation
Protecting night time workers – how challenging work like winter gritting can be made safer through innovation
Heroes of the Night: How Technology Shines a Light on Night-time Workers
Heroes of the Night: How Technology Shines a Light on Night-time Workers
OUTCO Shortlisted for UK PropTech Awards for Environmental Impact
OUTCO are delighted to be shortlisted in the UK PropTech Awards for Environmental Impact 2023
Winter Gritting Frequently Asked Questions
Winter Gritting Frequently Asked Questions
Why specialist weather forecasts might just keep you out of trouble
The world of specialist weather forecasting has undergone significant improvements in recent years. Access to powerful supercomputers that process millions of lines of code, in conjunction with data from actual weather stations and live-feed sensors have accelerated observational capabilities and numerical weather prediction (NWP) models to near pin-point accuracy for short range meso-scale (hyper-localised) forecasting