MACS shortlisted at the Digital Construction Awards 2026 Rebecca Simm 11.03.2026 MACS has been shortlisted at the Digital Construction Awards 2026 for transforming asset management across the MOD’s 900-site, 96,000-building estate. The Digital Construction Awards 2026 take place on 18th March at the London Marriot Hotel, Grosvenor Square, recognising leading digital innovation across the built environment sector. This year, MACS and Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) have been shortlisted for the Asset Management Best Practice award for our work supporting the management of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) estate. DIO partnered with MACS in 2017 to create a comprehensive enterprise asset management (EAM) solution. Since then, we have improved data visibility and centralisation across the MOD estate, solidifying governance and enabling DIO to achieve key strategic objectives. Why did DIO need support from MACS? The MOD estate is one of the largest and most complex in Europe, comprising 900 sites and 96,000 buildings. At the time MACS was introduced, asset data was fragmented across 150 legacy systems, resulting in siloed information, inconsistent maintenance records and limited insight into asset performance. DIO’s FM teams felt the impact daily. Without an overarching view of data, its ability to track costs, contracts and workloads became difficult, leading to inefficiencies and increased risk across the estate. Meanwhile, weaknesses in the supply chain meant DIO had limited resilience if a supplier failed. What did MACS deliver? A master enterprise asset register was created, with data from the 634,903 assets loaded onto it and converted into industry-standard formats (Uniclass, NRM3 and SFG20). This established a consistent compliance baseline across the estate, supporting audits, inspections and alignment with ISO 55000 and golden thread principles. Better data ownership and control were also part of the EAM. More than ten million documents and five million asset records have been repatriated and standardised, with data ownership returned to DIO. MACS then used IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE) and IBM MQ to build a secure and scalable digital integration platform, improving data exchange between DIO and its partners. A centralised IBM Maximo CAFM container was also deployed to capture all maintenance transactions. This supported CAFM mobilisation across seven Future Defence Infrastructure Services contracts within 10 months, resulting in a combined value of £1.8bn over 7 years. This work builds on our track record of delivering IBM-based solutions for the MOD. Notably, our implementation of IBM TRIRIGA across the MOD estate won the Best Long-Term Journey award at the TRIRIGA Awards 2024. What were the outcomes? By centralising asset data, integrating IBM platforms and standardising governance, the scale of our achievements speaks for itself. Over 1.1 million work orders have been processed, more than £150 million in estate work has been completed, and 221,246 planned maintenance tasks created to shift the estate from reactive to proactive maintenance. The result is more targeted, evidence-based investment across one of Europe’s most complex defence estates. Returning data ownership to DIO has strengthened commercial control. With 182 million integration messages processed across 90+ system interfaces, DIO now has authoritative, real-time visibility of asset performance across its supply chain. This improves oversight, creates a level playing field for suppliers, and supports the move to ISO 55000 governance. An award-worthy partnership MACS and DIO’s EAM solution showcases how an estate – no matter how large and diverse – can be transformed through advanced asset management technology, robust governance, and a commitment to sustainability and compliance. Being shortlisted for the Asset Management Best Practice award at the Digital Construction Awards 2026 is recognition of this. We look forward to celebrating our partnership along with other innovations across the built environment sector at the awards ceremony. For updates on the awards evening, you can follow MACS on LinkedIn. If you’d like to discuss how MACS can support your estate, email info@macs.eu or submit an enquiry on our website. Share:
The Digital Construction Awards 2026 take place on 18th March at the London Marriot Hotel, Grosvenor Square, recognising leading digital innovation across the built environment sector. This year, MACS and Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) have been shortlisted for the Asset Management Best Practice award for our work supporting the management of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) estate. DIO partnered with MACS in 2017 to create a comprehensive enterprise asset management (EAM) solution. Since then, we have improved data visibility and centralisation across the MOD estate, solidifying governance and enabling DIO to achieve key strategic objectives. Why did DIO need support from MACS? The MOD estate is one of the largest and most complex in Europe, comprising 900 sites and 96,000 buildings. At the time MACS was introduced, asset data was fragmented across 150 legacy systems, resulting in siloed information, inconsistent maintenance records and limited insight into asset performance. DIO’s FM teams felt the impact daily. Without an overarching view of data, its ability to track costs, contracts and workloads became difficult, leading to inefficiencies and increased risk across the estate. Meanwhile, weaknesses in the supply chain meant DIO had limited resilience if a supplier failed. What did MACS deliver? A master enterprise asset register was created, with data from the 634,903 assets loaded onto it and converted into industry-standard formats (Uniclass, NRM3 and SFG20). This established a consistent compliance baseline across the estate, supporting audits, inspections and alignment with ISO 55000 and golden thread principles. Better data ownership and control were also part of the EAM. More than ten million documents and five million asset records have been repatriated and standardised, with data ownership returned to DIO. MACS then used IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE) and IBM MQ to build a secure and scalable digital integration platform, improving data exchange between DIO and its partners. A centralised IBM Maximo CAFM container was also deployed to capture all maintenance transactions. This supported CAFM mobilisation across seven Future Defence Infrastructure Services contracts within 10 months, resulting in a combined value of £1.8bn over 7 years. This work builds on our track record of delivering IBM-based solutions for the MOD. Notably, our implementation of IBM TRIRIGA across the MOD estate won the Best Long-Term Journey award at the TRIRIGA Awards 2024. What were the outcomes? By centralising asset data, integrating IBM platforms and standardising governance, the scale of our achievements speaks for itself. Over 1.1 million work orders have been processed, more than £150 million in estate work has been completed, and 221,246 planned maintenance tasks created to shift the estate from reactive to proactive maintenance. The result is more targeted, evidence-based investment across one of Europe’s most complex defence estates. Returning data ownership to DIO has strengthened commercial control. With 182 million integration messages processed across 90+ system interfaces, DIO now has authoritative, real-time visibility of asset performance across its supply chain. This improves oversight, creates a level playing field for suppliers, and supports the move to ISO 55000 governance. An award-worthy partnership MACS and DIO’s EAM solution showcases how an estate – no matter how large and diverse – can be transformed through advanced asset management technology, robust governance, and a commitment to sustainability and compliance. Being shortlisted for the Asset Management Best Practice award at the Digital Construction Awards 2026 is recognition of this. We look forward to celebrating our partnership along with other innovations across the built environment sector at the awards ceremony. For updates on the awards evening, you can follow MACS on LinkedIn. If you’d like to discuss how MACS can support your estate, email info@macs.eu or submit an enquiry on our website.
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