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By the Estates Intelligence Team, KBR
Public sector estates are under growing pressure to meet higher standards of safety, compliance and transparency. As asset-related policies tighten – such as the requirement for asset data to be no older than five years – accurate, timely audits are now essential. However, traditional, paper-based or siloed audit systems often fall short in meeting these demands efficiently.
KBR’s Estates Intelligence team is addressing this challenge head-on, delivering digital-first audit services that improve compliance, reduce costs, and drive better decision-making across complex estates. At the heart of this offer is our proven platform, VIAverse®, enabling organisations to bridge the gap between compliance requirements and digital transformation.
Digital Audits for Modern Estates
Audit programmes have traditionally relied on manual processes and disparate data systems, leading to inefficiencies, duplicated effort, and missed opportunities for proactive maintenance. Estates Intelligence replaces these with a fully integrated suite of digital audits, designed to generate real-time insights across any estate, asset class or operational environment.
Whether delivered by our auditors or through a self-service model, audits are available online or offline and are configured to meet individual client requirements. The data gathered feeds directly into performance dashboards and, when integrated with a CAFM system, can automatically generate remedial work orders, reducing the time between identifying issues and resolving them.
A Configurable, Scalable Platform
One of the pitfalls of off-the-shelf audit tools is their rigidity. Many public sector organisations find themselves constrained by limited functionality or generic outputs. Our VIAverse® platform avoids these issues through front-end configurability. This means audits can be rapidly adapted to emerging needs, all while preserving system performance and audit integrity.
From statutory compliance to asset condition assessments, our audit library is tailored to ensure accurate scoring, weighting, and document capture, supporting strategic capital planning and day-to-day operations alike.
An Intelligent Audit Model: Scheduled and Ad-Hoc
We work closely with clients to develop tailored audit programmes that combine both scheduled and ad-hoc assessments. Scheduled audits offer a predictable, consistent method of gathering performance data. Meanwhile, ad-hoc audits allow us to act swiftly when trends or anomalies emerge, ensuring a truly responsive audit ecosystem.
This dual model enables public sector organisations to maintain operational resilience while responding to evolving risks or project needs—without relying on large-scale survey repeats that can disrupt service delivery and increase cost significantly.
Integrated Surveying and Assurance
Beyond standard audit activity, Estates Intelligence supports clients across the full asset lifecycle. We deliver mobilisation surveys to populate new systems, mid-lifecycle surveys to improve existing data, and targeted gap analyses that assess current audit coverage. Every dataset, whether generated internally or via the supply chain, is validated, integrated and presented as a single source of truth through VIAverse®.
To ensure that data remains actionable, our insights team actively interrogates audit results for quality, consistency and opportunities for technical or financial improvement. This includes identifying billing errors, verifying contractor performance and detecting maintenance issues before they escalate.
Enabling Smarter Decision-Making
Audit data is only valuable if it can inform decisions. VIAverse® empowers public sector leaders with transparent, high-quality intelligence, enabling smarter choices around capital investment, maintenance prioritisation, and procurement.
Machine learning enhances our approach by supporting predictive forecasting, optimising planned maintenance strategies and avoiding unnecessary costs. In fact, our clients have already achieved multi-million-pound savings through enhanced audit and assurance services delivered across complex estate portfolios.
Built for Public Sector Needs
Unlike some systems designed solely for corporate use, our platform is optimised for the varied environments of public sector delivery. We ensure accessibility through mobile-optimised interfaces and custom workflows, allowing frontline users to engage with audit processes in a way that suits their role and setting.
Meanwhile, our desktop audit services extend compliance assurance across the operational supply chain. Supported by our team of subject matter experts and data analysts, these audits cover statutory, mandatory, and routine requirements, validating delivery and building confidence in reporting.
Looking Ahead
In the face of changing regulations, aging infrastructure and tighter budgets, it’s no longer enough for audits to remain reactive, rigid, or isolated exercises. Public sector organisations need audit strategies that are proactive, agile and deeply integrated with digital platforms, helping them achieve their organisational goals.
Through Estates Intelligence and VIAverse®, KBR is helping to reshape how audits are delivered – ensuring public sector estates are compliant today and future-ready tomorrow.
More Information:
To find out more about KBR’s Estates Intelligence services, or to discuss how our platform can support your estate’s needs, visit kbr.com/Estates-Intelligence
KBR Estates Intelligence
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