INFRONEER Holdings and Accenture to Establish a Joint Venture to Address Critical Construction and Infrastructure Management Issues
New joint venture aims to enhance productivity, increase revenue and accelerate the adoption of data-driven models through the use of advanced digital technologies
In recent years, Japan’s aging infrastructure—including roads, airports, water supply and sewage systems, and public facilities—has led to numerous serious accidents across the country. Additionally, local governments’ financial constraints, along with the declining birthrate and aging population, have worsened the labor shortage, driving up challenges in construction and infrastructure management. These not only reduce daily convenience for residents, but also hinder regional economic activities, potentially leading to a decline in
The JV plans to take a leading role in addressing these critical issues by applying advanced digital technologies, including AI, across INFRONEER group. It will accelerate the adoption of data-driven models – from optimizing IT operating costs and making strategic IT investments at the management level – to improve productivity at construction and infrastructure operation sites. The JV will pursue these initiatives through a multifaceted approach, supporting the creation of new businesses as a strategic think tank, driving business reform through data analysis and managing continuous digital transformation.
The joint venture will also be responsible for cultivating specialized talent to handle these functions and for managing IT investments and governance across INFRONEER group. The JV will undertake the following initiatives:
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Implementing a data-driven management model:
The JV will shift INFRONEER group's current business management model to one that is data-driven, based on scientific evidence and leverages AI and other technologies to enhance management decisions. First, the JV will build a digital platform that links data such as personnel, costs and processes across the entire value chain of sales, design, procurement and construction in the civil engineering and building construction business. The JV will implement a management cockpit that visualizes the data aggregated in this platform, which in the future may be leveraged by other business divisions to optimize the allocation of human resources and costs. -
Improving productivity on construction sites:
The JV aims to improve productivity through the use of digital technology and increased funds for wages, making the INFRONEER group and the industry more attractive and enhancing sustainability within both. As an example, the joint venture will implement a system that uses technology combining 360-degree camera and BIM (Building Information Modeling) to reduce the burden of reinforcement inspections, which account for about10% of working hours on construction sites. Additionally, the JV will develop and deploy solutions to make time-intensive estimation work more efficient, and will look at the possibility of proposing next-generation facilities that result in labor reductions and unmanned operations in manufacturing and logistics sites. -
Improving efficiency and quality in infrastructure operations:
For infrastructure such as roads and public facilities that are owned by municipalities, the JV will propose and promote efficiency through private sector knowledge and digital technologies. So far, INFRONEER and Accenture have been jointly involved in the construction of EAM (*1) software forJapan's first toll road at Aichi Road Concession, a member of the INFRONEER group, and in developing utility cost reduction solutions for the Miura Sewerage Concession. In the concession business (*2) of the INFRONEER Group, the JV will continue these efforts while further integrating the extensive expertise of this joint venture's seasoned experts to apply and expand a new management model that balances efficiency and quality improvement in infrastructure operations inJapan .
INFRONEER group has undertaken the largest number of concession projects in
Kazunari Kibe, Director Representative Executive Officer and President of INFRONEER Holdings, said: "INFRONEER Holdings' mission is to challenge the status quo of existing infrastructure businesses and deliver the most suitable service globally with innovative ideas. We have been working with Accenture since April 2022 to demonstrate how we take the lead in innovative initiatives especially in an infrastructure industry which is lagging in digitalization. This initiative not only aims to solve issues within
Atsushi Egawa, CEO of Accenture Japan, added: "
About the INFRONEER Strategy & Innovation Joint Venture
Name of firm: INFRONEER Strategy & Innovation (tentative name)
Location of headquarters: 2-10-2 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku,
Position of the head of the firm: Kazunari Kibe
Business description:
- Research and studies to support the formulation and execution of INFRONEER group's business strategies, as well as the planning, formulation, and execution of digital strategies based on these business strategies.
- Verification and construction of the application of digital technologies.
- Planning, design, development, operation, sales, management, and maintenance of information systems.
- Design, development, and operation of software, applications, and infrastructure.
- Commissioned education and training for talent development and capability enhancement, as well as consulting related to these services.
- Collection, analysis, management, and processing of information, as well as information provision.
- All business activities incidental and related to the above items.
Establishment: April 1, 2025
Number of Employees: approximately 100
Investment breakdown: INFRONEER HD
*1 EAM is an abbreviation for Enterprise Asset Management, which is a system for maintaining and managing an organization's tangible assets throughout the entire lifecycle of each asset.
*2 A concession business is a method in which the ownership of the facility remains owned by the administrative agency and the right to operate the facility is set to a private operator for a public facility that charges usage fees.
*3 Cost disclosure contracts is a contract method that consists of three elements: open book (cost disclosure), cost + fee, and incentive plus penalty. The client, the contractor, and the designer will proceed with the business in accordance with the mindset of mutual trust and cooperation.
About INFRONEER Holdings
Name of firm: INFRONEER Holdings Inc.
Location of headquarters: 2-10-2, Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku,
Founded Date: 01, October 2021
Head of the Firm: Kazunari Kibe, Director Representative Executive Officer and President
Business description: Provision of all construction services from planning proposals, design, construction, operation, maintenance and other services related to construction of infrastructure, business management of subsidiaries in construction (civil engineering, building construction), road civil engineering, and manufacture and retailing of construction machinery, and business management of the Group related to all its businesses.
Visit https://www.infroneer.com/en/ for more information about INFRONEER Holdings
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