BTS Group, UK – Optimisation of field task scheduling

For BTS Group (UK), we developed a comprehensive information solution for managing vegetation around electricity transmission infrastructure, with an AI‑supported optimisation system for scheduling field teams at its core.

Start of use: 2025
Context: vegetation management around power grids, United Kingdom
Technology: AI optimisation, Other technologies

The AI model supports field task scheduling by taking into account geolocation, intervention urgency, team availability, and operational constraints. It enables consistent, repeatable, and data-driven work planning, which is essential for providing reliable support to electricity distribution companies.

The solution for BTS Group in the United Kingdom goes beyond scheduling optimisation. It provides comprehensive information support for vegetation management—MightyFields Vegetation Management—supporting fieldwork for inspections, interventions, and vegetation maintenance under power lines, and enabling efficient management of the entire process.

Impact:

• AI‑supported, transparent, and data‑driven planning of field interventions.
• Standardised work across all field teams at different locations (including external contractors).
• Optimised field data capture and improved traceability of interventions.
• Automated sending of consent requests to plot owners immediately upon identifying the need for an intervention.
• Improved oversight of large‑scale vegetation management operations, which are critical to the safe operation of the grid.