Gas Networks
Improve safety response, reduce procurement waste, accelerate planned works, and keep field teams productive and compliant
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A sector under pressure to transform
Mains replacement at scale, net zero readiness, and tightening efficiency targets. The pressure on gas networks keeps increasing while the rate at which employees exit the workforce is rising. Cogna is the AI partner that closes that gap.
£17.8bn
Approved for UK gas networks under RIIO-3
$270bn
Needed to replace ageing pipes across the US gas network
40%+
of the operational workforce plan to retire in next 5 years
Common use cases
How teams are applying AI to critical workflows in gas networks
Procurement and spend evaluation
Evaluate contractor bids across thousands of schemes in real time. Compare pricing against network risk, historical performance, and scheme complexity to make allocation decisions in hours, not weeks.
Network safety and incident response
Coordinate the full response to a reported gas incident from initial triage through to verified safe. Assign crews, notify affected customers, and maintain a complete compliance record across every step.
Planned works delivery
Identify data risks before engineers go on-site, track material usage against expected quantities, manage mandatory customer notifications, and monitor service restoration across affected properties.
Workforce dispatch and scheduling
Schedule and optimize daily job allocation across hundreds of field crews based on skill, geography, priority, and real-time conditions.
Streetworks and permitting
Manage the full permit lifecycle from planning through reinstatement. Reduce fixed penalty notices, manage lane rental exposure, and keep field teams working without delays.
Customer communications
Keep customers, contractors, and regulators informed at scale throughout planned and emergency works. Ensure accuracy and consistency across thousands of weekly touchpoints without manual effort.
What our customers say
“I've not seen a solution like this before. What Cogna has built is exceptional.”
Tim Steiner
CEO, Ocado
Frequently Asked Questions
Gas networks are using AI where decisions involve high stakes and many variables: procurement and contractor allocation, network safety response, planned works delivery, dispatch, and streetworks management. Most of this coordination still runs on manual processes despite significant data infrastructure investment.
RIIO-3 has approved £17.8bn for UK gas networks with tightening efficiency targets. Networks need to deliver more mains replacement at lower unit cost while the experienced workforce shrinks. The regulatory case for operational AI in gas is immediate and quantifiable.
Evaluating contractor bids across thousands of schemes, coordinating incident response across crews and customers, managing permit lifecycles to avoid fixed penalty notices, and scheduling hundreds of field engineers daily. Cogna builds applications that bring structure to decisions worth millions that currently depend on a handful of experienced people.
Yes. Cogna integrates with GIS, SAP, asset management, work management, and legacy systems. Many gas networks run decades-old infrastructure that no vendor has connected before. Cogna is built to work with what you have, not require you to replace it.
Cogna starts with discovery alongside your operational experts to map the highest-value problem. A working application is built around your data, process logic, and regulatory constraints, then tested in your environment before you commit. Deployment takes weeks, not months.
