KAJIMA SAYS EXTRANETS ARE KEY TO PFI SUCCESS

(07 December 2001) – Web-based collaboration technology will be the key to the success of private finance initiative (PFI) projects, believes Seamus Mockler from contractor Kajima UK. Speaking at the Construction Plus conference "Making Extranets Work Harder" at the Institution of Civil Engineers in London on 6 December 2001, Mockler says PFI consortia need to adopt web technology as early in the project process as possible. Full Story...

BIW SWEEPS PAST 10,000TH USER LANDMARK

(06 December 2001) – BIW Technologies (BIW), the UK market leader in collaboration web services for the construction and property industry, has reached a milestone in the use of its BIW Information Channel service, passing the 10,000 users landmark. Full Story...

BIW LINKS WITH CamVista TO OFFER REAL-TIME IMAGES VIA THE INTERNET

(30 November 2001) – Users of the BIW Information Channel, the UK market-leading project collaboration web service, now have access to an additional resource which enables them to view real time webcam images of their projects on site. Full Story...

ISG THE OCCUPANCY BUSINESS FOCUSES ON 'WHOLE LIFE' INFORMATION WITH BIW

(16 November 2001) – ISG the occupancy business, the support services group, has formed a strategic partnership with BIW Technologies (BIW), the UK market leader in collaboration systems. Full Story...

BIW WITHDRAWS ASITE'S RESELLER STATUS

(09 November 2001) – With effect from 1st December 2001, BIW Technologies (BIW) is withdrawing the status that allowed construction e-marketplace Asite to resell the project collaboration system, BIW Information Channel, as part of a larger package of services. BIW will offer direct implementation and support to all new users of the Information Channel, including those that also wish to subscribe to Asite's own services. Full Story...

SUCCESSFUL SIX MONTHS TAKES BIW CLOSER TO PROFITABILITY

(05 November 2001) – BIW Technologies (BIW), provider of the UK construction industry's leading web-based project collaboration system, BIW Information Channel, won over £3 million of orders in the second half of its financial year ended 30 September 2001 - a flow rate well ahead of its break-even requirements. Full Story...

BIW TECHNOLOGIES PROVIDES COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGY TO WELLCOME TRUST PROJECT

(08 October 2001) – BIW Technologies (BIW), is providing its web-based BIW Information Channel collaboration service to the team managing the ‘Cornerstone’ headquarters project for the medical charity, The Wellcome Trust. Full Story...

BIW ADOPTED FOR MOD ANDOVER PRIME CONTRACT

(20 July 2001) – BIW Technologies (BIW) has won its first public sector contract for the redevelopment of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) Andover North site. The prime contractor, Citex, will be using BIW's supply chain management tool, Information Channel, on this £41m Prime Contract. Full Story...

THE STATIONERY OFFICE TO BE EXCLUSIVE INFORMATION PROVIDER TO BIW TECHNOLOGIES

(02 July 2001) – The Stationery Office (tSO), Europe's largest publisher of regulatory information, is to provide regulatory information exclusively in the project management sector for BIW Technologies Ltd (BIW) Information Channel, a project management system for construction professionals. Full Story...

ATTENDA WINS SIGNIFICANT CONTRACT AWAY FROM PSINET

(29 June 2001) – Attenda Ltd, Europe's first provider of Total Managed Hosting today announced that the leading UK provider of online collaboration technology for construction projects, BIW Technologies (BIW), has chosen the company, over previous provider PSINet, to provide 100% outsourced operations for Web-based services. Full Story...

NEW VERSION OF BIW SOFTWARE DELIVERS MAJOR CLIENT AND USER BENEFITS

(18 June 2001) – BIW Technologies (formerly Building Information Warehouse) has launched a new version of its collaboration technology, offering significant additional benefits to clients and users. BIW has also modified the branding of its core service and created a new corporate identity to emphasise its role as a technology provider. Full Story...

UP TO 15% DISCOUNT ON LATENT DEFECTS INSURANCE FOR BIW CLIENTS

(10 June 2001) – Clients using the Building Information Warehouse (BIW) web-based supply chain management tool, Information Channel, can now benefit from discounts on latent defects insurance. Through insurance broker GHBC, insurer Norwich Union is the first to offer the discount as recognition that Information Channel can reduce the risk of latent defects. Full Story...

BIW SECURES FURTHER £3M INVESTMENT

(10 May 2001) – Building Information Warehouse, the leading UK provider of online collaboration technology for construction projects, has secured a further £3 million investment. The investment, in return for an equity stake in BIW, has been made by Trevor Davis, who has successfully specialised in supporting young, unquoted businesses across a range of technology sectors. Full Story...

THREE MORE CLIENTS TURN TO BIW'S INFORMATION CHANNEL

(30 April 2001) – Following the closure of project collaboration systems provider iScraper, developer Garbe UK, the Welsh Development Agency and EasyEverthing have opted to use Building Information Warehouse's Project Information Channel to manage their projects. Full Story...

BIW COMES TO RESCUE OF iSCRAPER CUSTOMERS

(11 April 2001) – Building Information Warehouse, the leading UK provider of collaboration technology for construction projects, is offering help to all UK clients affected by the imminent closure of service provider iScraper. Full Story...

ASITE SELECTS BUILDING INFORMATION WAREHOUSE AS ITS FIRST COLLABORATIVE TOOL PROVIDER

(02 April 2001) – Asite, the construction industry Internet portal, has adopted Building Information Warehouse (BIW) technology as its first project collaboration tool. Under the deal, clients subscribing to Asite will be able to choose to use BIW's Information Channel to facilitate communication and efficiency on construction projects.  Full Story...

BIW WINS CONSTRUCTION-PLUS CONFERENCE 'SHOOT-OUT'

(02 April 2001) – Building Information Warehouse's project collaboration technology, Project Information Channel, was voted the best UK project extranet system at conference at the Institution of Civil Engineers on Friday 30 March 2001. Full Story...