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ASITE AND BIW GROW PROJECT COLLABORATION 19 February 2002 Asite and BIW today reaffirmed their commitment to offer the BIW Information Channel collaboration web service to Asite’s customers in line with their original plans. BIW Information Channel is currently being deployed on 13 Asite projects including the giant Paternoster Square scheme as well as Phase II of the Treasury redevelopment and Chiswick Park. Alastair Mellon, managing director of Asite, said: “Collaboration is a critical first step for companies to adopt new, open ways of working, but we have always felt that customer choice is paramount. It is acknowledged now that, by working with best-in-class suppliers, sourcing a range of quality web-based tools and then wrapping Asite’s added-value services around it all, we are building a powerful business model. More importantly, we are also offering clients a highly attractive way to make a real difference to the efficiency, profitability and performance of the whole supply chain.”
Colin Smith, chief executive of BIW said: “We have always applauded Asite's objectives, and would like to see as many firms as possible using the services provided by both of our companies. “I am particularly encouraged that Stanhope plc, a major Asite shareholder, has already adopted BIW Information Channel as its standard collaboration platform. We all want to see the industry benefit from the widespread use of web services and our new agreement represents the basis of a solid, long-term relationship between Asite and BIW.”
Further information:
- Liz Male, Asite PR
Tel. 01908 551976 (office) or 07778 778361 (mobile) - Paul Wilkinson, BIW Head of Corporate Communications
Tel. 020 7592 8550 (office) or 07788 445920 (mobile)
Notes to Editors: ASITE Asite was founded by the construction industry for the construction industry in February 2000, and has been operational since June 2001. Asite’s business solutions aim to integrate all aspects of a construction project’s life-cycle. The Asite toolkit consists of purchasing, collaboration and tendering software, with additional services including training, technical support, change management, trouble shooting and implementation management. Asite’s solutions encourage greater efficiency and increased productivity through collaboration, knowledge sharing and the elimination of waste. The whole supply chain benefits from reduced overheads and improved communications and procedures. BIW BIW Information Channel is a sophisticated web-based supply chain integration technology, originally designed specifically for construction projects. Each client is provided with a unique, project-specific website created around a knowledge database. Using this, all data can be made available to every project team member from the earliest concepts and specifications, through detailed design, buildability studies, pre-fabrication, construction, maintenance, operation and improvement, to the eventual demolition or dismantling of the facility. For further information on BIW Information Channel, visit http://www.biwtech.com
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