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DANDARA SIGNS THREE-YEAR DEAL WITH BIW TECHNOLOGIES Property developer Dandara has signed a three-year corporate deal with BIW Technologies (BIW) to use its web-based construction collaboration technology, BIW Information Channel, on its northern based projects for the next three years. BIW Information Channel has already been deployed on three major Dandara projects currently under construction: the Saint George’s Island apartment project in Manchester, the mixed-use Spectrum scheme in Salford, and Glasgow Harbour Phase 2 residential development - collectively worth in excess of £150 million. The BIW application is also being used by Dandara teams involved on a further six projects due to commence on site during 2006 and early 2007. Dandara has also negotiated an option to extend the BIW deal by a further two years – covering projects through to the end of 2010. “We first used the BIW system in May 2004 when we began construction of the Saint George’s Island scheme,” says Dandara Planning Manager Denis McHugh. “However, we quickly realised that the solution could be deployed much earlier in the project process – supporting design team collaboration from the post-concept stage forward. Dandara wanted a platform to manage its developments throughout their life cycle, from land acquisition through to sale.” McHugh continues: “This corporate deal is the result of a lot of hard work by both businesses to understand each others’ requirements. We worked closely with BIW to understand the technology and how we could use it; BIW studied our management processes and helped us to configure the Channel and its standards management module to exactly suit our preferred approaches, systems and procedures. We now have a powerful platform tailored to support Dandara’s ambitious development investment programme.” - ends - Notes to editors: - Initially a developer and builder of private houses, Dandara (www.dandara.com) was founded on the Isle of Man in 1988 and, after extending operations to the Channel Islands during the 1990s, established a presence on the UK mainland in the early 2000s. Today, it provides bespoke, quality developments in the residential, corporate and general office, commercial, retail and leisure sectors. Dandara has offices on the Isle of Man and Jersey, and in Manchester, Glasgow, London, Bristol and Dublin.
- For further information, contact: Denis McHugh, Dandara Planning & Logistics Manager – 0161 829 3020.
- Project collaboration services from BIW Technologies (www.biwtech.com) were first employed in 1999 on UK construction projects for Sainsbury’s. BIW believes it is the European leader in web-based collaboration systems for the construction and property industry, measured by numbers of users, usage and volume of data.
- BIW Information Channel is a sophisticated web-based supply chain integration technology, designed specifically for construction projects or programmes. Each client is provided with a unique, project or programme-specific website created around a knowledge database. With this, data can be made available securely to every team member – from the earliest concepts, through detailed design, buildability studies, pre-fabrication, construction, maintenance, operation and improvement to the eventual demolition or dismantling of the facility.
- As well as Dandara, BIW customers include United Utilities, Sainsbury’s, BAA, housebuilders Crest Nicholson and the Peabody Trust, Marks & Spencer, the Ministry of Defence, the Wellcome Trust, O2, Mace, Bovis Lend Lease, Kajima, Gleeds and developers Land Securities, Ballymore and Garbe.
- BIW and BIW Information Channel are registered trademarks or trademarks of BIW Technologies Ltd.
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