• supports key contract processes (eg: NEC3, JCT, etc) electronically
• cuts paperwork, reducing administration costs
• improves efficiency and control

BIW: Contract Administration extends the core BIW: Collaboration capabilities to control a wide range of contract-related project, programme and enterprise processes. For example, BIW has a detailed understanding of the New Engineering Contract (NEC) suite and has created a series of generic 'NEC workflows' that, when applied in a logical sequence, help teams to follow the correct process procedures and make use of the NEC easier.

Clients, contractors, consultants and other supply chain partners no longer need to rely on paper-based forms and associated procedures to ensure that contractual relationships, roles and responsibilities are correctly updated to reflect the impacts of changes.

• reduced paperwork – leading to significant management time savings
• a more consistent interface
• easier referencing to the contract
• more complete information is provided when using the contract
• better control over information flows
• improved integration of processes and project data
• greater transparency and visibility to process participants
• more complete reporting and performance data
• a single source of reference for all contract data, with a full audit trail of all contract-related communications

The many processes available include: Early Warning Notice, Contractor- or Project Manager-generated Notification of Compensation Events, Compensation Event Quotations, Project Manager's Assessments, Project Manager's Instructions, Non-conformance reports, and Corrective Action Requests.

And it is not a 'one-size-fits-all' solution: for instance, BIW: Contract Administration can support different variations of the NEC contract, including the NEC engineering and construction contract (ECC), the Professional Services Contract (PSC), the engineering and construction short contract (ECSC), the term service contract (TSC), the framework contract (FC) and bespoke versions of the contract specific to particular organisations or programmes.

As well as integration between contract change processes and document management platform, BIW also enables real-time management of the cost impacts of changes, through its BIW: Financial Control solution, and defects management processes can also be controlled using BIW: Quality Manager.

"On projects worth more than £10m, web-based extranet systems designed to support the NEC workflow are invaluable."
(Simon Rawlinson, Building, 14 September 2007)

For more information, contact sales@biwtech.com.