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BIW Technologies (BIW) was a privately held British company providing web-based electronic construction collaboration technologies (also sometimes described as project management or project extranet systems), to customers in the construction and property sectors. It was acquired by a German company, CONJECT, in December 2010, and adopted its parent company's branding in April 2012. ==History== Having purchased the rights to a prototype Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application already being piloted by Sainsbury's and BAA, CEO Colin Smith and his fellow founder directors established the company in London in early 2000 as interest in construction-oriented dot.com businesses began to peak in the UK. Working with such 'blue chip' clients helped BIW market the platform to both existing project supply chains and to new customers, and the business grew rapidly.〔"Out of the Ashes.com", ''Construction News'', 16 January 2003〕 By 2003, according to independent research by Compagnia, BIW could claim 26.4% of the UK market,〔(BIW 'has 26.4 per cent of UK market' )〕 and it was achieving annual revenues of £2.7m, comfortably ahead of its then nearest UK rival, BuildOnline. For a period 2001-2004, BIW also provided its software to Asite which traded as a reseller of BIW's platform until it launched its own collaboration system and became a direct competitor. In 2003 BIW was a founder member of the Network of Construction Collaboration Technology Providers (NCCTP), then managed by CIRIA but today part of Constructing Excellence. From 2000-2005, Sir Michael Latham, author of the influential Latham Report, served as non-executive Deputy Chairman of BIW. In January 2005, the company relocated its head office from London to Woking in Surrey. It has maintained a UK software development centre in Nottingham since 2000, and established an offshore software development centre in Vadodara, Gujarat, India in October 2007. It opened a Middle East office in Dubai in 2006. In 2008, it formed a partnership with Sage to deliver its collaboration solutions to clients in North America. In April 2006, BIW Technologies won the 'Entrepreneur of the Year' category in the industry's annual ''Building'' Awards, being described as a "firm that seems intent on wiping paper use out of the industry altogether".〔(BIW Technologies wins ''Building'' Entrepreneur Award )〕 BIW's customers included Robertson, Sainsbury's, BAA, Argent Group plc,〔"Argent selects BIW for King's Cross development," ''IT Showcase'', January 2008〕 Mace, Bovis Lend Lease,〔"Bovis Lend Lease shortlisted in ''Construction News'' Quality in Construction Awards 2008", ''Construction News'' supplement, April 2008.〕 Land Securities, Defence Estates, Interserve and Marks & Spencer. By 2010, it claimed its software was used by over 190,000 registered users in over 14,000 organisations.〔(About Us ) (BIW website, accessed 3 September 2010)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「BIW Technologies」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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