BIW Technologies - General - Building Entrepreneur Award

Date: 05 Apr 2006

Organised by "Building" magazine, the Building Awards are the UK construction industry´s premier awards, with the best in the business being rewarded for outstanding performances. The 2006 awards ceremony was held at the Grosvenor House Hotel, on London's Park Lane, on Tuesday 4 April.

BIW won the 'Building Entrepreneur of the Year' category, cited in front of a 1500-strong audience for widespread adoption of its technologies across UK construction businesses:

"BIW Technologies ... has gone from strength to strength over the past five years. Not content with cornering a 25% share of the market for internet-based information exchange within the construction industry, BIW's turnover rose 33% during the past year off the back of long-term relationships with the great and good of the client world: Sainsbury's, BAA and Land Securities among them. By the end of November last year, the heavy use of BIW's products by industry leaders had removed an estimated 20 million paper documents from circulation - no mean feat for a company set up by three men less than six years ago."

"In addition to BIW's award, the 2006 Building Awards were also significant for several BIW customers, including Mace, Land Securities, Interserve and Defence Estates," said BIW chief executive Colin Smith. "We believe collaboration technologies are increasingly a key element in the delivery of today's construction projects, and we are delighted that our achievements since 2000 have been recognized by this major award."

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