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Nakheel Selects BIW to Help Deliver 1 Kilometre High Tower
WOKING, England, October 27 /PRNewswire/ --
- SaaS Specialist Selected by Iconic Developer for Nakheel Tower
Nakheel, Dubai's leading property developer, has selected BIW
Technologies (BIW) to deliver Software-as-a-Service applications to support
design and construction of Nakheel Tower, part of the Nakheel Harbour & Tower
development. The Nakheel Tower, which will be over a kilometre high, is at
the heart of a 10-year development in the Jebel Ali area of Dubai. BIW, who
announced a corporate deal with Nakheel in March 2008, has been working with
the project team since early 2007.
The Nakheel Tower will have more than 200 floors and approximately 150
lifts. Inspired by Islamic design and geometry, the development also proposes
3,500 hotel rooms, 950,000 m2 of commercial and retail space, and the world's
only inner city harbour.
The project team includes architect Woods Bagot, building
services engineer Norman Disney & Young and structural engineer WSP. More
than 200 individuals, based round the world, have so far been registered as
BIW users. This figure will increase significantly once work on the Tower
starts.
Chris O'Donnell, Nakheel's Chief Executive Officer, says:
"Working on such huge and demanding developments requires
efficient collaboration among multiple teams and organizations. We selected
the BIW system for its ability to manage complex collaboration and reporting
requirements at Nakheel and with our project teams."
BIW General Manager, Middle East, Dr Asif Sharif says:
"BIW won this project against stiff competition from other
vendors by virtue of its team's experience, the track record of its
technology in managing mega-projects, and the scalability of its application
and SaaS infrastructure."
Notes to editors
About BIW
- BIW Technologies (http://www.biwtech.com) 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. It is supporting projects in more than 20 countries across Europe,
the Middle East, Asia and Australasia. Its clients include United
Utilities, Sainsbury's, BAA, Crest Nicholson and the UK Ministry of
Defence
Contact:
- BIW - Paul Wilkinson, BIW head of corporate communications -
tel: +44(0)1483-712620 or mobile +44(0)7788-445920,
paul.wilkinson@biwtech.com .
- BIW - Asif Sharif, BIW general manager, Middle East -
tel: +971-50-4245287,
asif.sharif@biwtech.com .
- Four Communications -
Nakheel@fourcommunications.com or tel: +971-55-985-3375/77.
- Nakheel - Gemma Mitchell, PR & Communications Executive,
gemma,mitchell@nakheel.com or tel: +971-50-654-7652.
http://www.nakheelmediacentre.com






