Nakheel selects BIW to help deliver 1KM high tower

Thursday, 27 November 2008

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 (SaaS) 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 Nakheel Harbour & Tower project team since early 2007.

The Nakheel Tower will have more than 200 floors and approximately 150 lifts. It will be the centrepiece of a major 270 hectare development, Nakheel Harbour & Tower, providing homes and offices for more than 55,000 people, including another 40 towers ranging in height from 20 to 90 floors. Heavily inspired by Islamic design and geometry, the development also proposes over 3,500 hotel rooms and over 950,000 m2 of commercial and retail space, the world's only inner city harbour, and large expanses of green spaces, including canal walks, parks and landscaping.

The project team includes architect Woods Bagot, building services engineer Norman Disney & Young and structural engineer WSP. More than 200 individuals - in locations including Australia, the USA, Japan and the UK, as well as the United Arab Emirates - have so far been registered as BIW users. This figure will increase significantly once work on the Tower itself starts.

Chris O'Donnell, Nakheel's Chief Executive Officer, says: "Working on such huge, complex and demanding developments requires efficient collaboration among multiple teams and multiple 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 - which predated our corporate deal - against stiff competition from other vendors by virtue of its team's experience, the proven track record of its technology in managing mega-projects, and the scalability of its application and SaaS infrastructure. For valued customers like Nakheel, we also have a UAE-based hosting facility and a 24/7 dedicated global helpdesk to help ensure high levels of service. We are delighted to have such a prestigious project in our portfolio."

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