A north east-based construction information network is setting its sights on helping regional companies and workers access the latest major Olympic contracts

The Construction Bible network operates through a dedicated website that provides a direct link between primary contractors and sub-contractors down the line. The site, www.constructionbible.co.uk, also allows individual trades people to register to find work in their particular area of expertise.

Members, who currently use the service for free, can interact with other users across the UK.  Some of the biggest contracting organisations in the country have been invited to place their Olympic contracts on-line to help medium and small construction companies to take advantage of the boom in work.

Managing director of Construction Bible, Dave Storey, said: "Construction Bible is basically an on-line matchmaking service for workers and contractors, and aims to take the stress out of managing construction projects and cut costs.

"It is not a recruitment agency but a mechanism whereby principal and secondary contractors can place information about forthcoming contracts.  In turn workers can select projects by area and the type of work which in some cases will cut out the need for travelling and expensive accommodation costs."

The site now operates as an online community and through forward planning, working together and a postcode job search system, this facility avoids the situation where some workers travel hundreds of miles to a job while teams with similar skills from the local area head in the opposite direction.

The on-line service is being promoted heavily to the development agencies in the South East, where the Thames Gateway and 2012 Olympics will demand huge amounts of labour, and across the country to help the industry communicate effectively at a grassroots level.