The second annual iTSHOWCASE Awards ceremony, celebrating some of the best technology partnerships in UK Construction, took place last week in the iTSHOWCASE sector of Interbuild 2007.

Judging the awards were iTSHOWCASE News's Group Editor Alison Jones, Construct IT For Business's Professor Farzad Khosrowshahi and Karl Williams  from the IT Construction Forum, part of Constructing Excellence.

“The Awards were presented to the customer and IT vendor partnership that was judged by our panel to have delivered an IT strategy and implementation that has produced the most tangible business benefits," explained Jones. "Competition was fierce across the six categories, but we judged some worthy winners and excellent commended entries."

Presenting the Awards on the day was Steve Jones, Managing Director of Framework Media and founder of iTSHOWCASE and judge Karl Williams.

The Results

Category 1 ~ Most successful IT Return On Investment
Commended – IRIS Enterprise Software & Fitzroy Projects
Commended – Tekton Group & George & Harding Construction
Winner – Adris Computing Concepts & United House

Category 2 ~ Best Construction Process Management
Commended – Asta Development & AYH
Commended – Union Square Software & Midas Group
Winner – Asite Solutions & Grosvenor

Category 3 ~ “Best Connected” Construction Project
Commended – HBXL & E Stayte & Co
Commended – iGroup & Peabody Trust
Winner - Causeway Technologies & Aggregate Industries

Category 4 ~ Best use of Digital Design within a Construction Project
Winner – CADS & Hawk Structures

Category 5 ~ Best Tender Management
Commended – Easy Price Pro & JC Lloyd Builders
Winner - HBXL & SDH Builders

Category 6 ~ Best Remote or Site IT
Commended – Aurora Computer Services & Byrne Bros
Winner – Knowledge Online & Pettifer Construction

"We would like to thank all our 2007 entrants and once again congratulate our winners as well as wishing everyone good luck for the 2008 awards!" said Group Editor Alison Jones.