Award entry forms are available to Download Here
Completed entry forms must be addressed or emailed to Alison Jones, Editor iTSHOWCASE News / alison.jones@frameworkmedia.co.uk and received by close of business on Friday 12th September 2008 at the offices of Framework Media, 11 Star Lane, Ringwood, Hampshire BH24 1AL.
Award contender short lists will be announced in the Autumn issue of iTSHOWCASE News, published week commencing 13th October 2008, with the winners receiving their awards at a live presentation and celebration as part of Interbuild 2008, this year taking place from Sunday 26th through to Thursday 30th October at Birmingham’s NEC.
When the going gets tough... the tough get going
And boy, does it seem tough at the moment, with tales of economic doom and gloom particularly hanging over the house building sector.
However, with the process and cost efficiencies that technology can bring to the construction sector, iTSHOWCASE have chosen to lauch their third annual construction technology awards, recognising that the effects of excellence in technology implementation will remain long after the current pessimism is a spent force.
So, will it be third time lucky?
Once again we are calling on the tough and the tougher to prove how successful technology implementation has produced extraordinary benefits in business efficiency and capabilities so that the iTSHOWCASE Awards 2008 can recognise your success.
Entry is open to software suppliers and software users of grass root applications for CAD, estimating and valuations; through to essential accounting and business process management applications; to project, knowledge and content management tools. This year we will also be introducing a category for software that contributes to sustainable building practices.
For the third year in a row, is the time to openly acknowledge and reward the very best performers.
The categories
The Awards will be presented to the customer and IT vendor partnership that is judged by our panel to have delivered an IT strategy and implementation that has produced the most tangible business benefits in the following six categories:
1. Most successful IT Return On Investment
Open to any IT implementation that can demonstrate a clear and positive ROI calculation.
2. Best Construction Process Management
Open to any IT implementation that as a result has shown a particular process automation or streamlining, in areas such as project management, accounting & finance, document or resource management.
3. "Best Connected" Construction Project
Do you have an example of a construction project where IT applications have demonstrated a joined-up approach to a significant part of or the entire construction project - a true digital backbone? How has digital data been shared between organisations in the construction supply chain?
4. Best use of Digital Design within a Construction Project
Open to all applications that demonstrate efficient and accurate use of design data in the digital form.
5. Best Mobile or Site IT
May include any type of hardware and software application that serve areas such as health & safety, security, design, measurement or project management.
6. Best Eco IT
Open to any application that can demonstrate a clear contribution to sustainable building practices.
"The process and cost efficiencies that technology brings to construction will remain long after current pessimism is a spent force." Alison Jones, Editor iTSHOWCASE News
