Kier uses software on Arlington project and saves £40,000

Kier Build's use of BuildOnline software on a 79-week project for Arlington led to measured time savings of 2,500 work hours and cost savings of £40,000.

IT Construction Best Practice has published Kier's experience of adopting internet-based project collaboration software on its website: www.itcbp.org.uk - case study IT039.

Kier worked on a £59m office development at Hatfield. It was completed in October 2002 on time and to budget. Kier staged numerous half-day training workshops and web-conferencing sessions.

The benefits demonstrated included:

n Cost reductions of £40,000 from less copying, postage, couriers and telephone calls.

n 2,500 fewer work-hours in administration time for document distribution.

n Drawing review process reduced by seven working days.

n Complete audit trail of all documentation.

n Client able to monitor document movement.

n Increased transparency and trust across the project.