IT'S a couple of years since a Kingsclere company scooped an innovation award for its ground-breaking software - but now the directors are planning to go for gold again.
Since developing its @s-bilt Create, Dynamic Multi Media says the technology that won the Contract Journal's award for IT and innovation has taken a "quantum leap".
@s-bilt Create is software which allows building and construction documentation to be transferred seamlessly between users, web servers, CD-ROM or paper without the cost of expensive reformatting and piles of files and manuals.
Its web browser interface allows authorised members of a project team to simply navigate around the thousands of technical documents generated by construction projects and gives a complete health check on a building which has future use to facility management teams.
Director Rod Grinsted said: "The electronic documentation of construction, operating and maintenance information and @s-bilt Create's ability to automatically generate the 'Building Log' greatly benefits the building and facility managers."
The original award came for the software's use in a £30million project in North London for Nortel Networks, and is currently being used by the Duke of Westminster's Grosvenor Estates in Mayfair and for the European headquarters of Yahoo! in London's Shaftesbury Avenue.
As Dynamic Multi Media gears up to bid for Contract Journal honours once again, Mr Grinsted said: "We're going to pitch against the big names again and see what happens."
Development of the system means that the construction industry has the choice of Dynamic Multi Media compiling the information or buying a software licence for £4,200 to do the job themselves.
The company is also planning to take the next step with the technology by offering an online bureau service before the end of the year.
Dynamic Multi Media has grown out of project management consultancy PPT Integration, which was founded 12 years ago. It still has the same directors - Keith Gibson, Peter Crouch and Andy Ranson as well as Mr Grinsted - who set it up after working together for a company in Basingstoke and Reading.
Turnover for @s-bilt Create doubled last year to hit in excess of £250,000, while PTT Integration recorded £600,000 - meaning the two divisions are together heading towards the magic figure of a £1m turnover.
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