Active in industry

Asite works with a wide range of organisations including some of the world's leading technology companies and special interest groups. Some of these partners are listed below:

Asite Solutions, Burns eCommerce Solutions and Causeway Technologies are delighted to announce that they have pioneered the Hub Alliance, a ground breaking initiative to connect their hubs and make electronic trading easier for all their customers based on the principle that no customer should have to pay twice to trade electronically.

Companies across the UK Construction industry have been joining eCommerce trading hubs on the promise of a high return on investment linked to getting rid of inefficient paper processes, and connect-once convenience. Farsighted companies have seen eTrading as a key factor in the transformation of their supply chains. However, in practice companies have had to join multiple hubs in order to trade, increasing costs and complexity.

The Hub Alliance partners are working with over 50 major companies actively using eTrading within the UK construction industry. These include Alfred McAlpine, Amec, Sir Robert McAlpine, Balfour Beatty, and Mowlem, materials companies such as RMC, Lafarge, Tarmac and Hanson, builders' merchants including Jewson and Wolseley, most of the major plant hire companies including Gap, HSS and Speedy Hire, and many other suppliers. All of these companies see this as a major development that will make e-trading within their supply chains more effective.

www.huballiance.org

The NCCTP (Network for Construction Collaboration Technology Providers) formed in December 2003. The current members of the network, managed by CIRIA, are:
4Projects, Aconex, Asite, BIW Technologies, BuildOnline, Business Collaborator, Cadweb, Causeway Technologies and Sarcophagus.

The network help's to promote the effective use of online technology to support collaborative working on projects and capital developments in UK construction. It aims to increase interoperability between systems - engendering easy transfer of data through definition and adoption of standards. The Network will promote the benefits of using collaborative technology and demonstrate the value of collaborative working. Importantly, it provides a single independent body with whom clients can communicate regarding the future development of collaboration technology.

The partnership with BravoSolution, one of Europe’s leading providers of internet-based sourcing tools, enables Asite to provide customers with access to a completely integrated solution including e-auctioning capabilities. This alliance ensures customers have access to a complete solution, from pre-qualification through to the negotiation of commercial terms. The alliance also makes Asite’s technology available to the BravoSolution customer base in France, Italy and Spain. Currently, over 10,000 suppliers from 50 different countries have participated in BravoSolution’s online negotiations.

www.bravosolution.com

Asite Solutions and AEC/communications GmbH formed a strategic alliance in early 2004 which provides Asite with an enterprise solution to its existing ASP tool. Asite and AEC provide customers with a highly functional collaborative solution that includes project communication, collaboration and information management: Asite Enterprise Workflow. With AEC/communications, Asite extends its market reach to Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands and Australia.

www.aeccom.com

The Construction Trust for Youth (CITY) is a registered charity which helps disadvantaged individuals and groups gain access to construction related skills and so increase their chance of securing full employment.

At the same time, it is focused on helping the construction industry meet the shortages of trained craftsmen, technicians, specialists and managers.

The International Alliance for Interoperability (IAI) is an alliance of organizations within the construction and facilities management industries dedicated to improving processes through defining the use and sharing of information.

Organisations involved include architects, engineers, contractors, building owners, facility managers, manufacturers, software vendors, government agencies, research laboratories, universities and more.

Asite is proud to operate in partnership with Microsoft for our infrastructure and solutions delivery. The Microsoft Partner Program is designed for partners who develop and market solutions based on Microsoft platforms. Asite's certified partner status represents our high degree of expertise with Microsoft technologies, in both the infrastructure and the enterprise systems spaces.

www.microsoft.com/uk/partner