EMAP/Architects Journal

One of the UK's largest construction companies is building stellar quality into its projects by increasing its leverage of construction industry standards information -- positive results range from reassuring a customer about a pipe-fitting solution to resolving a subcontractor dispute and saving £35,000.

One of the world’s premier semiconductor companies increased the number of cross references in its parts database from 100,000 to nearly 2 million. In doing so, the company boosted results of its parts with the lowest searches by 52 percent and helped its customers find alternatives for obsolete parts so they can avoid the need to redesign products.

As the biggest airport terminal designer in the United Kingdom, this premier architectural firm has enabled all of its employees to easily find and view UK building standards documents online -- anytime, anywhere. The staff can be confident documents are current and saves time previously spent maintaining or searching for hardcopies.

This US-based engineering and architectural firm provides its team of experts with immediate access to the world’s most comprehensive databank of standards documents in the course of their daily workflow – as well as automated alerts regarding updates – even when they are on location at project sites.