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b2bScene and eBuild.ca Go Live With Hosted Collaboration Services For The Canadian Construction Industry
eBuild.ca Uses b2bScene's Platform to Drive Supply Chain Collaboration
Toronto/Waterloo, ON - 2000-11-29 - b2bScene™, a division of Open
Text™ Corporation (Nasdaq: OTEX, TSE: OTC), today announced that its
partner, eBuild.ca Inc., has launched its online collaboration services for
the construction market in Canada, based on b2bScene's e-Business Community
Platform™. eBuild.ca is Canada's largest provider of end to end solutions
for the $3.9 trillion global building design and construction industry.
Available at www.ebuild.ca, these services coordinate and streamline the
entire design-to-build process for the Developer, Architect, Engineer and
Construction (DAEC) industry.
eBuild.ca has developed community alliances with numerous industry participants, including Schaeffer and Associates Consulting Engineers, Cosburn Patterson Mather Consulting Engineers, Bondfield Construction, Con Cast Pipe Limited, Metrus Development, Con-drain Company Limited, GreenPark Homes, Aspen Ridge Homes, RoyalPark Homes, Senator Homes, Tribute Homes, Fellmore Electrical Contractors and Marel Contractors. eBuild.ca will leverage the experience of this initial community, which represents approximately $3 billion in annual construction spending, to assist in the development and deployment of eBuild.ca solutions.
eBuild.ca required an online environment for its industry members to exchange information, collaborate on business initiatives, and conduct transactions. b2bScene's e-Business Community Platform™—the first platform of its kind for delivering collaborative business-to-business solutions on a hosted infrastructure—helps eBuild.ca's communities accelerate time-to-market, reduce risk and uncertainty, cut transaction and overhead costs and increase revenues.
"The eBuild.ca, b2bScene partnership is an excellent example of our strategy in operation...working with leaders in a specific industry, such as construction, to design, build, operate and deliver a hosted collaborative commerce solution," said Warren Clark, VP of Strategic Alliances, b2bScene. "eBuild.ca has combined b2bScene's collaborative commerce technology platform with their own formidable domain expertise plus market reach to offer the premier portal service to drive supply chain collaboration in the Canadian construction industry."
"In keeping with our 'best of breed' mentality, eBuild.ca required an industrial strength collaborative commerce platform built to deliver a robust, secure, and scalable solution to our customers. After an exhaustive search, b2bScene was the only company that could meet our requirements, and deploy a solution on an aggressive timetable," said Guy Cervi, Chief Technology Officer, eBuild.ca Inc.
eBuild.ca's hosted solutions include services for project collaboration, content, application integration and business-to-business procurement. Customers can instantly set up collaborative communities where members develop plans and drawings, coordinate tasks, schedules and budgets, automate RFI and RFQ distribution, and more. eBuild.ca's communities incorporate industry- focused search resources, news headlines, company directories job tenders and events. The personalized interface integrates with email and wireless devices, and the architecture utilizes XML to integrate industry applications such as accounting, health and safety, equipment logistics, and after-sales service.
Romeo DeGasperis, VP Operations for Con-Drain Company, explains, "We are moving very quickly on many large-scale projects and the amount of documentation and coordination is staggering. We chose the online service at eBuild.ca so our architects, engineers, contractors, subcontractors and suppliers can keep these projects on time, on spec and on budget, with complete accountability at each step of the process."
According to Hadley Reynolds, a research director at Delphi Group, "Much of the hype surrounding e-business has been about using Internet technologies to reduce cost profiles in processing routine transactions like MRO purchasing or supply chain acquisition and delivery. But there is an equally exciting potential to improve bottom line results in knowledge-driven processes through improved online collaboration practice. The construction environment is a perfect example, where today's fast track projects typically suffer more from poor planning, communications, and contractor coordination than from supply chain problems. The bottom line potential to owners and builders from using the Web to help get assets on line, on schedule is huge."
"Because of the size and scope of our alliances, we at eBuild.ca will quickly establish ourselves as the standard for the construction industry in Canada", explains Richard Myers Executive VP Corporate Development, eBuild.ca Inc.
eBuild.ca is showcasing its solutions at the Construct Canada tradeshow, November 29th to December 1st, at the Toronto Convention Center, booth No. 848 and 850.
eBuild.ca has developed community alliances with numerous industry participants, including Schaeffer and Associates Consulting Engineers, Cosburn Patterson Mather Consulting Engineers, Bondfield Construction, Con Cast Pipe Limited, Metrus Development, Con-drain Company Limited, GreenPark Homes, Aspen Ridge Homes, RoyalPark Homes, Senator Homes, Tribute Homes, Fellmore Electrical Contractors and Marel Contractors. eBuild.ca will leverage the experience of this initial community, which represents approximately $3 billion in annual construction spending, to assist in the development and deployment of eBuild.ca solutions.
eBuild.ca required an online environment for its industry members to exchange information, collaborate on business initiatives, and conduct transactions. b2bScene's e-Business Community Platform™—the first platform of its kind for delivering collaborative business-to-business solutions on a hosted infrastructure—helps eBuild.ca's communities accelerate time-to-market, reduce risk and uncertainty, cut transaction and overhead costs and increase revenues.
"The eBuild.ca, b2bScene partnership is an excellent example of our strategy in operation...working with leaders in a specific industry, such as construction, to design, build, operate and deliver a hosted collaborative commerce solution," said Warren Clark, VP of Strategic Alliances, b2bScene. "eBuild.ca has combined b2bScene's collaborative commerce technology platform with their own formidable domain expertise plus market reach to offer the premier portal service to drive supply chain collaboration in the Canadian construction industry."
"In keeping with our 'best of breed' mentality, eBuild.ca required an industrial strength collaborative commerce platform built to deliver a robust, secure, and scalable solution to our customers. After an exhaustive search, b2bScene was the only company that could meet our requirements, and deploy a solution on an aggressive timetable," said Guy Cervi, Chief Technology Officer, eBuild.ca Inc.
eBuild.ca's hosted solutions include services for project collaboration, content, application integration and business-to-business procurement. Customers can instantly set up collaborative communities where members develop plans and drawings, coordinate tasks, schedules and budgets, automate RFI and RFQ distribution, and more. eBuild.ca's communities incorporate industry- focused search resources, news headlines, company directories job tenders and events. The personalized interface integrates with email and wireless devices, and the architecture utilizes XML to integrate industry applications such as accounting, health and safety, equipment logistics, and after-sales service.
Romeo DeGasperis, VP Operations for Con-Drain Company, explains, "We are moving very quickly on many large-scale projects and the amount of documentation and coordination is staggering. We chose the online service at eBuild.ca so our architects, engineers, contractors, subcontractors and suppliers can keep these projects on time, on spec and on budget, with complete accountability at each step of the process."
According to Hadley Reynolds, a research director at Delphi Group, "Much of the hype surrounding e-business has been about using Internet technologies to reduce cost profiles in processing routine transactions like MRO purchasing or supply chain acquisition and delivery. But there is an equally exciting potential to improve bottom line results in knowledge-driven processes through improved online collaboration practice. The construction environment is a perfect example, where today's fast track projects typically suffer more from poor planning, communications, and contractor coordination than from supply chain problems. The bottom line potential to owners and builders from using the Web to help get assets on line, on schedule is huge."
"Because of the size and scope of our alliances, we at eBuild.ca will quickly establish ourselves as the standard for the construction industry in Canada", explains Richard Myers Executive VP Corporate Development, eBuild.ca Inc.
eBuild.ca is showcasing its solutions at the Construct Canada tradeshow, November 29th to December 1st, at the Toronto Convention Center, booth No. 848 and 850.
About eBuild.ca
eBuild.ca's integrated online project management, collaboration and e-
commerce suite of services coordinates and streamlines the entire design-to-
build process. eBuild.ca enables every member of your project team to
communicate, collaborate or procure products and services in a secure real-
time environment. From initial concept, design and engineering, to bidding,
construction and closeout, eBuild.ca's unique suite of services enables
companies to reduce costs, save time, and increase profitability.
About b2bScene
b2bScene has created the first e-Business Community Platform for
delivering business-to-business solutions on a hosting infrastructure.
b2bScene's premier online solutions stimulate and promote successful business-
to-business interaction and collaboration between an organization's partners,
customers and employees within public and private online business communities.
A collection of integrated content, collaboration and commerce services help
b2bScene's customers improve the quality and efficiency of each transaction,
process and interaction, resulting in faster time to market, lower costs and
greater competitive advantage.
About Open Text
Open Text has pioneered the development of innovative Intranet and
Extranet e-business applications. Since creating one of the first search
engines to index the World Wide Web, the company has remained at the forefront
of Internet-based technologies. Its product family, called Livelink, enables
individuals, teams, organizations, and global trading communities to
collaborate on e-business applications that facilitate e-commerce and other
transactions among Global 2000 organizations. Open Text has become one of the
largest providers of Web-based collaboration for e-business applications for e-
communities of all types, from Intranets to Extranets and public groups. The
Livelink product family has over 4 million users in over 4,000 installations
in 31 countries, speaking 12 languages throughout the world. For more
information, visit www.opentext.com.
Trademark
Copyright (C) 2000 by Open Text Corporation. Livelink, 'Effective
Solutions. Driven By Vision. Powered By Innovation.', HyperInnovation,
b2bScene, and Open Text are trademarks or registered trademarks of Open Text
Corporation. This list is not exhaustive. Other product and company names
herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Release Disclaimer
This news release may contain forward-looking statements relating to the
future performance of b2bScene, the deployment of Livelink and myLivelink by
customers, and future performance of Open Text Corporation. Forward-looking
statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, and actual results
may differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include, among others,
risks involved in the completion and integration of acquisitions, the
possibility of technical, logistical or planning issues in connection with
deployments, the continuous commitment of the Company's customers and other
risks detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the final prospectus for the
Company's initial public offering of common stock in January 1996, Form 10-K
for the years ended June 30, 1997, June 30, 1998, and June 30, 1999, and Form
10-Q for the quarters ended September 30, 1999, December 31, 1999 and March
31, 2000. Forward-looking statements are based on management's beliefs and
opinions at the time the statements are made, and the Company does not
undertake any obligations to update forward-looking statements should
circumstances or management's beliefs or opinions change.
For more information, please contact
Richard Myers
Executive Vice President, Corporate Development
eBuild.ca
905-264-8807
richmyers@ebuild.ca
Executive Vice President, Corporate Development
eBuild.ca
905-264-8807
richmyers@ebuild.ca
