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London software startup BaseStone secures long term construction contract

Software startup BaseStone has secured a long term contract with construction Costain Skanska Joint Venture (CSJV) following successful trials.

The London-based company BaseStone will be working with the CSJV following trials on their Paddington site that revealed large cost savings through the use of its technology.

BaseStone is a tablet and web-based review tool for engineers and architects, which digitises the drawing review process on construction projects and allows for better collaboration.

Trials revealed possible cost savings of approximately 60% compared to traditional paper-based review methods.

Alex Siljanovski, BaseStone’s CEO said: “BaseStone are leading the way to a more efficient construction industry and this is a real demonstration of the power of collaboration between government-backed infrastructure projects, key industry partners and digital startups”.

Ben Feltham, BIM manager for CSJV, said: “We conducted a trial with BaseStone for Crossrail’s innovation programme, Innovate18, to develop a system which enables us to efficiently pull drawings from the clients system for digital redlining and snagging.

tangible 60% saving when using this technology in the field. This has now led to further developments, which has enabled us to agree a licence agreement.

“The relationship has allowed a great deal of flexibility and this has helped us to drive digital capture of construction information, which we believe will drive a more efficient asset handover”.

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