Cadweb
Encyclopedia
Cadweb is a provider of electronic project management
, project extranet
, or construction collaboration technologies
. The company is based in London, England, it was founded in 1995 and is among the longest-established of businesses in its field.
In 2003 Cadweb was one of the founder members of the Network of Construction Collaboration Technology Providers (NCCTP), today part of Constructing Excellence
.
The last client–server version of Cadweb was released in 1999. A new web-based version named Cadweb.net, created in 2001, is now used instead. The extranet is used primarily in the construction industry to manage the exchange of project-related drawings and documents. The information is recorded on a searchable database so that users can find relevant information.
Depending upon the project between 6,000 and 8,000 individual items are published for every £(UK)1m that is spent on construction on the project (ie: a project worth £(UK)10m which could represent a small five-storey office building, there would be between 60,000 and 80,000 files on the system by the end of the project).
Cadweb is certified to the International Standard
ISO 27001
; a standard setting out the requirements for an Information Security Management System
.
Project management
Project management is the discipline of planning, organizing, securing, and managing resources to achieve specific goals. A project is a temporary endeavor with a defined beginning and end , undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives, typically to bring about beneficial change or added value...
, project extranet
Extranet
An extranet is a computer network that allows controlled access from the outside, for specific business or educational purposes. An extranet can be viewed as an extension of a company's intranet that is extended to users outside the company, usually partners, vendors, and suppliers...
, or construction collaboration technologies
Construction collaboration technology
Construction collaboration technology refers to software applications used to enable effective sharing of project-related information between geographically dispersed members of a construction project team, often through use of a web-based Software as a service platform.-History:The terms...
. The company is based in London, England, it was founded in 1995 and is among the longest-established of businesses in its field.
In 2003 Cadweb was one of the founder members of the Network of Construction Collaboration Technology Providers (NCCTP), today part of Constructing Excellence
Constructing Excellence
Constructing Excellence is a UK-based construction industry membership organisation. In the UK, it is unique insofar as its member organisations are drawn from across the industry supply chain, ranging from clients, through contractors and consultants, to suppliers and manufacturers of building...
.
The last client–server version of Cadweb was released in 1999. A new web-based version named Cadweb.net, created in 2001, is now used instead. The extranet is used primarily in the construction industry to manage the exchange of project-related drawings and documents. The information is recorded on a searchable database so that users can find relevant information.
Depending upon the project between 6,000 and 8,000 individual items are published for every £(UK)1m that is spent on construction on the project (ie: a project worth £(UK)10m which could represent a small five-storey office building, there would be between 60,000 and 80,000 files on the system by the end of the project).
Cadweb is certified to the International Standard
International Standard
The term International Standard may refer to*International standard*International Standard , a category of ballroom dance*International Standard Version, an English Bible translation....
ISO 27001
ISO/IEC 27001
ISO/IEC 27001, part of the growing ISO/IEC 27000 family of standards, is an Information Security Management System standard published in October 2005 by the International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission...
; a standard setting out the requirements for an Information Security Management System
Information security management system
An information security management system is a set of policies concerned with information security management or IT related risks. The idioms arose primarily out of ISO 27001....
.