As the construction sector in Gulf region is considered to be the fastest growing in the Middle East, with billions of dollars being pumped into showpiece schemes, the construction and engineering companies are seeking the best IT solutions to help keeping track of all paperwork involved in the process.
Indications assume that construction Market Size in Saudi Arabia will be exceeding SR500 Billion by 2010. Architectural Consulting Market in Saudi Arabia is estimated to be around SR200 Million annually. Experts estimate the growth rate to reach 150% over the next three years.
The construction sector in Dubai is considered one of the key sources of employment, income and growth for Dubai. The sector contributed by 12.2 % to Dubai's non-oil GDP in 2004. The construction sector GDP increased by 166 % during the period 2000-2004 and has grown with an annual average growth rate of 27.7% during the same period reflecting the construction boom being witnessed in the Emirate. The construction sector's GDP is expected to reach AED 15,985 million in 2005.
In the past few years, Laserfiche software for document management has been sought out by many in the building industry who use it for archiving, retrieving and distributing documents and digital assets.
One of the most popular examples is Saudi OGER, which is considered one of the GCC's largest organizations for Construction and Engineering. Many contracts related to Buildings and Royal Construction are handled by Saudi OGER. They have almost 30,000 employees in Saudi Arabia.
Saudi OGER initiated a DMS request in year 2000 and began to analyze various products. By the end of their analysis, they chose Laserfiche to be implemented in their company. All the different departments of Saudi OGER had large amounts of physical and electronic documents that were taking too much time to access.
Integrated Solutions for Business drew the DMS design according to their organization structure to run smarter. All departments have their own Laserfiche database and their own data volumes. For that reason, they selected Laserfiche Enterprise with the integration between their ERP and form Workflow system to Laserfiche. This Integration is also done by ISB to automate the whole process.
In general, Laserfiche helps builders replace bulky file cabinets with servers that hold entire project files in a fraction of the space. WebLink™, Laserfiche's secure Web-publishing tool distributes information while keeping it safe, securely delivering documents to the people who need them via intranet or the Internet. One installation on the customer's Web server delivers easy rollout. WebLink is highly customizable to provide document access that is consistent with the look and feel of your Web site. Therefore, everything from the first planning and zoning approvals to the deed transfers, construction contracts and regulatory paperwork are available at the click of a mouse from any computer with Internet access.
The GCC region has witnessed a great boom in the construction sector with projects estimated at hundreds of billions of dollars, of which a significant part is being spent on the UAE's huge projects. The construction sector benefited from the recent increase of oil revenues, repatriation of GCC money due to attractive business opportunities and historically low interest rate, and this created a need for those working in the sector to seek the best IT solutions.
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