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October 2008

 

Industry Leading Glenigan.com Raises the Bar

Glenigan.com, an Emap company, assists 1000’s of customers annually by providing them with an accurate, reliable and complete picture of UK construction activity.  From maintaining personal industry knowledge, tracking key industry players and trends, identifying new project and contract opportunities, improving win rates and opening doors to the right people at the right time, a Glenigan.com subscription is a substantial online resource.  Built on intelligence sourced from over 6.5 million construction projects and 1 million construction companies, ‘The Glenigan Index’ provides the barometer for UK construction industry trend reporting.

In June 2008 following a highly competed selection process Emap chose WCMS (Web Content Management System) implementation specialists Auros as their project partner to re-develop two existing Glenigan websites, a brochureware and a subscriber site.  Auros’ primary responsibility was to drive the launch of a unified and feature rich website.  The site will provide a significantly enhanced online experience for both public users of the site and subscribed members.

At present non-subscribed visitors face a lapse time of up to 24 hours before they can sample services due to the manual processes involved before a free trial can be granted. The new site will enable visitors to sample the services before being prompted to register with a Glenigan representative.

The new site combines a powerful online charting capability (developed based on the Dundas platform) and the ability for users to create custom reports ‘on the fly’ with comprehensive industry analysis.  The use of 3D pictorial models will ensure that complex data can be easily interpreted and Key Performance Indicators accurately depicted.  These features will provide Glenigan.com subscribers with an enhanced and highly personalised user experience enabling them to make more informed decisions about their business activities in the construction and/or property development sectors.

Other Glenigan.com features include the ability for subscribers to receive Planning Alerts when relevant planning applications are released by Local Planning Authorities, collaboration tools to allow project teams to share knowledge on key projects and a Custom Statistics tool which allows the extraction of data to create powerful customised presentations.

The re-developed Glenigan.com site is currently undergoing extensive User Acceptance Testing and will be formally showcased at Interbuild 2008, NEC Birmingham on 26th October.

IT and Quality Control Director at Emap Glenigan, Mark Baker commented;

The site Auros has developed is a very complex mix of both content and database queries.  The project was approached in an extremely professional manner with strong Project Management and regular and clear communication with ourselves.  Auros have provided a good balance of creativity and ways to improve the product, with a strict avoidance of 'scope creep' to ensure the project was delivered on time.

With a common understanding of what needed to be undertaken and clarity of the roles, responsibilities and requirements for both parties, the Auros and Emap Glenigan partnership will undoubtedly deliver a project that provides genuine business benefit and maximises the potential of the underlying Web Content Management System (Immediacy) deployed by Auros.  Baker continues;

We selected Auros from a number of potential development partners because of their track record with Immediacy developments, their technical capability, and general enthusiasm.

The Auros Glenigan partnership is a long term agreement which will see Auros working with Glenigan to deliver subsequent project phases, in addition to providing a comprehensive hosting solution and ongoing training and support services.

Auros Managing Director, Dominic Mills, speaking about the project said:

This project presented a fantastic opportunity for Emap Glenigan to work closely in partnership with Auros, leveraging both our WCMS credentials and track record in delivering transactional corporate websites that provide demonstrable return on investment.  We are privileged to be able to work with this major brand and are excited about the re-launch of Glenigan.com.

 

 

Setting standards in analytical science – together

Auros is happy to announce the successful delivery of a new web presence for LGC, market leader in analytical science. The go-live milestone brings online LGC’s new brand identity.

LGC is an international science-based company and market leader in analytical, forensic and diagnostic services and reference standards.

Over the past decade or so, LGC has acquired and merged with a number of companies, as a result of which it inevitably inherited several websites with different Content Management strategies and histories in terms of design, technologies, tools, developers or hosts.  In line with its corporate strategy, LGC wished to operate a more unified approach to its online presence, specifically using a single Content Management System, with development, implementation and support being provided by a single partner.

LGC identified a number of key business benefits that would be realised as a result of this approach:

  • Centralised control of branding, technology and security
  • Economies of scale gained from a common hosting platform and Content Management System.
  • Specific site owner’s within LGC do not need to go through the process of specifying, sourcing, design, implementing and supporting, each time a new site is required.

LGC chose to work with Auros and the Immediacy Content Management System (CMS) to realise these benefits.

Auros, the leading Immediacy implementation partner, was responsible initially for building and delivering one corporate site for LGC, with customised home pages for each of LGC’s four operating divisions: Life & Food Sciences, LGC Forensics, Research & Technology and LGC Standards.

The site has been delivered first in the English language but has been deployed with the capability to publish content in French and German.  Website users will then be able to select their preferred language.

An equally important part of LGC’s new online presence is the delivery of a new brand identity.  Auros worked closely with the corporate branding team at LGC to realise exciting new visual designs for the sites. 

Auros delivered a training programme for LGC and is providing a support contract for long term post go-live support, a crucial area for LGC given the 350,000+ page views and over 7,000 visitors that their sites receive daily.

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