Are there local companies supplying web-based collaboration software
for the construction industry in France?

I would like to know who are the competitors in France to
http://www.biwtech.com/services/ic.asp

There were two that you could have looked into. However they have
merged their portals.  Please read the relevant news:

MyBau and BuildOnline Merge Their Internet Portals
Munich, 22 May 2002 - MyBau AG and BuildOnLine Ltd. will merge their
Internet portals designed for the construction industry. This merger
is creating a new powerful communication platform that aims to
optimize complex construction processes across national borders. Both
companies are convinced that this step will put them in a leadership
position during the necessary process of consolidating construction
portals. The new company has strong financial resources and a
particularly in-depth level of industry-specific expertise.

BuildOnline, which is based in London, is Europe's most important
provider of Internet-based software for the construction industry. The
company is financed by capital from renowned international investment
banks and venture capital funds.

Link to this news:
http://www.nemetschek.com/en/nemcom.nsf/ie?OpenFrameset&frame=content&src=/en/press/press.nsf/news/20522114041.html?OpenDocument


Now please visit the follow links for Buildonline:


In french:
http://www.buildonline.com/fr/news_and_events/pr_consolidation_b2b.php


In english:
http://www.buildonline.com/us/news_and_events/pr_consolidation_b2b.php


I am sure you have what you wanted with the above.

Thank you for your comment, jadayu.   I am aware of
www.buildonline.com but I am not sure that they are doing much
business in France (or Gemany for that matter).  I am trying to find
out if there are any local competitors...

The competitors of Buildonlines in Europe are the following:

http://www.eu-supply.com/
France counterpart:
http://www.eu-supply.com/synapse.asp
List of their offices:
http://www.eu-supply.com/ouroffices.asp


http://www.thebuilding-site.com/
Well I could not get this site on line.


http://www.sarcophagus.co.uk ? see their client list.
http://www.sarcophagus.co.uk/company_clients.asp

I think I have found a document that would give you some interesting
information. Just a one page report from sarcophagus site.

http://www.sarcophagus.co.uk/pdf%20files/out_of_the_ashes.pdf#search='COMPETITORS%20BUILDONLINE%20survey'

Hochtief to standardise on BuildOnline (2) ? it is blog with a lot of
information on construction.  You should read this.
http://paulwilkinson.typepad.com/extranet_evolution/collaboration/


Hope this will be of interest to you.

Thank you again for your further comment, jadayu.  I appreciate you
taking the time to post your findings.

www.eu-supply.com manages procurement rather than collaboration on
documents ala BIW.

Buildonline do seem to be competing in Germany, but I am not sure what
they have done in France (or elsewhere in the EU)

Sarcophagus are only in the UK.

The Paul Wilkinson blog is interesting (he is the PR person for BIW),
but it is UK and US-centric and doesn't shed any light on who the main
competitors are in France or the EU outside of the UK.

Maybe there are no local compeitors in France?