Great Wheel Corporation will use the system to help build 10 other ferris wheels worldwide

The Great Wheel Corporation have chosen BuildOnline’s on-demand document management and collaboration software to manage all design and building documents.

The system will also drive collaboration across teams on the construction projects of 10 wheels worldwide, including Dubai, Beijing and Berlin.

BuildOnline will enable Great Wheel to store, track and share designs, drawings, foundation documents, contracts, concepts and financial and operational information.

'Our engineers are based all over the world and are working with independent contractors in numerous countries, and coping with multiple cultures, languages and time zones, said Great Wheel chief executive Stephan Matter.

'Driving effective, secure communication across all these parties is a significant challenge for us. We needed a solution, which was cost-effective and could be deployed quickly and easily, to streamline the flow of information. It had to ensure everyone can access documents and collaborate real-time, across multiple time zones,' he said.

The Great Wheel Corporation has already started to implement BuildOnline’s technology, and approximately 120 users across Dubai, China, Germany, Holland, India and the UK are already using the system. This will increase to 600 users over the next six years.

'Based on the experience during the construction of the London Eye, we will adopt a similar, modular approach but now use better technology to support the process. This solution will provide increased visibility of project progress, helping us avoid delays to ensure we meet deadlines and remain within budget,' said Matter.