Service Works Global and Symetri become the first Platinum + Patrons of the UK BIM Alliance

Press Alert: March 2021

Service Works Global (SWG) are providers of leading facilities management software to optimise control of assets and resources, improve service delivery and deliver rapid return on investment.

Symetri supports its design, engineering and construction clients with digital BIM, product design and lifecycle solutions to help them work smarter and do more with less. In 2020 it acquired Excitech. Together they provide a market-leading portfolio of solutions and services, supported by extensive industry expertise.

Dr Anne Kemp, Chair UK BIM Alliance. “We welcome Symetri and SWG as our first Platinum + Patrons of the Alliance. We all have goals in making the Built Environment the best it can be. We look forward to working with and building a relationship with SWG and Symetri and thank them for their support and involvement within the Alliance.”

Gary Watkins, CEO, Service Works Global. “Working closely with FMs and the wider built environment, digital transformation is at the heart of everything we do. SWG is proud to support the UK BIM Alliance in helping to educate the industry about the benefits of BIM and digitised data across the whole building lifecycle. We have seen first-hand how BIM and CAFM software can revolutionise business. We look forward to working with other technology leaders to share this message.”

David Hughes, Managing Director, Symetri UK said “We’re delighted to be joining the UK BIM Alliance as Platinum + Patrons, working together with other industry leaders to help the built environment leverage the opportunities presented by digitisation. We are looking forward to being part of a progressive community in the UK that shares ideas, solves problems together, and helps transform our industry.

Paul Wilkinson, Chair UK BIM Alliance Technology Group. “I am delighted that both SWG and Symetri have joined the UK BIM Alliance Technology Group as Platinum + Patrons. SWG will be our first representatives from the Facilities Management industry which we hope to grow in 2021 and Symetri have come on board with their own range of productivity tools covering architecture, engineering and construction. Getting technology providers involved in making BIM business as usual across the built environment sector is critical, and I look forward to welcoming Symetri and SWG to the next group meeting."

About the Alliance
The UK BIM Alliance is YOU – our work is for the Industry, by the Industry. Here to help the industry take the first fundamental step in their journey to digital transformation, the UK BIM Alliance aims to ensure BIM becomes business as usual. Through its work the UK BIM Alliance is establishing and supporting a common understanding, a common approach and one voice.

About SWG
With over 26 years of global FM experience, SWG offers CAFM and BIM software to optimise efficiency across the building lifecycle by streamlining the management of asset, building and maintenance activities. Our QFM BIM Database integrates seamlessly with our QFM CAFM software to collect, structure and facilitate the flow of data in a collaborative environment. QFM provides essential insight into critical performance information which translate complex data into usable information to support strategic FM decision-making. For further information, visit us at www.swg.com.

About Symetri
At Symetri we work with you to tailor digital BIM, product design and lifecycle solutions to help you work smarter and do more with less. As a trusted partner for our customers, we constantly seek to challenge people to work smarter for a better future. With our expertise, leading-edge technology and services we always strive to enable our customers to gain an increased competitive advantage. That’s why our partnerships are long lasting. For further information, visit us at www.symetri.co.uk.

About Addnode
Addnode Group acquires, operates and develops entrepreneur-driven companies that supply software and digital services to markets in which the group have or can achieve a leading position. We are one of Europe's leading suppliers of software and services for design, construction and product data information, and a leading supplier of document and case management systems to public sector clients in Sweden.

We are 1900 employees in Sweden, UK, Germany, Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, India, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Serbia, Slovakia, and USA. Net sales in 2019 amounted to SEK 3 434 million. Addnode Group's Series B share is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. For more information, please visit: www.addnodegroup.com