VHSoft awarded "Certificate of Merit in Technological Achievement"

Two of the VHSoft Technologies' patent pending construction IT products - VHDrawings and VHBuild have won the "2002 HKSTP Certificate of Merit in Technological Achievement" in the "2002 Hong Kong Awards for Industry" scheme. The scheme is jointly organized by various government bodies including Federation of Hong Kong Industries, Hong Kong Productivity Council, Trade and Industry Department of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Trade Development Council.

The judging panel of the Technological Achievement category recognized that "VHSoft Technologies' products represent a paradigm shift of working models and practices in the construction industry. With the breakthrough from the traditional way of doing in the industry, the products potentially transform the industry to a true e-platform."

The "2002 Hong Kong Awards for Industry" awards presentation ceremony was held on Oct 15, 2002 in the Hong Kong Conference and Exhibition Center. The Financial Secretary of the HKSAR, Mr. Antony Leung addressed a keynote speech and presented major awards in the ceremony. Chief Operating Officer of VHSoft, Mr. Hubert Mak represented the company to receive the prestigious award.

The Hong Kong Awards for Industry is an annual Awards scheme established in 1989 to recognize and encourage excellence, as well as to promote successful practices and strategies in different aspects of industrial performance.

VHDrawings drawing management system applies a unique artificial intelligent drawing pattern recognition technology to efficiently organize, archive, index, search huge drawing files. In order to enhance design team collaboration, VHDrawings also applies latest network technology to link all team members to a central server with hierarchy access rights, so that design process can be automated and streamlined.

VHBuild is a secured online workplace specific to construction project management. The system offers an advanced solution to let the project management team to access and update project information, monitoring work progress anytime, anywhere via the internet. Assisted by various electronic forms and digital camera tools, VHBuild can simplified work process, lower the cost and save time for construction projects and thus improve the competitive edge. VHBuild maintains a high profile in information security measures and is the first BS7799 accredited construction ASP in Asia.