BricsNet's ProjectCenter 2.0 Makes Professional Project Management Accessible to all Participants in the Building Design Process.

GENT, Belgium--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 1999--

BricsNet Adds Powerful Functionality to Its Leading Hosted

Project Extranet Service While Maintaining

Ease of Use and Affordability

BricsNet N.V. (EASDAQ:BSNT) today announced the availability of ProjectCenter(R) 2.0 (from BricsNet subsidiary EVOLV), which provides Web-based project management for architects, engineers, owners, contractors, and others involved in the building process. The new version of ProjectCenter adds powerful functionality while maintaining two of the product's key benefits: ease of use and affordability. ProjectCenter now allows users to control document access, provides team email functions, and includes a customizable interface making Web-based project management even more accessible to building professionals. The new version has also taken a long-time industry standard - the AIA g-series contract documents - to the heart of the project extranet to further redefine the traditional project management process.

Through an exclusive agreement with the AIA, industry standard contract documents are now integrated into the ProjectCenter workflow. Building owners and developers often require that all contracts be submitted on AIA forms. With this new functionality, documents are updated and generated automatically throughout the life of a project, and team members can easily submit and/or print the documents directly from within ProjectCenter. Overall, this compresses approval time, captures critical information for project records, and automatically passes information to the next step.

William Tucker, vice president of BricsNet, states, "The overriding principle in the development of our products is to help our users deliver building projects on time and on budget. In ProjectCenter 2.0, we've incorporated the functionality that's most needed by our users, such as the AIA documents and selective document access." He adds, "In the near future, we see Web-based project management becoming just one part of an integrated system that brings together all the tools and functionality the building industry needs to perform its day-to-day functions. Ultimately, if we can help our users finish the day a little earlier, we'll know that we've accomplished our goal."

ProjectCenter 2.0 also adds considerable flexibility to Web-based project management with:

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--   A customizable interface that allows users to establish
     project-specific menus.
--   Selective document access that enables project managers to limit
     access to specific sets of documents based on each team member's
     responsibilities and needs.
--   Document tracking that logs who views each document in the
     project database. Project managers can then track whether those
     needed to review and/or approve changes have done so.
--   Improved communications in ProjectCenter that allows users to
     send email to each other and those outside the team without
     leaving ProjectCenter. These messages automatically become part
     of the project database.
--   Redlining and annotating capabilities for AutoCAD, IntelliCAD and
     MicroStation drawings. These marked-up drawings can then be
     easily reviewed and approved by the appropriate people for
     subsequent action.

Industthe market." He adds, "ProjectCenter is moving imbursable expense. Because ProjectCenter is a ject. This monthly fee includes an unlimited number of users and unlimited technical support for the entire team. Additional storage options, customization services, and training are also available.

About BricsNet

BricsNet, founded in 1986, develops, markets and supportsysis software, web-based project collaboration  workgroups, rapidly changing governmental regulowners.