Bricsnet Platform Selected Exclusively to Support Star Team Projects.

Business/Technology Editors

WAKEFIELD, Mass. & GENT, Belgium--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 23, 2000

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Bricsnet, (EASDAQ: BSNT), a worldwide provider of Internet services and software applications for the worldwide building industry, today announced the STAR team (Strategic Alliance Roundtable) www.STAR-Team.net has selected Bricsnet applications exclusively to support collaborative projects for major customers. The STAR alliance selected the Bricsnet platform following rigorous review of numerous building applications, and determined Bricsnet Architecturals and Bricsnet ProjectCenter are superior design and collaboration tools that would enable the STAR team to achieve its goals.

The STAR alliance is a collection of U.S.-based architectural, design and contracting firms that advances attitudes and practices in regard to the development and application of 3D/4D modeling tools as they apply to the design and construction industries. The STAR team mission: "Improving the Project Delivery Process by Leveraging Teamwork and Technology." The STAR team estimates a substantial reduction of time and cost using Bricsnet technologies.

STAR members are also working to create a design and construction industry brain trust that shares insights and experience. Founding members include DPR Construction, Inc., Callison Architecture, Inc., KPFF Consulting Engineers, Mazzetti & Associates, Kinetics, ACCO (Air Conditioning Company, Inc.), and Oregon Electric Group. Bricsnet is the key technology partner over the long term.

Bricsnet Architecturals enables users to leverage advanced 3D modeling, while maintaining full compatibility with 2D environments, to quickly create complex 3D buildings and structures simply by adding and subtracting volumes. Making changes to the model is easy because all relationships between walls, windows, slabs, roofs and openings are automatically maintained. The scale dependent 2D drawings, quantities and cost estimation are automatically updated after a change. Bricsnet Architecturals is based on industry standard technology, including XML and DWG, and can be customized via Visual Basic for Applications.

Bricsnet ProjectCenter, the building industry's leading extranet collaboration tool, enables remote teams to exchange mission-critical data easily and seamlessly. Every member of the project team can collaborate online without the burden of investment in new software or extensive training.

"This is a significant validation that Bricsnet applications are the best in the industry, and we're confident that STAR members, all leaders in their fields across different disciplines, will benefit from the technological benefits delivered by our platform," said Erik de Keyser, Bricsnet's president and CEO. "We expect that working with STAR will be an equal exchange of expertise and best practices for a long time to come."

Jim Ray, DPR Construction, Inc., explained, "When DPR and its design build partners in the STAR team went looking for an object based design tool, Bricsnet was a natural fit. The vision of intelligent drawing objects and sharing data through the project life cycle will take our project teams to the next level. From design through construction and into facilities management, together we are going to set a new standard for the construction industry."

"Parametric 3D modeling and 4D CAD are finally becoming a reality. Bricsnet provides state of the art technologies and its open environment and scalability is leading the way to a more efficient and accurate design process," stated Martin Fischer, director, CIFE (Center for Integrated Facility Engineering), Stanford University. As part of its CIP (Continuous Improvement Process), the STAR team works with CIFE, a joint venture between Stanford University, and U.S. and multinational corporate partners.

About STAR

STAR (Strategic Alliance Roundtable) is a consortium of architectural, design and contracting firms that have established this roundtable to work together to improve the project delivery process through the use of new technologies.

About Bricsnet

Bricsnet was founded by an international team of architects and engineers dedicated to making the building process easier and more efficient. The company provides Bricsnet.com, a work-centric portal integrating all the tools and services building professionals need to design a building, manage a geographically dispersed project team, bid on and procure building materials and services, access building product specifications from manufacturers worldwide, manage completed facilities, and exchange news and information. Launched December 1, 1999, Bricsnet.com currently hosts more than 400,000 visitors each month. Bricsnet is a public company (EASDAQ: BSNT) and maintains corporate headquarters in Wakefield, MA, and Gent, Belgium.