Construction portal Mercadium has adopted a data management system to offer software packages tailored to the industry.

The project information channel, from application service provider Building Information Warehouse, is designed to allow all parties involved in a construction project to swap information from design to the building's operation and maintenance.

Each project will have its own website which project team members can use.

Mercadium co-founder Emma Welsh said the portal had always planned to allow communication within, as well as between, companies. Building Information Warehouse claims that the channel is already in use on a number of construction projects.