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DB3 win a place in the Digital Enterprise Top 100

DB3 Architecture is proud to be named amongst the one hundred most digitally transformational, resilient and innovative businesses in the Leeds City Region in this year’s Digital Enterprise TOP 100 report.

This is in recognition of some of the significant digital achievements our team made in 2020 including our:

  • New online Home and Maker Architecture service that simplifies the process of home improvement for homeowners
  • Innovative and collaborative information management system IQMS
  • Boost of the digital presence of the new DB3 brand
  • Rapid technology implementation to ensure business as usual during lockdown.

“The quality of the entries was so high that the judging process was a real challenge to arrive at the TOP 100. These 100 diverse and pioneering businesses have been pivoting, driving growth, securing and creating jobs by harnessing technology to adapt to a constantly evolving business landscape.”

“The quality of the entries was so high that the judging process was a real challenge to arrive at the TOP 100. These 100 diverse and pioneering businesses have been pivoting, driving growth, securing and creating jobs by harnessing technology to adapt to a constantly evolving business landscape.”

Muz Mumtaz, Digital Enterprise Programme Lead

Embracing Technology

Embracing Technology

One of DB3’s five values is “Embracing Technology” and encouraging new thinking and bold ideas with help of technology. This goes beyond our passion for Building Information Modelling (BIM) and our investment in the latest technology that allows for 3D digital survey, high quality visualisations and accurate CAD drawings in both 2D and 3D.

Being named in the TOP 100 is also in recognition of the incredible work our in-house Developer and IT support team have achieved. Not only have they tackled the Covid-19 challenges and ensured a smooth business as usual transition to home working, they have also been busy developing our bespoke IQMS system and the new Home and Maker website.

Home & Maker Innovation

Home & Maker Innovation

One of our proudest innovations of 2020 is Home & Maker, brainchild of our Architectural Designer Isabella Open who submitted her idea to our Innovation Board and has been closely involved in executing her brilliant concept ever since.

This new service sees us shifting into the B2C market, targeting homeowners directly for small scale home projects such as extensions or home office right up to new build projects. Our in-house Developer built the new website www.homeandmaker.com to make this an online architectural service, which enables homeowners to “designs dream homes at unbeatable value.”  We also developed a bespoke residential calculator for instant quotes and formulated easy steps in enabling consumers to start their projects.

The Secret behind our Reliable Projects

The Secret behind our Reliable Projects

A further reason why DB3 were named in the TOP 100 is due to our digital expertise that comes in the shape of our web based system IQMS3. This collaborative information management system has been developed, designed and coded in-house by our Developer to meet our need to secure our digital assets and more tightly manage project development.

Raising DB3’s Digital Presence

Raising DB3’s Digital Presence

Our marketing team have been actively involved in the Digital Enterprise Knowledge Exchange program, having attended the Go Digital–Live Conference, a number of Digital Courses and implemented their learnings to the DB3 marketing strategy.

As a result, the past twelve months has seen the DB3 brand undergo a digital transformation, with the rebranding from DarntonB3 to DB3, a new website, fine tuning of social media activities, the implementation of an SEO strategy, recruiting in-house video production talent and much more. These activities have raised brand awareness, assisted in attracting and recruiting talented architects and managers as well as winning new clients despite the current Covid-19 challenges.

Full list of Digital Enterprise’s 2020 TOP 100.

You can read Digital Enterprise announcement here.

Date Published: 27 Jan 2021
FROM THE DB3 BOARD

“We are very honoured to be selected for the Digital Enterprise Top 100 and incredibly proud of our team. We never expected to enter this new decade with such rapid transformation and have worked incredibility hard to adapt our business by embracing technology, with more innovative plans already in the making.”

“We are very honoured to be selected for the Digital Enterprise Top 100 and incredibly proud of our team. We never expected to enter this new decade with such rapid transformation and have worked incredibility hard to adapt our business by embracing technology, with more innovative plans already in the making.”

Alistair Hamilton, Nathan McNamara, Matthew Savory, Julius Steinert & Tom Hill

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