{"id":138696,"date":"2024-05-01T07:12:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T06:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=138696"},"modified":"2024-04-30T15:13:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T14:13:34","slug":"bouygues-uk-payapps-payment-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction-news\/construction-technology-news\/bouygues-uk-payapps-payment-applications\/138696\/","title":{"rendered":"Bouygues UK boosts efficiency, visibility and risk management with payment applications"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>In this article, discover how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bouygues-uk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bouygues UK<\/a> integrated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.payapps.com\/uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Payapps software<\/a> to manage their payment applications, boosting efficiency, visibility and risk management<\/h2>\n<p>Bouygues UK is part of a diversified services group operating in over 80 countries with 129,000 employees.<\/p>\n<p>Operating in the UK for over 20 years, Bouygues UK designs and builds sustainable developments that enhance and transform communities and is one of the largest contractors in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Specialising in the residential and education sectors, Bouygues UK runs a large number of simultaneous construction projects, with values reaching up to \u00a3200m.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pdt43ezeQKk\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Bouygues UK\u2019s processing of payment applications before Payapps<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction-news\/construction-technology-news\/payapps-the-simpler-more-reliable-and-accurate-application-for-payment-alternative-to-spreadsheets\/136279\/\">Payment-related challenges<\/a> are not uncommon in the construction industry, the majority of which are rooted in a lack of transparency, a fact that was not lost on the team at Bouygues UK.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to digitising supply chain application for the payment process, ensuring compliance with Construction Act timescales was managed in what is the traditional way for UK contracting.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/893NEFdZ2ZQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Transforming applications for payment with Payapps<\/h3>\n<p>Moving with the times and ensuring that they were receiving payment applications at the right time to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction-news\/resolving-payment-challenges-payapps-payment-management\/135777\/\">avoid project delays<\/a>, Bouygues UK felt that adopting a web-based solution could streamline the traditional process.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ouDKBdOL4Es\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" 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