Case Study: Bowmer & Kirkland achieves reduced paper use, cost savings and stronger IT control with Egnyte

Flexible collaboration solution reduces paper, cuts costs, and boosts IT control

Bowmer & Kirkland (B&K) is a family‑owned construction and engineering group founded in 1923, operating 26 subsidiaries across Europe, North America and the Middle East with over 1,300 employees. The company struggled with heavy paper use and poor version control, shortened project timelines (from ~52 to ~40 weeks), and BYOD, security and bandwidth challenges that made accessing the right CAD/BIM and proposal files quickly and reliably difficult.

B&K deployed Egnyte’s hybrid Enterprise File Services with Netgear ReadyNAS storage and Egnyte sync/mobile tools, giving bi‑directional local‑to‑cloud replication, centralized permissioning and audit reporting. The solution cut paper use and costs, improved IT control and compliance, enabled fast, secure access to large design files from any device, eliminated VPN bottlenecks, and accelerated cross‑site collaboration—helping B&K deliver projects faster and bid more competitively.

Bowmer & Kirkland

Kevin McDonald

IT Core Services Manager