The askTRADA website is being credited as the main reason for TRADA signing up more than 300 new corporate and professional members during 2004.
The influx of companies, which has exceeded TRADA’s membership target by 50% for the year, has been matched by more than 22,000 architects, engineers and other construction industry professionals becoming registered users since free web access was offered at the start of 2004.
Head of information Jeremy Vibert said the achievements had “exceeded all expections”.
He said: “We were confident that by making valuable information readily available to a wider audience we would attract more professional members.”
Mr Vibert described askTRADA as a strong incentive for companies to join the organisation, as the only way to be included on the website was to become a corporate member.
