Category Archives: AEC

EADOC-ation

SaaS makes it easy for AEC students to learn about web-delivered software A virtue of most software-as-a-service applications is their ease of deployment, while they often require nothing more than a web browser and a working internet connection for end-users … Continue reading

Posted in AEC, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Functionality, Marketing, People issues, SaaS, Vendors | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Profiling think project!

Relatively unknown in the UK, Think Project! is one of mainland Europe’s leading SaaS construction collaboration vendors with an impressive client list. In London last Friday Thomas Bachmaier, CEO of Munich, Germany-based think project!, told me about the company, its … Continue reading

Posted in AEC, BIM, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Functionality, Future, Marketing, SaaS, Vendors | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Unit4 combining collaboration, ERP and BIM in the cloud

The 2012 Unit4 customer conference this week at Birmingham’s International Convention Centre incorporated the annual user event for users of Unit4 Collaboration (formerly Business Collaborator), and there were some significant announcements both about the structure of that business and about … Continue reading

Posted in AEC, BIM, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Extranet, Functionality, Future, Marketing, Mobile, People issues, SaaS, Vendors | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

BIW launches pre-construction enquiry service

As the former PR person for Woking, UK-based SaaS construction collaboration technology vendor BIW Technologies, I had a strong sense of deja vu when I read its latest news release regarding a new enquiry management module. Managing processes relating to … Continue reading

Posted in AEC, Collaboration, Functionality, Marketing, People issues, SaaS, Vendors | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

ERP vendor Viewpoint viewing collaboration space

While not a household name in the European construction ERP market, Viewpoint is eyeing opportunities across the Atlantic and knows a thing or two about the collaboration space. “How come you dominate your marketplace and yet I’ve never heard of … Continue reading

Posted in AEC, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Functionality, Marketing, Mobile, SaaS, Vendors | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

4Projects recruiting for growth

In December, I talked about the recent financial performance of Sunderland, UK-based construction collaboration technology provider 4Projects. I quoted CFO Chris Baty who said prospects for the current financial year were already brighter, and stressed 4Projects was investing to keep itself … Continue reading

Posted in AEC, Blogs, Business/Financial, Collaboration, People issues, SaaS, Vendors | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Darley highlights high cost of traditional tendering

A quick update. In November 2011, I wrote about UK-based Darley PCM and its SaaS online eTender application – mainly aimed at SME-level clients, construction businesses and their supply chains. CEO Emma Jeffery has been in touch to: highlight a new … Continue reading

Posted in AEC, Business/Financial, Functionality, Marketing, SaaS, Vendors, Web 2.0 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

kykloud targets asset management with SaaS and apps

kykloud is a very polished new SaaS platform with mobile apps, targetted at asset owners and managers I first heard of North Shields, UK-based kykloud via Twitter last year and had been waiting for it to launch for some months, … Continue reading

Posted in AEC, BIM, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Functionality, Future, Marketing, Mobile, People issues, SaaS, Vendors | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Cadac Organice sounding bullish

Preliminary results released by Cadac Organice suggest the Netherlands-based vendor of Microsoft SharePoint-based solutions for engineering document management had a successful 2011. It highlights its introduction of a cloud-based solution – discussed in October 2011 with Gert-Jan de Kieviet, right, following … Continue reading

Posted in AEC, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Functionality, People issues, Vendors | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

BIW launch business intelligence module

According to its latest news release, Woking, Surrey, UK-based SaaS construction collaboration technology vendor, BIW Technologies has launched a new business intelligence (BI) module that it says provides advanced business analysis and reporting capabilities from data across processes, documents, cost … Continue reading

Posted in AEC, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Functionality, Marketing, Mobile, People issues, SaaS, Vendors | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment