Category: AEC

Dec 23 2007

CTSpace put to the Sword

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Marketing, People issues, SaaS, Vendors
23 December 2007

Just 53 weeks after its last major ownership change, SaaS construction collabaration technology vendor CTSpace (the result of a merger between UK-based BuildOnline and US-based Citadon) has been acquired by the international Sword group of IT companies (as far as I can tell, no value for the transaction has been given). The news came in a …

4Projects, BIW, BuildOnline, Carillion, Cimage, Citadon, construction collabaration technology, CTSpace, ECM, Heath Davies, Howard Koenig, Jacques Mottard, MASS Systems, PIMS, Royal Opera House, SaaS, Schal, Sword group, Tarmac Professional Services, TPS
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Dec 20 2007

Web conferencing, ICT and paper savings?

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Internet, ROI/benefits, Sustainability, Vendors
20 December 2007

Earlier this week, I wrote about web conferencing and its potential contribution to reducing carbon footprints by eliminating some travel. In a comment, Cece Salomon-Lee of ON24 noted that such online sessions also reduce the need to print out copies of presentations, etc (assuming, of course, that participants don’t later download the presentations and print them out …

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Dec 20 2007

At first I was afraid, I was petrified …

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Blogs
20 December 2007

I have just read Mel Starr ‘s blog and followed the link to Rob Annable’s no2self blog to see the full lyrics for … THE ARCHITECT SONG (to the tune of I Will Survive) At first I was afraid, I was petrified thinking I could not design what you had specified But then I …

architect's song, I Will Survive, Mel Starr, Rob Annable

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Dec 18 2007

Broken Buildings, Busted Budgets

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Business/Financial, Future
18 December 2007

I wrote earlier this week about online meetings, of which one kind is the webinar. Thanks to Sergio Aranda of e-Builder for sending me a link to a recording of an e-Builder webinar featuring Barry LePatner, a US lawyer and author of Broken Buildings, Busted Budgets. LePatner shares his experiences and insights into what is wrong with …

AEC, Barry LePatner, BIM, Broken Buildings Busted Budgets, e-Builder, US

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Dec 17 2007

Web conferencing and sustainability

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Books, Collaboration, Functionality, Future, People issues, Sustainability
17 December 2007

Two-and-a-half years ago, when I was putting the finishing touches to the final chapter of my book manuscript, I sketched out ideas of how web-based conferencing solutions might be used to replace some face-to-face meetings in construction projects. At the time, I focused on the convenience aspect of such ‘net meetings’ and their value alongside …

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Dec 13 2007

Collaboration: standards, viewing, plus industry education

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Functionality, Future, Legal, People issues, SaaS
13 December 2007

Lachmi Khemlani, founder and editor of AECbytes, recently attended an AIA conference in the US, and her latest AECbytes newsletter describes some interesting sessions, including ones on business processes, automated code checking, digital project workflows and cooperative design. To give you a flavour, I’ve picked out a couple of items. Business processes The business process …

AECbytes, AIA, ASP, Cannon Design, Constructware, Crate & Barrel, eBuilder, Integrated Project Delivery, interoperability, Lachmi Khemlani, Meridian, NCCTP, Primavera, SaaS
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Dec 12 2007

Aconex results hit by legal row

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Legal, Marketing, SaaS, Vendors
12 December 2007

Some three months ago, I had a look at the 2006 financial results for Australia-based construction collaboration vendor Aconex, noting that its 2007 results would be available in November (as per Aconex marketing chief Frank Carron’s comment). After a slight delay (auditors requested an extension of time as some areas required additional testing), the latest …

Aconex, ASIC, Australia, collaboration, Construction, court case, Hawthorn Glen, legal dispute, UK
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Dec 12 2007

Collaborative processes help US industry respond to growth pressures

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Functionality, Future, People issues, ROI/benefits
12 December 2007

FMI and the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) have released their Eighth Annual Survey of Owners. Based on over 200 responses from a variety of owner types and industries, the survey has both good news and bad news for construction IT. Building information modelling (BIM) technologies are increasingly used, but there is also …

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Dec 11 2007

Emap Construct stays put

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Future, Marketing
11 December 2007

Earlier this year it looked like Emap’s construction titles might have been on the move as the UK parent media company looked at way to capitalise upon its profitable business-to-business ventures. However, at the weekend I learned (see Guardian story and Emap announcement) that, instead, the group’s radio and consumer magazines have been sold, leaving Emap to become …

Construction News, Emap, Glenigan, Interbuild, NCE

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Dec 06 2007

EADOC

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, People issues, SaaS, Vendors
6 December 2007

My 30 July 2007 post on e-Builder has prompted a comment regarding a relative newcomer to the US construction collaboration market: Oakland, California-based EADOC. The website is a bit sparse on detail about the company and its founders (a press release – in fact, the only press release – says entrepreneurs Eric Law and Arnout van …