Jul 17 2015
Newforma’s transition from on-premise PIM software provider to being also a developer of SaaS and mobile applications looks set to continue. Newforma has been busy reviewing its business, its customers’ and end-users’ needs and the markets in which it operates (I’ve had a couple of conversations with its marketing team along the way), and the …
Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2015/07/new-look-newforma/
Jul 15 2015
Munich, Germany-based SaaS construction collaboration provider think project! has launched what it describes (see news release) as “a comprehensive solution package for BIM collaboration, focusing on project- wide coordination and communication processes.” I talked to the company extensively in late 2014 about its BIM strategy and saw some of the work in progress (post); I also …
Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2015/07/think-project-launches-bim-toolset/
Jul 15 2015
Conject enhances commercial management solution, enable dynamic financial forecasts for projects. Anglo-German SaaS construction collaboration technology provider – now positioning itself as an infrastructure lifecycle management (ILM) group – Conject has launched new financial management capabilities in its applications for commercial teams and asset owners. Director Nick Sansome says: Customers who use the existing cost management and …
Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2015/07/conject-strengthens-evm-capabilities/
Jul 14 2015
‘Internet of Things’? BMSs have been streaming data for years. Data for post-occupancy evaluation? Ditto. London-based Demand Logic builds collaboration around energy data. When I first heard of Demand Logic, my initial thought was that it might be a startup business riding the crest of the current new-build BIM boom in the UK, but the more I learned …
Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2015/07/demand-logic-collaborative-bms-data/
Jul 08 2015
A collaborative, open source BIM application, 3D Repo, won the Cognicity Challenge, underlining London’s leading role in developing new AEC technologies. The Cognicity Challenge is an initiative of London’s Canary Wharf Group, set up to identify and accelerate the development of interoperable smart city technologies, and encouraging participants to develop smart city solutions that can …
Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2015/07/fostering-innovation-cognicity-and-hackathons/
Jul 06 2015
As we draw ever closer to 2016, SaaS construction collaboration application vendors are becoming increasingly focused on compliance with ‘BIM Level 2’, the UK government’s target for delivery of all centrally procured public projects (and also a target for some private sector clients). Last week, I noted Conject talking about how it was helping its customers …
Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2015/07/towards-level-2-new-4projects-release/
Jul 03 2015
I wrote recently about SaaS construction collaboration technology vendors upgrading their hosting infrastructure, noting how 4Projects, Asite, Aconex and Conject had either already upgraded, or were in the process of upgrading their hosting facilities to keep ahead of the increased usage of their platforms. Implicit in many of the upgrades is an assumption that building information …
Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2015/07/bim-bigger-infrastructure-muscle/
Jul 01 2015
Finalcad is a mobile-first construction application primarily focused on managing quality – but also with eyes on the BIM opportunity. Based near Paris and first launched in 2011, Finalcad is a mobile-first construction application primarily focused on managing quality. The company claims to be the only vendor in the mobile construction apps space covering all major mobile platforms with native apps …
Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2015/07/finalcad-expands-beyond-france/
Jun 25 2015
At AECbytes, Lachmi Khemlani is working on a research project studying the implementation of project information management (PIM) software in AEC firms, as part of which it is conducting a brief survey to better understand how users are using PIM in their firms. Your response to it would be invaluable in guiding the development of PIM software …
Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2015/06/surveying-project-information-management/
Jun 22 2015
City-Insights potentially does more than ‘tell stories about places’ – as a mobile web tool, it could be used by construction and property professionals for a host of hyper-local internal and external communication purposes. The recent COMIT* community day, as usual, welcomed some new members and a few guests. Among the former was City-Insights, a young (c. …
Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2015/06/city-insights-asset-insights/
nima’s That Information Management podcast
