Category: Books

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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Sep 17 2007

Novedge interview

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Books, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Functionality, Future, People issues
17 September 2007

I was flattered last week to be interviewed by Franco Folini of the Novedge blog, keen to know my thoughts about how construction collaboration technologies might be employed on AEC projects in the future and examine some of the issues affecting adoption. The finished interview is now online here.

collaboration, Construction, extranets, Franco Folini, Novedge

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Sep 27 2006

Extranet Evolution – a year old

By Paul Wilkinson in Blogs, Books, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Marketing
27 September 2006

Looking back at what I was doing 12 months ago, I have just realised that this blog is now been in existence for over a year (my first post was on 15 September 2005). In the first full month (October 2005), according to my StatCounter.com stats, there were a very modest 317 page-loads by 155 unique visitors. Since then numbers have …

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Sep 20 2006

Give PIECC a chance

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Books, Collaboration, Future, Marketing, People issues
20 September 2006

Yesterday I attended a workshop at Loughborough University to discuss Planning and Implementation of Effective Collaboration in Construction, the PIECC (pronounced ‘peace’) project. The event was one of the final deliverables of a two-year, EPSRC-funded project run by Loughborough’s Mark Shelbourn and Dino Bouchlaghem (with industry involvement from Avanti, Arup, Buro Happold, Capita Symonds, Mott …

Avanti, collaborative working, Constructing Excellence, Loughborough University, PIECC, research

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Mar 10 2006

Harvard conference, March 2006 (4)

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Books, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Functionality, People issues, ROI/benefits, SaaS, Vendors
10 March 2006

It’s been a fascinating day here in Boston. The Harvard Graduate School of Design hosted a conference which brought together well over 100 people from all over north America (plus a handful from the UK) to discuss its research and the implications for the US construction industry. Burcin Becerik summarised some of the key findings …

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Mar 09 2006

Harvard conference, March 2006 (3)

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Books, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Functionality, ROI/benefits, SaaS, Vendors
9 March 2006

I have just returned from the opening reception and dinner of the Harvard conference on construction collaboration technologies. I encountered some familiar faces (from the UK: Tim Blower from Business Collaborator and his client Marek Suchocki from Atkins/Bank of Scotland; from the US: Burcin Becerik and Spiro Pollalis of Harvard Graduate School of Design), and …

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Mar 01 2006

State of the (digital) nation revealed by Ofcom

By Paul Wilkinson in Books, Internet, Telecoms
1 March 2006

When I was writing the connectivity section of my book and needing official statistics on the pace of UK broadband adoption, I used Ofcom’s site regularly. Drawing on Ofcom’s Communications Market interim report, today’s Silicon.com article paints a picture of an increasingly internet-savvy UK population embracing broadband (10 million connections!), mobile telephony (though not VOIP …

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Dec 13 2005

Wilkinson’s book: “extremely helpful …, clearly and logically laid out”

By Paul Wilkinson in Books, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Marketing
13 December 2005

Two reviews in the space of a week! Following the piece in QS News (see Friday’s post), I have just been shown a piece in the latest Property Week, where Ian Wall, chief executive of the EDI Group, looks at three books for Christmas. "Paul Wilkinson’s Construction Collaboration Technologies, subtitled ‘The Extranet Evolution’, will be …

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Dec 09 2005

Wilkinson’s book: “an invaluable guide …, an essential read”

By Paul Wilkinson in Books, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Marketing, ROI/benefits
9 December 2005

Construction Collaboration Services: The Extranet Evolution has just been reviewed by UK quantity surveying magazine QS News. The review – "Is it boom time?" by Peter Dampier of Gleeds Information Management Services – concludes: "This book is an invaluable guide for everyone from trade contractor to client, and an essential read for users of these …

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Nov 18 2005

Autodesk ROI research revisited

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Books, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Marketing, People issues, ROI/benefits, Vendors
18 November 2005

[Apologies: this is a long-than-usual post] A week after the Construction Computing Show in London, I finally got round to flicking through a copy of Construction Computing magazine that I picked up there. It incorporates an issue of CAD User magazine wherein I saw a now familiar face: Mark Ellis, business manager of Autodesk Collaboration …