Category: Business/Financial

A Newforma update

Having written about Newforma’s burgeoning operation in Australia in December, I talked with Ian Howell, CEO of Newforma, last week. The business, which provides both on-premise and cloud-based AEC information management services, is experiencing growth in Australasia, and continuing to invest in its mobile capabilities, he said. Newforma in Australia On the Australasia subject, Ian …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2014/02/a-newforma-update/

Asite gearing up to launch Adoddle 17

Tony Ryan (past Asite CEO)

Double digit revenue growth and a ‘game-changing’ software release on 17 March are making SaaS vendor Asite excited about the future. London, UK-based construction collaboration and e-procurement technology developer Asite is gearing up for a major launch of its new release, Adoddle 17, on 17 March 2014 (St Patrick’s Day; Asite CEO Tony Ryan is …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2014/01/asite-gearing-up-to-launch-adoddle-17/

4Projects opens Newcastle HQ

In March last year, I visited the head office of SaaS construction collaboration specialist 4Projects in a Sunderland business park, and heard that, following the company’s February 2013 acquisition by US-based ERP vendor Viewpoint, it was also moving forward with a plan to move to new offices in central Newcastle-upon-Tyne, some 13 miles further north …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2014/01/4projects-opens-newcastle-hq/

Conject acquires AEC mobile specialist, Wapp6

Conject Mobile defects reporting

SaaS construction collaboration provider Conject acquires Paris-based mobile AEC app developer, Wapp6. The Anglo-German SaaS construction collaboration technology provider Conject has acquired a French mobile software specialist Wapp6, based in Paris, allowing it to extend its capabilities to include dedicated inspection and defects management via iPad, Android and Windows mobile platforms. No value for the deal has …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2014/01/conject-acquires-aec-mobile-specialist-wapp6/

HANDS HQ targets construction safety compliance

hands hq logo

My latest startup interview looks at a cross-platform health and safety compliance service, Hands HQ. Another day, another AEC startup, another Alex. The day after meeting Alex Siljanovski, CEO of BlueRonin (post), I met up with Alexander Green, CEO of HANDS HQ, a London-based startup providing online construction health and safety documentation services. A construction …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2014/01/hands-hq-targets-construction-safety-compliance/

Basestone targets engineers and SMEs with mobile review tool

Basestone

Basestone, a tablet application developed by London start-up BlueRonin, enables cost-effective mobile engineering drawing review. The architecture, engineering and construction market for mobile solutions is expanding rapidly. As I wrote earlier this week (2014: year of AEC mobile?), existing software developers are augmenting both conventional and SaaS applications with mobile tools for site-based activities, while …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2014/01/basestone-targets-engineers-and-smes-with-mobile-review-tool/

4Projects joins BIM forces with Solibri UK

Solibri logo

4Projects, the Sunderland, UK-based SaaS collaboration technology provider (and subsidiary of Viewpoint Construction Software), has announced it is partnering with Solibri UK, the British outpost of the Finland-based software company that provides BIM model validation, QA and interrogation software. The news release says the partnership will: “provide the UK building and construction markets an end-to-end BIM …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2014/01/4projects-joins-bim-forces-with-solibri/

4Projects is recruiting

SaaS construction collaboration vendor 4Projects has been busy recruiting new people to its UK-based operation over the past 11 months or so, following its acquisition by US ERP provider Viewpoint in February 2013. Much of the investment to date has been in strengthening the software development team, and the latest changes see Richard Pavey, formerly …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2014/01/4projects-is-recruiting/

Ralf Händl takes over at Conject

Ralf Händl

Last week, on 1 January 2014, Dr Ralf Händl, 53, took over as CEO of the Anglo-German SaaS construction collaboration technology provider Conject. This followed the decision by Colin Smith to stand down from the role (see my 4 November 2013 post). Ralf Händl has a PhD in economics and extensive knowledge in the global …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2014/01/ralf-handl-takes-over-at-conject/

Aconex: revenues up but expansion increases losses

Aconex Revenues Profit/Loss December 2013

Aconex reports growing revenues, but expansion increases losses for year to June 2013. Melbourne, Australia-based Software-as-a-Service construction collaboration technology vendor Aconex reported revenues up 18% in the year ending 30 June 2013. The business, now increasingly establishing itself in the USA, grew from Au$44.3m in 2012 to global revenues of Au$52.6m (£28.4m or US$46.8m). The company’s EBITDA showed a loss of Au$8.89m (c. £4.8m or US$7.9m) compared …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2013/12/aconex-revenues-up-but-expansion-increases-losses/

Load more