Jun 20 2012
Cadweb launches new website Founded in 1995, London-based Cadweb still positions itself as the longest-established provider of project extranet services in the UK. It has just launched a new website – mainly a new ‘look and feel’, as most of the written content has hardly changed – while its latest June news release concerns a …
Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2012/06/construction-collaboration-vendor-news-round-up-june-2012/
Jun 05 2012
Melbourne, Australia-based SaaS construction collaboration specialist Aconex today announced that it had acquired Adelaide-based Grazer, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition – Aconex’s first – was from mid-2011 an Aconex software partner (post), providing digitised operation and maintenance manuals. I spoke to Aconex CEO and co-founder Lee Jasper and to Chris Dobbyn (general manager, corporate development) …
Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2012/06/aconex-acquires-partner-grazer/
May 31 2012
While I am a champion of Software-as-a-Service and I spend a lot of my time looking at SaaS-based solutions for construction collaboration, I appreciate there will always be people for whom keeping things within the company IT infrastructure, or paying once up-front rather than by pay-as-you-go subscription, is preferable. For such people in the architecture, …
Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2012/05/if-you-really-really-dont-want-saas/
May 24 2012
First Su Butcher tweeted about it, then Construction Enquirer wrote about it, so I had to find out more about the Snag List iPhone app. The app is being developed by James Crowson of London-based app consultancy Creative Grid and construction project manager Scott Eggleton, and is intended to help users quickly and easily create organised lists …
Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2012/05/snag-list-app-seeking-funding/
May 21 2012
Melbourne-based Aconex has been looking to dominate the Australasian market in more than just provision of SaaS construction collaboration software – it also wants to dominate delivery of document control training. I have written before (December 2010) about its training programme for document controllers, but this now appears to be delivered by a dedicated business, …
Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2012/05/document-control-essentials/
May 17 2012
Melbourne, Australia-based SaaS construction collaboration technology provider Aconex has announced the appointment of a new chief financial officer, Steve Recht. The news release says Recht has 30 years’ operating and finance experience as a CEO, COO and CFO for venture-backed private and public companies. Aconex CEO Leigh Jasper comments: “Aconex is approaching the end of …
Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2012/05/new-aconex-cfo/
May 03 2012
Viewpoint Construction Software, the Oregon, US-based construction ERP vendor has made another move towards the collaboration sector with its just-announced acquisition of fellow US company Construction Imaging, a provider of enterprise content management solutions. I spoke to Viewpoint’s management in February and it was clear they were keen to extend the scope of their core platform to …
Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2012/05/viewpoint-acquires-construction-imaging/
May 02 2012
In January, I wrote about London-based environmental consultancy SouthFacing and its TrackerPlus online Software-as-a-Service solution to help BRE-licensed BREEAM assessors manage their workload. This week, I visited the company’s Islington offices and met Ben Cartmell to find out more about the application and its potential future direction. TrackerPlus is the latest design tool created by a …
Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2012/05/a-longer-look-at-trackerplus/
May 01 2012
Copenhagen, Denmark-based construction collaboration technology provider Docia (aka “Byggeweb” in its home market) has opened an office in Johannesburg, South Africa – founder and CEO Mads Bording tells me. Just over six months since the Scandinavian business opened an office in India, it is now starting an operation in southern Africa, where it sees great …
Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2012/05/docia-opens-south-africa-office/
Apr 30 2012
Discussion about building information modelling software has tended to focus on designers’ needs, but the more I have thought about the announcement of Trimble’s acquisition of Google’s SketchUp last week, the more I see it as boosting its BIM capabilities from a contractor and a manufacturer or supplier’s point of view. For a start, Trimble’s existing strengths, …
Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2012/04/sketchup-acquisition-extends-bim-reach/
nima’s That Information Management podcast
