Mar 08 2020
The CIC’s new “Roadmap for Change” talks up the prospects of digital construction but gives very sketchy directions to its rosy tomorrow. Too much proptech, not enough BIM, and too little signposting to useful resources. I went to FutureBuild 2020 at London’s ExCEL twice last week, visiting various exhibitors, taking in some presentations on the …
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Feb 16 2020
Directors of Stuttgart, Germany-based RIB Software have urged shareholders to agree a €1.4 billion bid from Schneider Electric. Stuttgart, Germany-based RIB Software, which has been expanding its footprint in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) Software-as-a-Service space in recent years, is the subject of a €29 per RIB share from Schneider Electric, valuing the 1200-strong …
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Feb 11 2020
Germany’s thinkproject increased its revenue by more than 25% in 2019 and anticipates continued double-digit revenue growth in 2020. Munich-based thinkproject, which describes itself as “Europe’s leading construction and engineering SaaS provider”, increased its revenue by more than 25% in 2019. Following profitable growth in the international construction software market, recent acquisitions, and continued investment …
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Jan 31 2020
Germany’s RIB has invested in north America’s VIM AEC, an augmented reality startup founded by ex Revit executive Arol Wolford. After a busy 2019 during which Stuttgart-based RIB Software made several significant investments and acquisitions growing both its geographical footprint and its product portfolio, it has started 2020 in similar style (though few details of …
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Jan 27 2020
AEC SaaS technology vendor Asite grew its revenues 20% in the year to 30 June 2019. Could the London-based business be an acquisition target? In the year to 30 June 2019, London-based construction Software-as-a-Service vendor Asite grew its revenues by 20.4%, from just over £8m in 2018 (post) to £9.638m (c. US$12.6m or €11.43m. According …
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Jan 21 2020
CDEs? As BIM standards begin to emerge, do we also need some data exchange standards to support connected rather than common data environments? Concerted efforts to mobilise the UK built environment industry to adopt building information modelling (BIM) began around 10 years ago, but there is still some distance to go. Anecdotal industry feedback, plus …
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Jan 20 2020
thinkproject, the Munich, Germany-based provider of Software-as-a-Service technologies to the construction and engineering sectors, has announced a partnership with Mensch und Maschine Software (M+M – also known in English-speaking markets as Man and Machine). Under the deal, M+M – a 1000-strong supplier of computer-aided design and manufacturing, product data management, and building information modelling applications …
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Jan 18 2020
The June 2019 projected convergence of Autodesk’s construction-oriented solutions was crystallised in late 2019 with the launch of the Autodesk Construction Cloud. At the London Build trade show in November 2019, Autodesk followed up its Connect & Construct Summit announcement in Las Vegas, promoting its Autodesk Construction Cloud to a UK audience. Five months earlier, …
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Jan 03 2020
Tony Ryan, the flamboyant Irishman who has been CEO of SaaS technology vendor Asite since 2006, died suddenly in London yesterday (2 January 2020). Sad news from the London-based SaaS construction collaboration technology provider, Asite: “It is with great sadness that we announce that Tony Ryan, Chief Executive Officer of Asite, died yesterday in London, …
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Dec 12 2019
Tel Aviv-based Buildots uses 360-degree wearable cameras and AI for “automated detection of schedule and design discrepancies.” At October’s Digital Construction Week 2019 trade show in London, I spotted Israeli startup Buildots among the exhibitors. I didn’t have chance to learn more then, but the company presented at December’s COMIT community day (held in IFS‘s …
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