Category: Collaboration

Aug 19 2008

CTSpace people news

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, People issues, Vendors
19 August 2008

The Sword Group rather dropped off my radar recently, so I’ve been catching up with some developments relating to executives involved with their CTSpace subsidiary (formerly BuildOnline in the UK), a vendor of construction collaboration technologies. The most note-worthy change has been the appointment last month of former Citadon and CTSpace CEO Howard Koenig to …

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Aug 18 2008

RIBA wiki

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Blogs, Collaboration, Web 2.0
18 August 2008

The Royal Institute of British Architects has its own wiki: the RIBAPedia: a “collaborative, free source of information relating to architectural research”. The initiative has been led by the RIBA’s Research & Development Department, funded by the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning through Design. I was unaware of this until Mel Starrs brought …

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Aug 14 2008

BIM for Building Engineers

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Functionality, Future, People issues
14 August 2008

The latest Cadalyst AEC Insight column, Modeling Technology for Building Engineers, by Jerry Laiserin talks about the particular challenges of coordinating designs produced by architects with the needs of engineers involved in designing mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) services. It reiterates a message conveyed several times over the past year or so: there are different …

AEC, AECbytes, architects, BIM, Building Engineers, building information modelling, Cadalyst, collaboration, electrical and plumbing, interoperability, Jerry Laiserin, mechanical, MEP, Sid Thoo, sustainability

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Aug 13 2008

New lick of paint

By Paul Wilkinson in Blogs, Books, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, SaaS, Web 2.0
13 August 2008

It’s nearly three years since I started this blog, so a new design was long overdue. I’ve stuck to the same pallette of colours, but tried to make the design a bit cleaner and easier to read (two columns instead of three, and then fewer items in the side column). I’ve also tidied up some …

AEC, architectural, blog, book, collaborative working, engineering and construction, extranet, ICT, sustainability, Web 2.0

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Aug 12 2008

Next step: Collaborative procurement of collaboration?

By Paul Wilkinson in Collaboration, Future, Internet, Marketing, SaaS, Sustainability
12 August 2008

Over on [my employer] BIW Technologies’ SaaStainability blog, we have been following UK government’s efforts to green its ICT operations. Following the publication of a new Office of Government Commerce delivery plan that talks about collaborative procurement of central goods and services, including ICT, we wonder if this latest sustainable procurement drive might extend to …

BIW, blog, ICT, Office of Government Commerce, SaaS, SaaStainability, UK government

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Aug 11 2008

Dipity.com

By Paul Wilkinson in Blogs, Collaboration, Functionality, Internet, Marketing
11 August 2008

My enthusiasm for Web 2.0 tools shows no signs of abating, and I have been experimenting with Dipity.com, a fantastic tool for producing timelines. It can seamlessly incorporate various sources of information; you can upload your own images, link to website images and maps, and suggest sources such as RSS or Flickr feeds. And like …

Be2camp, BIW, blogs, Dipity.com, Flickr, RSS, social networking, Technorati, timelines, Twitter, Web 2.0, websites

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Aug 04 2008

Think no more

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Blogs, Collaboration, Future, Internet, Marketing, People issues, Sustainability
4 August 2008

Zerochampion blogger Phil Clark is today (Think RIP) coming to terms with publisher CMP’s decision to discontinue its sustainability conference/exhibition event, Think – the latest manifestation of which, Think 08, I attended earlier this year. As the event organiser, he lists various reasons behind the decision: Crowded market/branding Names – “we were too late to …

AEC, Be2camp, blog, branding, CMP, communication, conference, events, Field of Dreams, ICT, marketing, Phil Clark, sustainability, Sustainability Now, Think 08, Web 2.0, wisdom of crowds, ZeroChampion

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Aug 04 2008

BIW grows 24% in 2007

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Internet, SaaS, Vendors
4 August 2008

BIW Technologies [my employer] grew its turnover by 24 per cent in the year to 30 September 2007, achieving over £0.5m in profits in the process (see full news release here). The company’s turnover in 2007 grew to £5.76m, up from £4.66m the previous year. A modest 2006 loss of £171,000 was turned around in …

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Aug 01 2008

BE2Camp, 10 October, London

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Blogs, Collaboration, Future, Internet, Marketing, People issues, Sustainability
1 August 2008

Web 2.0 meets the UK construction industry at a novel new event, BE2camp, to be held on Friday 10 October at the Building Centre in London. I have been part of the (international) planning team behind this event, so I am delighted that we now have some details confirmed. If you fancy becoming part of …

Be2camp, Building Centre, Construction, London, Web 2.0

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Jul 30 2008

Paper cuts

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Functionality, Internet, People issues, Sustainability
30 July 2008

I spent a couple of hours this morning with a postgraduate student researching ‘project extranets’ as part of his dissertation. Among the topics we discussed was the extent to which construction collaboration technologies reduce the volume of paper used on a project. Working for BIW, I have seen great variations in the use of paper …