Jul 18 2014
While writing about SmartBuilder‘s closure earlier this week, I was engaged in an email exchange with the company’s founder and CEO Peter Daly about the challenges of promoting mobile applications in the UK construction market. Here he reflects on his experience over the past four years. What are the factors in construction adoption of mobile …
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Jul 17 2014
Aconex, the Melbourne, Australia-based SaaS construction collaboration technology vendor has updated its corporate identity, and overhauled its website to reflect the new logo. The zingy blue and orange colour scheme has been toned down, and the logo is now a more subtle grey with an orange diagonal on the letter ‘x’. The updated screen-width website …
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Jul 17 2014
Newforma, the New Hampshire, US-based project information management (PIM) software company that offers a combination of on-premise and cloud-based document collaboration functionality, has released the 11th edition of its internally-hosted Newforma Project Center platform, offering greater integration with enterprise cloud storage platforms. Highlights in this release include: support for popular cloud storage providers, Box and Dropbox …
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Jul 16 2014
Late last month I learned that Dublin, Ireland-based Android mobile construction application developer SmartBuilder was closing down. A brief message to me from founder and CEO Peter Daly explained “Despite the promise of the new app we have been unable to source additional funding.” It appears that the company’s May 2014 effort to rename and reposition itself …
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Jul 15 2014
London, UK-based SaaS construction collaboration technology vendor Asite is partnering with Nemetschek Vectorworks to promote the automation of workflows throughout a building’s lifecycle. The relationship, announced last week, enables users of Vectorworks Architect software to connect commercial information in their building information models (BIMs), enhance coordination processes and maintain a clear audit trail on updates to their design …
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Jul 10 2014
Ex-COINS, BIW and Conject executive, Colin Smiths takes the helm as Textura looks to conquer the construction payment management market in Europe. Colin Smith, founder of BIW Technologies in 2000, CEO of that business through to its sale to Munich-based Conject in 2010, and then CEO of the Conject Group until December 2013, has a …
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Jul 07 2014
Los Angeles, US-based FluidCM (Fluid Contract Manager), which I wrote about in October 2013, is releasing several free cloud-based tools allowing companies to sample its mobile-first, intuitive-to-use construction software. The FluidCM Free Tool Campaign allows contractors, project owners, and architecture and engineering teams to store up to 1GB of data with unlimited users. This will give cloud newcomers …
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Jul 03 2014
Streamlining complex construction procurement in Australia could be platform for growth into other markets, EstimateOne’s founders believe. I have been writing about web-based tendering solutions for the construction industry for around 10 years, watching what has been a slow and still somewhat gradual expansion. By 2005, my then employer, BIW Technologies (now Conject) had launched an e-tendering solution that …
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Jun 27 2014
California, US-based SaaS construction application provider Procore Technologies has launched a free iOS and Android mobile drawing management application. CurrentSet by Procore helps ensure project teams work off the latest drawings, not outdated versions. CurrentSet also helps users view, mark up and share plans across devices: iPads, iPhones, Android devices, and laptop or desktop computers. Offline work is automatically synced and updated when …
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Jun 27 2014
In December 2013, I reported that Viewpoint’s UK subsidiary 4Projects had been accepted as a supplier for the UK government’s G-Cloud programme. Today I learned (news release) that London, UK-based Asite has also joined the G-Cloud gang. Asite CEO Tony Ryan said: “Our appointment to the G-Cloud framework builds on our long-standing relationships providing project …
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