Blog feed- New Aconex CFOMelbourne, 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 … Continue reading → […]
- From email to BIMIn the past couple of weeks, I have delivered two presentations on BIM (building information modelling). The first was an overview of BIM to the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s Construction Industry Group (CIMCIG) at the Building Centre in London on … Continue reading → […]
- Viewpoint acquires Construction ImagingViewpoint 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 … Continue reading → […]
- A longer look at TrackerPlusIn 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 … Continue reading → […]
- Docia opens South Africa officeCopenhagen, 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 … Continue reading → […]
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Category Archives: Functionality
NEC3 partnership by Sypro and UNIT4
UNIT4 Business Software’s SaaS construction document collaboration solution Business Collaborator is being teamed up with Sypro Management’s NEC3 management platform, the two companies have announced today. The launch of the partnership has been timed to coincide with the annual NEC … Continue reading
Posted in AEC, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Functionality, Marketing, SaaS, Vendors
Tagged 4Projects, Aconex, AEC, architecture, Asite, BIW, Business Collaborator, Construction, construction collaboration technology, Docia, Engineering, MPS, NEC3, SaaS, Software-as-a-Service, Sypro Management, UK, Unit4 Collaboration
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think project! revisited (and visited!)
Already highly configurable, think project! functionality is set to expand over the next year, with BIM and mobile access high on the agenda. When I profiled Munich-based Software-as-a-Service construction collaboration technology vendor think project! last month, I said I would … Continue reading
Posted in AEC, BIM, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Extranet, Functionality, Marketing, Mobile, People issues, SaaS, Vendors
Tagged Aconex, AEC, architecture, AutoVue, Cimmetry, Construction, construction collaboration technology, CTSpace, Engineering, Eplass, Germany, Munich, Oracle, SaaS, Software-as-a-Service, Think Project!
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HP expands ePrint & Share capabilities … a bit
HP has expanded the printing options available to users of its ePrint & Share service. I wrote about its launch 18 months ago, and its June 2011 strategy update, and, in between, I also wrote about Autodesk’s AutoCAD WS tablet/smartphone … Continue reading
Posted in AEC, Business/Financial, Functionality, Internet, Marketing, SaaS, Vendors
Tagged AEC, architecture, AutoCAD WS, Autodesk, Construction, email, Engineering, ePrint & Share, HP, mobile, PDF, SaaS, Software-as-a-Service
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UNIT4 in UK Gov Cloudstore coup
A week ago, the UK Government launched Cloudstore, a new ‘app store’ to help small businesses offer IT services to the public sector, and to encourage public organisations to purchase services on a ‘pay-as-you-go’ basis, rather than being locked into lengthy … Continue reading
Posted in AEC, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Functionality, Future, Internet, Marketing, People issues, SaaS, Vendors
Tagged AEC, architecture, BIM, building information modelling, Business Collaborator, cloud computing, Cloudstore, Construction, construction collaboration technology, Engineering, ERP, OJEU, SaaS, Software-as-a-Service, UK, Unit4 Collaboration
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EADOC-ation
SaaS makes it easy for AEC students to learn about web-delivered software A virtue of most software-as-a-service applications is their ease of deployment, while they often require nothing more than a web browser and a working internet connection for end-users … Continue reading
Posted in AEC, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Functionality, Marketing, People issues, SaaS, Vendors
Tagged architecture, BIW, BIW Technologies, Construction, construction collaboration technology, EADOC, Engineering, UK, US
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Profiling think project!
Relatively unknown in the UK, Think Project! is one of mainland Europe’s leading SaaS construction collaboration vendors with an impressive client list. In London last Friday Thomas Bachmaier, CEO of Munich, Germany-based think project!, told me about the company, its … Continue reading
Posted in AEC, BIM, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Functionality, Future, Marketing, SaaS, Vendors
Tagged AEC/Communications, API, architecture, Audi, Australia, Bayer, BIM, BMW, Bosch, CAD, China, Conject, Construction, construction collaboration technology, E-on, email, Engineering, ERP, Germany, Hochtief, Incite, Leighton Holdings, Munich, NATO, Nexus Point Solutions, RWE, SaaS, SAP, Software-as-a-Service, Strabag, Think Project!, Thomas Backmaier, Toyota, UK, US, Vinci
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Unit4 combining collaboration, ERP and BIM in the cloud
The 2012 Unit4 customer conference this week at Birmingham’s International Convention Centre incorporated the annual user event for users of Unit4 Collaboration (formerly Business Collaborator), and there were some significant announcements both about the structure of that business and about … Continue reading
Posted in AEC, BIM, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Extranet, Functionality, Future, Marketing, Mobile, People issues, SaaS, Vendors
Tagged AEC, Agresso, Anwen Robinson, API, architecture, BC Assure, BIM, BIMaaS, building information modelling, Business Collaborator, cloud computing, COBie, collaboration, Construction, construction collaboration technology, Crest Nicholson, EC Harris, Engineering, ERP, Halcrow, IKEA, Mark Bew, marketing, mobile, MVA, SaaS, Sanjeev Shah, Social Media, Software-as-a-Service, Steve Crompton, UK, UNIT4, Unit4 Collaboration, Wessex Water, WSP
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BIW launches pre-construction enquiry service
As the former PR person for Woking, UK-based SaaS construction collaboration technology vendor BIW Technologies, I had a strong sense of deja vu when I read its latest news release regarding a new enquiry management module. Managing processes relating to … Continue reading
Posted in AEC, Collaboration, Functionality, Marketing, People issues, SaaS, Vendors
Tagged BIW, BIW Technologies, construction collaboration technology, e-tendering, email, ITT, RFP, SaaS, Software-as-a-Service, Steve Cooper, UK
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ERP vendor Viewpoint viewing collaboration space
While not a household name in the European construction ERP market, Viewpoint is eyeing opportunities across the Atlantic and knows a thing or two about the collaboration space. “How come you dominate your marketplace and yet I’ve never heard of … Continue reading
Posted in AEC, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Functionality, Marketing, Mobile, SaaS, Vendors
Tagged Access, Aconex, AEC, architecture, Australia, BIM, BIW, building information modelling, Causeway, CMiC, COINS, collaboration, Construction, construction collaboration technology, Engineering, ENR, ERP, IFS, Intuit, Jay Haladay, kykloud, marketing, Matt Harris, Maxwell, Oracle, RedSkyIT, SaaS, Sage, Software-as-a-Service, US, Viewpoint
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Darley highlights high cost of traditional tendering
A quick update. In November 2011, I wrote about UK-based Darley PCM and its SaaS online eTender application – mainly aimed at SME-level clients, construction businesses and their supply chains. CEO Emma Jeffery has been in touch to: highlight a new … Continue reading
Posted in AEC, Business/Financial, Functionality, Marketing, SaaS, Vendors, Web 2.0
Tagged blog, Construction, Darley PCM, DarleyeTender, e-tendering, marketing, SaaS, SMEs, Software-as-a-Service, UK
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