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: Future
From email to BIM
In 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
Posted in AEC, BIM, Collaboration, Future, Marketing, SaaS, Vendors
Tagged AEC, architecture, BIM, BIM Task Group, building information modelling, CIMCIG, collaboration, Constructing Excellence, Construction, construction collaboration technology, David Miller Architects, email, Kirti Ruikar, Loughborough University, National BIM Survey, NBS, research, Stephen Emmitt
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A longer look at TrackerPlus
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 … Continue reading
Posted in AEC, BIM, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Functionality, Future, Marketing, People issues, SaaS, Sustainability, Vendors, Web 2.0
Tagged 4Projects, AEC, architecture, Ben Cartmell, BIW, BRE, BREEAM, building information modelling, Code for Sustainable Homes, Conject, Construction, construction collaboration technology, Engineering, London, marketing, SaaS, Software-as-a-Service, Southfacing, TrackerPlus, Twitter, UK, WhitbyBird
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SketchUp acquisition extends Trimble’s BIM reach
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 … Continue reading
Posted in AEC, BIM, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Functionality, Future, Marketing, Mobile, SaaS, Vendors
Tagged 3D Warehouse, BIM, BIM Libraries, BIMStore, CIMCIG, construction collaboration technology, Google, GPS, laser scanning, Meridian, National BIM Library, Open BIM, SketchUp, Software-as-a-Service, Tekla, Trimble
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Trimble acquires SketchUp from Google
My mind is still a bit boggled with today’s news that US-based IT giant Trimble is acquiring SketchUp from the search giant Google (normally, we hear lots of stories about the latter buying businesses – it’s less common for us … Continue reading
Posted in AEC, BIM, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Functionality, Future, Marketing, SaaS, Vendors
Tagged 3D, Autodesk, Bentley, BIM, construction collaboration technology, GIS, Google, GPS, Joe Croser, laser scanning, Meridian, Proliance, Prolog, SaaS, SketchUp, Software-as-a-Service, Trimble
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Meeting McLaren, talking SaaS and on-premise
McLaren, now incorporating CTSpace, is building a compelling offer to owner-operators and EPC contractors wanting SaaS or on-premise collaboration, and adding AEC-specific experience to the proposition. Last week I visited the City of London offices of Idox plc to meet … Continue reading
Posted in AEC, BIM, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Functionality, Future, Marketing, People issues, SaaS, Vendors
Tagged 4Projects, Aconex, API, Asite, Australia, BIW, Conject, construction collaboration technology, Constructware, CTSpace, document management, e-Builder, EPCs, FusionLive, Idox, McLaren Software, owner-operator, Paul Muir, Richard Kellett-Clarke, SaaS, Software-as-a-Service, Sword CTSpace, Sword group, Tim Taylor, UK, Unit4 Collaboration, US
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CTSpace disappears
According to Idox group company McLaren Software, ”the merger with CTSpace is now complete.” As described in November 2011, following the business’s acquisition from Sword (post), the CTSpace name was set to disappear, and now – sure enough – if you point … Continue reading
Posted in AEC, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Future, Marketing, SaaS, Vendors
Tagged BuildOnline, Cimage, Citadon CW, CTSpace, FusionLive, Idox, McLaren Software, Software-as-a-Service, Sword group, UK, US
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Bye-bye, BIW. Hello, conject
I visited the Woking office of SaaS construction collaboration technology vendor BIW Technologies recently and there was a very tangible sign (literally! – right) of an impending change. As anticipated 15 months ago when Munich, Germany-based conject acquired BIW, the UK … Continue reading
Posted in AEC, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Functionality, Future, Marketing, People issues, SaaS, Vendors
Tagged AEC, architecture, BIW, BIW Technologies, branding, Colin Smith, Commercial Management, Conject, Construction, construction collaboration technology, contract change management, EarlyBird Venture Capital, Engineering, FM, marketing, project control, SaaS, Seventure, Software-as-a-Service, Steve Cooper
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Open BIM, 4BIM … and potential ‘BIM-wash’
A London conference on building information modelling (BIM) on Wednesday, organised jointly by Constructing Excellence and the Construction Products Association, featured two announcements. Open BIM First, we heard that BuildingSMART International, various Nemetschek companies, Tekla, Solibri, and other major construction … Continue reading
Posted in AEC, BIM, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Future, Marketing, Mobile, SaaS, Vendors
Tagged 4Projects, AEC, AEC3, architecture, Asite, Autodesk, Bentley ProjectWise, BIM, BIM Academy, BIM wash, BIM360, BIM4, BuildingSMART, Buzzsaw, cBIM, Construction, construction collaboration technology, Engineering, London, Nick Nisbet, SaaS, Software-as-a-Service, UK, Vinci
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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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