Category: Legal

Dec 13 2007

Collaboration: standards, viewing, plus industry education

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Functionality, Future, Legal, People issues, SaaS
13 December 2007

Lachmi Khemlani, founder and editor of AECbytes, recently attended an AIA conference in the US, and her latest AECbytes newsletter describes some interesting sessions, including ones on business processes, automated code checking, digital project workflows and cooperative design. To give you a flavour, I’ve picked out a couple of items. Business processes The business process …

AECbytes, AIA, ASP, Cannon Design, Constructware, Crate & Barrel, eBuilder, Integrated Project Delivery, interoperability, Lachmi Khemlani, Meridian, NCCTP, Primavera, SaaS
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Dec 12 2007

Aconex results hit by legal row

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Legal, Marketing, SaaS, Vendors
12 December 2007

Some three months ago, I had a look at the 2006 financial results for Australia-based construction collaboration vendor Aconex, noting that its 2007 results would be available in November (as per Aconex marketing chief Frank Carron’s comment). After a slight delay (auditors requested an extension of time as some areas required additional testing), the latest …

Aconex, ASIC, Australia, collaboration, Construction, court case, Hawthorn Glen, legal dispute, UK
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Nov 08 2007

Laiserin’s latest lucid column

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Functionality, Future, Legal, People issues
8 November 2007

My previous post (Integrated Project Delivery – US guide) talks repeatedly about Building Information Modelling (BIM). For readers interested in learning more about BIM as a process – as distinct from a set of technologies – I recommend Jerry Laiserin’s latest AEC Insight Column at Cadalyst (To BIMfinity and beyond!).

BIM, Cadalyst, IPD, Jerry Laiserin

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Nov 08 2007

Integrated Project Delivery – US guide

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Functionality, Future, Legal, People issues
8 November 2007

The American Institute of Architects (AIA), with the AIA California Council, has published Integrated Project Delivery: A Guide. This excellent document explains how project teams might move from a traditional approach to project procurement and delivery to a more collaborative, integrated team model. There are similarities with UK initiatives earlier this decade, but this guide also …

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Nov 07 2007

ICT, sustainability and contracts

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Blogs, Collaboration, Legal, Marketing, Sustainability
7 November 2007

I met Building sustainability blogger Phil Clark last week for a coffee, and he was good enough to talk about our conversation on Zerochampion. As well as talking about sustainability, the potential contribution of collaboration technologies and the environmental downsides of ICT, we also talked more generally about collaborative working and contracts. Being involved in …

BIM, BIW, blogger, Building magazine, contracts, Phil Clark, sustainability, ZeroChampion

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Oct 26 2007

Laiserin looks at contract conflict

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Legal, People issues, ROI/benefits
26 October 2007

Jerry Laiserin is an American writer on AEC software who has written many thoughtful pieces relating to collaboration. I was therefore delighted when I read last month that he was to become a contributor to Cadalyst. I have just read his first contribution, AGC Dispute with AIA Represents Deeper Rift, and it confirms my view. …

AEC, AGC, AIA, Andover North, BIW Technologies, Cadalyst, collaboration, Construction, Egan, Jerry Laiserin, Latham, US
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Oct 24 2007

Aconex court case – latest

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Legal, Vendors
24 October 2007

Somebody asked me today if the Aconex dispute with one of its shareholders had been resolved (see previous post). The answer is no, at least not yet. Court hearings were held on 9, 10, 12, 15 and 16 October, and the next hearing is scheduled for 2 November. A final ruling may, therefore, still be some …

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Oct 19 2007

Facebook and BIW comparison

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Functionality, Future, Legal, Marketing, People issues
19 October 2007

I had an interesting message from a BIW user and EE blog reader via Facebook. She made an interesting comparison (partly in relation to the email-type application embedded in BIW’s collaboration platform): “This morning I … had this thought that Facebook is similar to BIW in a way. FB is heavily emphasizing usage of ‘team-mail’ (if …

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Sep 24 2007

Aconex court case – date set for October

By Paul Wilkinson in Business/Financial, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Legal, Vendors
24 September 2007

The legal row between Aconex shareholders – Hawthorn Glen Pty Ltd v Aconex Pty Ltd – is set to reach court in Melbourne, Australia on 9 October (see Aconex in Australia shares court row, 22 August 2007). The trial, likely to last around seven days, is likely to have an impact on the running of the fast-growing …

Aconex, Hawthorn Glen, Leigh Jasper, Rob Phillpot

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Sep 24 2007

NEC case study in “Building”

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Functionality, Future, Legal, People issues, Vendors
24 September 2007

Last week I mentioned the NCCTP supplement to Building magazine (published Friday 14 September). After a slight delay due to technical problems, the whole supplement is now viewable online. I noticed a small coincidence between the supplement and the main magazine. The latter included a lengthy piece by Davis Langdon‘s Simon Rawlinson: “Procurement – Target …