Category: People issues

Nov 22 2007

IT at the heart of collaborative working

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Functionality, People issues
22 November 2007

Earlier this year, the NCCTP became a membership forum within Constructing Excellence. Chief Executive Don Ward was enthusiastic about the move at the time, and has since started to preach the virtues of IT in supporting collaborative working. He recently wrote an article “The common touch” in the November/December issue of RICS’ Construction Journal, where …

Constructing Excellence, Construction Journal, Don Ward, NCCTP, RICS

Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2007/11/it-at-the-heart/

Nov 19 2007

Project extranets in Peterborough Evening Telegraph

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Marketing, People issues
19 November 2007

Project extranets (a term often used synonymously with ‘construction collaboration technologies’) are not usually something you see discussed in your average local evening newspaper in the UK. However, I see that a Davis Langdon employee, Simon Burke, has just won a special award for his masters dissertation on the subject of extranets – an achievement reported …

Cambridge, collaboration, Construction, contract administration, Davis Langdon, NEC2, Peterborough, Project Extranet, Simon Burke

Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2007/11/project-extrane/

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

Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2007/11/laiserins-lates/

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 …

Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2007/11/integrated-proj/

Nov 01 2007

New kids on the blog

By Paul Wilkinson in Blogs, Collaboration, People issues, SaaS, Vendors
1 November 2007

I see that Aconex joint MDs Rob Phillpot and Leigh Jasper have just started a blog, Built on Collaboration, in which they will “discuss some good industry practices and, along the way, share some … stories about running a business”. I look forward to reading future posts. Welcome to the blogosphere, lads!

Aconex, Australia, blog, Leigh Jasper, Rob Phillpot

Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2007/11/new-kids-on-the/

Oct 30 2007

CTSpace shifts India operation

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, People issues, SaaS, Vendors
30 October 2007

CTSpace, the construction collaboration technology vendor formed last year out of the merger of Citadon and BuildOnline, has moved its Pune, India-based software development operation to Symphony Services. CTSpace engineers will become Symphony employees based in Pune. Symphony “recently completed work on a new user interface to CTSpace’s collaboration solutions for managing documents and business …

AEC, BuildOnline, Citadon, CTSpace, India, Pune, Symphony Services

Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2007/10/ctspace-shifts/

Oct 30 2007

New CFO at Aconex

By Paul Wilkinson in Collaboration, People issues, Vendors
30 October 2007

The Australian reports that construction collaboration technology vendor Aconex has selected Andrew Eddy to be chief financial officer. He was previously finance group general manager at packaging company Amcor, and corporate treasurer at Orica, a global supplier of explosives and blasting technology.

Aconex, Andrew Eddy, Australia, CFO

Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2007/10/new-cfo-at-acon/

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
1 comment

Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2007/10/laiserin-looks/

Oct 25 2007

Australian collaboration technology research

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Future, People issues, ROI/benefits, SaaS
25 October 2007

An article, Zavanti to analyse use of collaboration technology by the Australia Construction Industry, on Australia’s infolink website says that Zavanti (formerly Powyr) has launched a market research project designed to investigate the use of construction collaboration technologies and project extranets by the Australian construction industry. It says the study, conducted by John Lowry from …

Australia, construction collaboration technologies, extranet, John Lowry, market research, NCCTP, Zavanti

Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2007/10/australian-coll/

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 …