Attend almost any AEC industry conference or seminar where construction collaboration technologies are discussed and you will usually hear something to the effect that successful collaboration is 80% about people and processes and only 20% about the technologies involved (in my book, I even ventured that the balance could be more like 90/10). This type of guidance …
Category: People issues
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Aug 08 2007
Suster leaves Salesforce.com
Mark Suster, one-time CEO of UK construction collaboration vendor BuildOnline (now CTSpace) has apparently left on-demand CRM business Salesforce.com, only four months after it acquired his Koral business (see post). I’ve seen it rumoured (Twitter) that Mark has joined a venture capital firm in Los Angeles.
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Jul 31 2007
MBO at 4Projects
There has been a momentous announcement from UK construction collaboration technology vendor 4Projects today: 4Projects Holdings Ltd has been bought by its management team, led by MD Richard Vertigan and finance director Steve Nelson, with the support of a private equity firm, August Equity LLP. 4Projects was previously a subsidiary of the Leighton media group, …
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Jul 05 2007
Promotion for Nathan
UK construction collaboration vendor Asite announced yesterday the promotion of my friend Nathan Doughty, previously the firm’s chief technology officer, to the position of chief operating officer. I have got to know Nathan quite well through meetings of the NCCTP, where Asite is this year’s chairman. Another announcement says Nathan has also joined the board …
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Jul 02 2007
“Entry-level” collaboration
Just over a week after the previous one (see post), a second news release has appeared on Asite‘s website telling how a further customer has opted for its low-cost Asite Workspace solution, launched late last year. Engineering and environmental consultancy Wardell Armstrong LLP has become the latest to select Asite Workspace, using the tool for …
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Jun 15 2007
Email compliance
According to a news release on BuildingTalk.com, Union Square Software has launched a Seven Step Guide to email compliance for the construction industry. With email now, it says, “the de facto standard for communication within the construction supply chain”, management and retention of contractually important email is becoming a crucial IT issue. Union Square argues, with some …
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Jun 08 2007
Datum KnowledgeWorker
According to a news release on Buildingtalk.com, UK-based enterprise content management software vendor Datum International has released a version of its KnowledgeWorker software aimed specifically at the construction sector. It says the software provides firms with “central control over drawings management and health and safety procedures”. Reading the Datum website description of KnowledgeWorker it sounds more like …
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May 10 2007
Aconex researches FM needs
Australian-based construction collaboration technology vendor Aconex has undertaken some research into the information needs of facilities managers. The survey, conducted in partnership with the Facility Management Association of Australia (FMA), got responses from 555 individuals. You can read the full story here, but the headline findings are unsurprising for anyone working in the field of collaboration …
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May 04 2007
Autodesk sustainability survey at Think 07
The recent Think 07 exhibition and conference event in London was used by Autodesk as an opportunity to canvass the opinions of visitors to the event on sustainability. The results are reported by Cadalyst (SURVEY: Better Collaboration, the Right Tools and Technology are Key to Sustainable Design). Of those questioned, 61% said that sustainability was now …
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