Sep 17 2013
Is it the beginning of the end for the 4Projects brand? UK CEO Richard Vertigan steps down, and the US SaaS collaboration product is launched under the Viewpoint branding. Sunderland, UK-based SaaS collaboration vendor 4Projects, acquired by US construction ERP specialist Viewpoint in February, appears to be going through some significant changes. From my UK …
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Sep 09 2013
Mobile defects management has been covered in this blog more than a few times, and the latest product to grab my attention in this sector is Accede. The product, which combines mobile devices with a Software-as-a-Service back end, was originally developed by Brian McKillop at Brisbane, Australia-based WicketWorks Pty Ltd and started out as Visual Fox …
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Sep 06 2013
Conject is holding an invitation-only ‘Conject BIM Development Alliance’ briefing in London on 19 September. An interesting blog post popped up on the blog of Anglo-German SaaS construction collaboration vendor Conject earlier this week concerning the Conject BIM Development Alliance. Conject’s head of product development Stephen Beaven talks about a forthcoming meeting where the company will be sharing its BIM …
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Sep 04 2013
One-time SaaS collaboration innovator Incite lingers on in the Australian market while former executives are celebrating a new start-up success. Long-standing readers of Extranet Evolution may recall my posts about the Australian business Incite, a Leighton Holdings subsidiary which in 2009 developed some potentially ground-breaking SaaS collaboration technologies to support construction projects. I got a …
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Aug 31 2013
California, US-based SaaS construction collaboration vendor Corecon Technologies is offering free licenses of its Corecon V7 estimating and construction project management software to colleges and universities teaching construction management or related subjects. Students will thereby gain experience of using SaaS technology before entering the workforce. The news release quotes Corecon President Norman J. Wendl: “Students need to …
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Aug 30 2013
Looking back, I could also reproduce last year’s post (just change the dates and the detailed figures)…. The Styles & Wood UK-based IT subsidiary, iSite, which “provides clients with technology based property information solutions that store, manage and communicate critical data relating to their property portfolio and associated property activities,” has seen revenues drop in the …
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Aug 28 2013
For the past two years, one of my November event highlights has been the annual conference of COMIT (Construction Opportunities for Mobile IT). Building information modelling (BIM) and mobile IT remain themes for 2013’s edition, to be held at London’s Institute of Physics on 7 November 2013. However, under the heading “Information Mobility“, the range of topics …
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Aug 27 2013
The latest SaaS collaboration vendor to release a mobile app is Munich, Germany-based think project! When I visited the company last year, its developers were talking about mobile tools, and these are now available for both Apple iOS and Android smartphone and tablet operating systems. The company announced the release of Mobile Capture in its …
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Aug 23 2013
The 2013 Be2Awards are coming soon. Nominations for categories, including best AEC collaboration application, close on 6 September It’s that time of year again. In August last year, I wrote about the second running of the Be2awards: the world’s first awards for social media in the built environment (which I organise). The third Be2Awards are being held …
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