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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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 20 2013
Advance2000’s Chris France highlights the benefits of BIM-VDC “in the cloud” – though it’s an opportunity already well understood by several AEC-focused SaaS vendors. I started this blog started after publication of my book in 2005 when, looking into the future, I anticipated the emergence of building information modelling (BIM), more mobile and real-time collaboration …
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Aug 20 2013
McLaren Software has announced the latest release of its FusionLive solution, providing cloud-based / Software-as-a-Service construction project collaboration. Some ten months after the previous major release (post), FusionLive now has: an improved user interface to accelerate user adoption and reduce the number of clicks to complete key tasks, and a new fast-track review process for individual documents …
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Aug 02 2013
4Projects‘ parent Viewpoint Construction Software has extended its commitment to the UK-developed SaaS-based project collaboration solution, already being heavily marketed in north America (post), by opening a new data centre in the US. The facility will improve performance for 4Projects users among Viewpoint’s North American project collaboration customers and provide more flexibility on their data hosting options. …
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Jul 11 2013
Earlier this week, I noted McLaren Software‘s appointment of a Senior Vice-President Sales in America. Today, London-based competitor, Asite, another Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) construction collaboration technology provider, has announced the appointment of a Vice-President Sales – North America. Former Autodesk and Intergraph executive Alex Severino will be responsible for “accelerating the growth of Asite services in …
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Jun 13 2013
RIB rhetoric is focused on combining ERP and collaboration, but it’s not the only vendor eyeing this AEC opportunity. Talking with Milton Walters of 4Projects‘ Australian partner, ProjectCollaboration last week, I noted that things appeared to have gone quiet at its Sydney-based competitor ProjectCentre following the acquisition of this cloud-based construction collaboration provider by Germany-based …
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Jun 10 2013
Launched in 2009, Kalexo looked to change collaboration approaches, and was acquired by Autodesk. Now founder Hannes Marais has a new project… Four or five years ago, I discovered a technology start-up called Kalexo which was looking at ways to advance task management, file-sharing, online meetings and video chat online in construction (see BIM: All …
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Apr 16 2013
The development of the World-wide web during the 1990s started a technology change across architecture, engineering and construction and facilities management that continues to this day. For an often geographically-dispersed, multi-company project delivery team, the ability to send messages and associated attachments electronically was attractive, but email was not the magic bullet that design teams …
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