Last year, I made five ‘Extranet Evolution’ 2007 predictions. Were they correct? 1. Growing acceptance and use of web-based collaboration tools within the UK construction industry It was something of a no-brainer. The continued revenue growth trends of the leading UK-based vendors shows there is a strong appetite for the applications. I was also encouraged by the …
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Dec 20 2007
Web conferencing, ICT and paper savings?
Earlier this week, I wrote about web conferencing and its potential contribution to reducing carbon footprints by eliminating some travel. In a comment, Cece Salomon-Lee of ON24 noted that such online sessions also reduce the need to print out copies of presentations, etc (assuming, of course, that participants don’t later download the presentations and print them out …
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Nov 22 2007
IT at the heart of collaborative working
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 …
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Nov 09 2007
Construction Computing Show 2007
Later this month, I will be presenting a 25-minute seminar at 2pm on both days of the Construction Computing Show 2007 at the Emirates Stadium in north London, 21-22 November. The educational seminar programme is being run by the IT Construction Forum (part of Constructing Excellence) and several of its IT Partners are involved: BIW of …
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Nov 08 2007
Integrated Project Delivery – US guide
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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Oct 04 2007
IT and sustainable construction – 2
While I was writing yesterday’s post, an email discussion about the Draft Strategy had begun among Constructing Excellence ‘s Collaborative Working Champions (of which I am one of the latest tranche). I volunteered to start work on a paper to form part of a collective response to the consultation document (we have until 30 November …
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Oct 02 2007
Collaboration vendors on awards trail
Last Friday, I was honoured to present the ‘Integration and Collaborative Working’ award – sponsored by BIW [my employer] – at the Constructing Excellence London and South-east England awards dinner, held in central London. The winner, by the way, was the Dartford Team (including the Highways Agency, Costain, Jacobs and Mouchel Parkman) for the A2/A282 junction improvement …
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Sep 20 2007
NCCTP at Constructing Excellence members’ convention
The NCCTP was introduced as the latest membership forum within Constructing Excellence at yesterday’s Members’ Convention in London (see post), and half the NCCTP members were represented by staff at the event (4Projects, Aconex [no fewer than five of their people!], Asite and BIW). I also had a long chat with Karl Williams of the …
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Sep 14 2007
NCCTP now part of Constructing Excellence
The UK-based ‘extranet’ vendors trade association, the Network for Construction Collaboration Technology Providers (NCCTP), is now a membership forum within Constructing Excellence, the only UK membership organisation bringing together businesses from every part of the AEC supply chain (see press release). The first major sign of the new arrangement has been the publication of a 20-page …
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