Tag: construction productivity

Nov 21 2018

Autodesk acquires Plangrid for $875m

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Marketing, Mobile, SaaS, Vendors
21 November 2018

Surprise consolidation in the construction cloud collaboration space as Autodesk acquires the rapidly expanding Plangrid. Autodesk has announced it is to acquire PlanGrid, the San-Francisco-based provider of construction productivity software, for US$875 million, saying it will “enable Autodesk to offer a more comprehensive, cloud-based construction platform.” PlanGrid software lets general contractors, subcontractors and owners in commercial, …

AEC, Autodesk, BIM 360, California, cloud computing, collaboration, Construction, construction productivity, Engineering, Plangrid, SaaS, Software-as-a-Service, US

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Oct 01 2018

Plangrid report highlights industry inertia

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, BIM, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Marketing, Mobile, SaaS, Vendors
1 October 2018

Plangrid productivity report graphic 2018

Plangrid has expanded from north America into Europe, and is now aiming to improve construction productivity in the UK – its survey suggests the industry has a long way to go. In June 2014, I wrote about a then recently-launched California startup called Plangrid. The San Francisco company offered a simple-to-use, mobile-oriented platform to manage …