Nov 07 2014
On Thursday (13 November), I will be dropping in on Mobile Computing Systems 7th PriorityOne user conference, being held this year at the Building Centre in central London. Other work prevents me attending the whole event, which will include an update on the company’s performance, its plans for the future, along with product feature demonstrations …
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Nov 06 2014
In various ways I have been involved with eBusiness in construction since the late 1990s (I’ve even written chapters of books about construction eBusiness), and the adoption of eBusiness technologies has grown considerably over the past 15 years. But many parts of the industry are still reliant on paper-based processes when it comes to many …
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Nov 05 2014
With GenieBelt, construction small- and medium-sized businesses can now share construction documents quickly anywhere anytime, and it’s free. Copenhagen, Denmark-based software developer GenieBelt has launched a mobile-based construction collaboration application that will help workers and managers access construction information, including drawings and schedules, online across any computer or mobile device. Unlike other providers which sometimes …
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Oct 31 2014
The Common Data Environment market just got busier: acquisitive Trimble has wasted no time in launching its cloud-based collaboration platform, Trimble Connect. Some seven weeks after acquiring Gehry Tchnologies, including its GTeam platform, and promising to add it to a DBO software solutions platform (post), US construction technology giant Trimble has launched Trimble Connect, based on GTeam, providing a cloud-based …
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Oct 30 2014
Aconex has launched a ‘Connected BIM’ product, and a new Digital Manuals capability (but only if you are on Windows). Away from the continuing repercussions of the ‘tepid’ and therefore cancelled or postponed IPO (post), Melbourne, Australia-based Software-as-a-Service construction collaboration technology provider Aconex has launched Aconex Connected BIM, a new product extending the Aconex platform to …
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Oct 29 2014
As well as this week’s COMIT/Fiatech two-day conference (post), I am also attending next week’s Year in Infrastructure 2014 conference, 4-6 November in central London, at the invitation of Bentley Systems (readers may have noticed a small ad for the event in my sidebar for the past two months). I was a juror in the BE …
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Oct 27 2014
Just the day before it was due to publish its IPO prospectus, Melbourne-based SaaS construction collaboration technology vendor Aconex is reported to have cancelled the initial public offering planned for November. According to Bridget Carter in The Australian: “… Aconex has cancelled plans for its initial public offering, despite its book build being covered within its …
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Oct 27 2014
London-based Software-as-a-Service construction collaboration technology vendor Asite is starting up an operation in South Africa. A news release says it is launching the new business on 6 November at a capital projects seminar organised by hosting partner Dimension Data at its Bryanston office north of Johannesburg. Ian Saunders, previously at EasyBuild but now MD of Asite …
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Oct 21 2014
Australia is fertile territory for mobile construction technology businesses. APE Mobile is a Perth, WA-based start-up automating contractors’ paperwork requirements. It’s a familiar story. Experienced construction professional wants to use a mobile device; tests some examples and finds none of them do what he thinks is necessary; decides to develop his own mobile software instead. …
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Oct 21 2014
The Australian reports that Melbourne-based SaaS construction collaboration software company Aconex has boosted the size of its raising for its upcoming IPO on the back of strong investor demand. Aconex previously said its plans were to raise between Au$120m and $150m. But it will now raise between $232m and $264m. The company is expected to have a …
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