Tag: FieldLens
US-based Raken is one of a recent generation of mobile-first construction software developers seeking to automate manual onsite reporting and monitoring tasks, and says it differentiates itself by its deep niche functionality. Just over three years ago (August 2014), I visited FieldLens‘s New York headquarters and talked to one of the marketing team about their …
Continue reading
Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2017/09/mobile-first-raken-builds-its-niche/
I visited the National Infrastructure Forum exhibition and conference at London’s ExCEL earlier this month and talked to staff on a couple of the technology vendors’ stands. Both the conversations focused on BIM and collaboration…. 3D Repo I have talked to people from London-based 3D Repo at various BIM events in recent months (and wrote …
Continue reading
Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2017/06/collaborative-bim-developments/
Mobile construction collaboration developer Fieldlens has been acquired by WeWork, the New York-based provider of shared office and co-working space. New York, US-based mobile construction management application developer Fieldlens has been acquired (for an undisclosed amount) by one of its customers: WeWork, also New York-based and a provider of shared office and co-working space. Founded by Doug …
Continue reading
Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2017/06/fieldlens-acquired-by-wework/
Launched in the US at the recent Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) conference in San Diego, California, is a new cloud-based project budget management application, Budget4cast. Denver, Colorado-based CEO Bryan Carruthers (a career project manager turned AEC software entrepreneur) believes it’s something of a unique product, which he says generated a lot of interest and …
Continue reading
Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2016/10/saas-budget-management-with-budget4cast/
San Francisco, California, US-based construction mobile solutions provider PlanGrid has raised $18 million in series A financing to help fuel its growth. As part of the investment deal, Sequoia Capital‘s Doug Leone has joined the PlanGrid board of directors. In its news release, co-founder and CEO of PlanGrid, Tracy Young says: “Despite significant gains driven by technology …
Continue reading
Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2015/05/plangrid-gets-18m-funding/
Using social media for customer support is commonplace in many global corporations but old-school construction SaaS vendors lag behind new start-ups in its adoption. Use of social media for customer service has been on my mind a bit recently. Last week, I provided some Twitter training to CIOB branch administrators and one of the questions related to …
Continue reading
Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2015/02/saas-social-support/
Latista says its BI toolset will help users quickly identify and resolve issues by highlighting key indicators and trends, and BIM seems to be firmly on the roadmap. I have mentioned US-based mobile construction solution provider Latista only occasionally since 2010, most recently in connection with its now parent Textura, who acquired the Virginia-based business in November …
Continue reading
Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2015/01/latista-adds-mobile-business-intelligence/
Trimble targets the low-cost mobile construction project management sector in the US with a simplified version of its Prolog SaaS applications. Trimble’s push into the SaaS construction collaboration space has gathered momentum with the launch of a low-cost mobile project management service, Trimble ProjectSight, for iPad users Like most services in this space, it comprises two …
Continue reading
Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2014/12/trimble-launches-mobile-projectsight/
FieldLens identifies the time-sink that is email and reopens discussion about the role of email in construction projects. “Should the construction industry dump email?” is the provocative title of a blog post by Kelly Lignos Ziv writing for New York-based mobile construction collaboration vendor FieldLens, and it returns to a topic I’ve discussed many times …
Continue reading
Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2014/10/should-construction-dump-email/
- By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, BIM, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Extranet, Functionality, Marketing, Mobile, People issues, SaaS, Vendors, Web 2.0
1 August 2014
Elegantly designed to be easily intuitive to use, Avollio describes itself as an online property asset management and collaboration platform. It provides tools to: share, manage and improve properties to manage tenants, rentals and leased assets and coordinate building projects, and to collaborate with clients, colleagues, suppliers and contractors. In short, Avollio, created by a southwest …
Continue reading
Permanent link to this article: http://extranetevolution.com/2014/08/avollio-targets-property-asset-managers/
Load more