Jul 14 2015
‘Internet of Things’? BMSs have been streaming data for years. Data for post-occupancy evaluation? Ditto. London-based Demand Logic builds collaboration around energy data. When I first heard of Demand Logic, my initial thought was that it might be a startup business riding the crest of the current new-build BIM boom in the UK, but the more I learned …
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Jun 22 2015
City-Insights potentially does more than ‘tell stories about places’ – as a mobile web tool, it could be used by construction and property professionals for a host of hyper-local internal and external communication purposes. The recent COMIT* community day, as usual, welcomed some new members and a few guests. Among the former was City-Insights, a young (c. …
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Feb 12 2015
think project!, the Munich, Germany-based Software-as-a-Service construction collaboration technology provider has announced the release of a new ‘WebApp’ interface, optimised – using HTML5 – for smartphones. According to the company, the new interface supports fingertip navigation by users on their smartphones. For example, planning, documentation and defect management processes can be initiated, edited and tracked via …
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Jul 24 2013
In the past week or so, engineering document control and computer-aided facilities management (CAFM) software provider, McLaren Software, has made two announcements regarding web-based access to its platforms. First, it added web access to McLaren Enterprise, its enterprise-scale document control suite, via an HTML5 user interface so that authenticated users can securely access, search and …
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Nov 05 2010
I recently did a GoToMeeting session with Eric Law of EADOC to get a clearer understanding of this US-based Software-as-a-Service construction collaboration platform. The system is mainly aimed at construction project teams operating in north America, and has been around since early 2006 (I first wrote about the business in late 2007). It was developed, …
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Aug 20 2010
UK-based construction collaboration software developer Asite is looking to emulate Salesforce‘s Force.com Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering by creating a platform to host construction-related applications built using its Appbuilder development framework. This is the latest development in the competitive world of construction collaboration technology, but is likely to be quickly emulated by Asite’s key rivals. Background Ten …
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