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 …
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Oct 02 2014
NoteVault extends daily reporting reach
NoteVault is a California-based developer of mobile daily reporting technologies for the US construction industry, growing its market partly through a solution integration strategy. One of the first major acquisitions in the SaaS construction collaboration sector was Autodesk’s $46m purchase of Constructware in February 2006 (post). Competitors’ fears that the powerful workflow features of Constructware would …
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Sep 26 2014
Aconex in November IPO?
Industry rumours suggest Melbourne, Australia-based SaaS construction collaboration technology vendor Aconex may be listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in November, with road shows underway this month (according to The Australian). Talk of a possible IPO first emerged in mid-July (post). Australian publications are suggesting investment banks Macquarie and UBS will take the company to …
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Sep 11 2014
VFA enters UK SaaS asset management market
Capturing and analysing data about existing built assets is being enabled by mobile and SaaS technologies. VFA is now competing in the UK market. While much of the UK debate about building information modelling has been about accommodating the varying needs of people involved in the design and construction phases of an asset’s lifecycle, only …
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Sep 09 2014
GTeam added to Trimble Buildings portfolio
Trimble has made another significant move, acquiring (for an undisclosed amount) the software business Gehry Technologies (GT), the software and consulting services business that has been key to cost-effectively delivering US-based architect Frank Gehry’s ground-breaking designs (also, last month, Trimble announced it had acquired London-based FM software developer Manhattan Software). In April 2012, industry watchers were surprised when …
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Sep 03 2014
New Aconex SVP EMEA
Melbourne, Australia-based international SaaS construction collaboration technology vendor Aconex has appointed a senior vice president with responsibility for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Global Accounts (see news release). Reporting to Aconex CEO Leigh Jasper, Henry Jones has 20 years of experience in management, sales, marketing, and business development, gained most recently at legal services provider Axiom Global. Prior …
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Sep 01 2014
Conject UK reports 16% growth
Woking, Surrey-based SaaS construction collaboration vendor Conject UK, a subsidiary of the Munich-based Conject Group, enjoyed a better 2013, reporting turnover up 16% on the previous year, to £5.028m, finally ending the downward drift that began during the global financial crisis in 2009. The revenue performance is in line with the expectations set in October last year, when …
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Aug 26 2014
4Projects adds Revit plugin
Watching the SaaS construction collaboration vendors adding building information modelling (BIM) capabilities to their platforms, it’s clear some have been moving more quickly than others. As regular readers may recall, Asite was one of the first to champion what it called collaborative BIM (cBIM) and, recognising the high market penetration of Autodesk’s Revit BIM authoring software, it added …
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Aug 21 2014
Bridgit launches Smartglass push
Bridgit combines armband, smart glasses and mobile construction applications to speed up site-based data capture and workflow. I haven’t previously covered Ontario, Canada-based construction software startup Bridgit (though I have exchanged a few tweets with them). Co-founded in 2012 by a construction engineer, Lauren Hasagawa, and an e-commerce entrepreneur, Mallorie Brodie, the company has much in common with …
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Aug 01 2014
Avollio targets property asset managers
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 …
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