Tag: US

Sep 23 2013

4Projects trading update

A trading update from 4Projects says the Sunderland, UK-based SaaS construction collaboration technology provider (now part of Viewpoint Construction Solutions), has: “continued its strong business performance by posting double digit recurring revenue growth during the first half of 2013 and increased their enterprise customer count by meaningful double digit percentages as well. The 4Projects business …

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Sep 17 2013

4Projects in transition

4projects - a viewpointcs company

Is it the beginning of the end for the 4Projects brand? UK CEO Richard Vertigan steps down, and the US SaaS collaboration product is launched under the Viewpoint branding. Sunderland, UK-based SaaS collaboration vendor 4Projects, acquired by US construction ERP specialist Viewpoint in February, appears to be going through some significant changes. From my UK …

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Aug 31 2013

Corecon encourages educational use of SaaS collaboration

California, US-based SaaS construction collaboration vendor Corecon Technologies is offering free licenses of its Corecon V7 estimating and construction project management software to colleges and universities teaching construction management or related subjects. Students will thereby gain experience of using SaaS technology before entering the workforce. The news release quotes Corecon President Norman J. Wendl: “Students need to …

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Aug 20 2013

BIMaaS and lean construction

Advance2000’s Chris France highlights the benefits of BIM-VDC “in the cloud” – though it’s an opportunity already well understood by several AEC-focused SaaS vendors. I started this blog started after publication of my book in 2005 when, looking into the future, I anticipated the emergence of building information modelling (BIM), more mobile and real-time collaboration …

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Aug 02 2013

Viewpoint establishes US data centre for 4Projects

4Projects‘ parent Viewpoint Construction Software has extended its commitment to the UK-developed SaaS-based project collaboration solution, already being heavily marketed in north America (post), by opening a new data centre in the US. The facility will improve performance for 4Projects users among Viewpoint’s North American project collaboration customers and provide more flexibility on their data hosting options. …

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Aug 01 2013

Corecon V7 updated

Enhancements to US-based Corecon V7 include a workflow engine for approving financial transactions and cost tracking for changes California-based Corecon Technologies has announced updates to its web-based estimating and project management software suite Corecon V7. This version was launched in May 2010 (post) and has been updated several times with new features and functionality, including a mobile/tablet …

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Jul 11 2013

Asite appoints VP sales

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Earlier this week, I noted McLaren Software‘s appointment of a Senior Vice-President Sales in America. Today, London-based competitor, Asite, another Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) construction collaboration technology provider, has announced the appointment of a Vice-President Sales – North America. Former Autodesk and Intergraph executive  Alex Severino will be responsible for “accelerating the growth of Asite services in …

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Jul 10 2013

McLaren appoints Houston-based SVP

Idox plc subsidiary and engineering document control and project collaboration solutions vendor McLaren Software has announced it has appointed Bill Stephenson as Senior VP of Worldwide Sales and Field Operations overseeing global sales, professional services and customer support. He joins McLaren from IHS, where he was VP of Sales, Global – Energy Technical Analytics, responsible …

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Jun 17 2013

Simple collaboration still competitive

I enjoyed a chat with Colin Barnes, CEO of Manchester, UK-based SaaS construction collaboration vendor Collabor8online, recently. His business launched in late 2009 (post) and is pitched at the competitive, small-to-medium sized business (SME), low-cost end of the construction collaboration market (post), but that hasn’t stopped him developing features emulating some of the more sophisticated …

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Jun 14 2013

From property viewing to post-occupancy reviewing (updated)

Why stop at creating apps to sell luxury homes, when all built assets could have an online owner’s manual and feedback loop? Working in technology for the construction and property sectors, I have long been interested in the use of mobile tools and applications, and the industry’s enthusiasm for apps shows no signs of abating. …

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