Category: AEC

Aug 03 2010

OpeningDesign.com

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Functionality, Future, Internet, Marketing, People issues, SaaS, Vendors, Web 2.0
3 August 2010

Partly through my involvement with Be2camp and partly because of my interests in online collaborative spaces, I was contacted by US-based architect Ryan Shultz of Studio Wikitecture to have a look at a very early, ‘alpha stage’ website concept, OpeningDesign.com. As Ryan candidly admits, this application is still experimental, and is currently a combination of …

4Projects, 99Designs, Aconex, AEC, Amonle, architect, architecture, Asite, Be2camp, BIW, collaboration, Construction, Constructware, crowd-sourcing, digital file sharing, discussion forum, Elance.com, Engineering, extranets, file sharing, intranet, John Allsopp, Kalexo, LAN, LinkedIn, NameThis.com, Ning, ODEs, online whiteboards, OpeningDesign.com, outsourcing, Ponoko, Ryan Shultz, service marketplace, SketchSpace, SliderStudio, Social Media, social network, StickyWorld.com, Studio Wikitecture, tCn, the Construction Network, UK, US, virtual companies, virtual currency, virtual team, WAN, Woobius, Workspace
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Aug 02 2010

CAD in the cloud

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Functionality, Future, Marketing, SaaS, Vendors
2 August 2010

Two interesting articles by Robert Green in Cadalyst’s CAD Managers’ Newsletter, both focused on CAD in the cloud, caught my eye. The first, What is cloud computing, and does it make sense for CAD users? gives a brief overview of the pros and cons of using CAD on a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) basis. The follow-up article, …

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Jul 27 2010

Panama landmark project for Aconex

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Functionality, Marketing, People issues, SaaS, Vendors
27 July 2010

Yesterday I talked to Aconex‘s Dexter Bachelder (VP Americas) and Frank Carron (VP marketing) about a major deal that, for me, is a landmark in the adoption of web-based construction collaboration technologies. Australia-based vendor Aconex announced yesterday (see news release) that it had been selected to provide collaboration support services to the US$3.2 billion Panama …

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Jul 21 2010

Websites overhauled at BIW and 4Projects

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Marketing, People issues, Vendors, Web 2.0
21 July 2010

The corporate websites of UK construction collaboration technology providers 4Projects and BIW Technologies* have both been refreshed recently. Despite my past involvement with BIW, I think the changes in 4Projects’ online presence are more extensive, building on website changes that the company instigated on its subsidiaries 4Retail and 4Exergy sites last year (post). 4Projects appointed …

4Exergy, 4Projects, 4Retail, Asite, BIW Technologies, Cadweb, Clare Watson, construction collaboration technology, literature, marketing, PR, SlideShare, Social Media, Twitter, UK, Web 2.0, website
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Jul 20 2010

Site Clean-up iPhone app

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Functionality, Marketing, SaaS, Web 2.0
20 July 2010

Earlier this year I met up in London with Peter Daly, founder and MD of Dublin-based software developer SmartBuilder Software Ltd, and we talked about the future of construction collaboration technologies and about mobile solutions in particular. I recently met Peter again when he talked about his first iPhone application at the Be2camp East 2 …

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Jul 08 2010

Construction in year 2030

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Functionality, Future, People issues, Sustainability
8 July 2010

Last November, I wrote (post) about a SCRI report on the future of construction ICT, which put collaboration at its heart. That message has been reprised in a paper by Carl Abbott, Bilge Erdogan and Ghassan Aouad just published by the Royal Society: Construction in year 2030: developing an information technology vision. Section 4, A …

AEC, Bilge Erdogan, Carl Abbott, collaboration, connected environments, construction ICT, Construction in year 2030, Daden, facilities management, Ghassan Aouad, intelligent buildings, open standards, Pachube, Royal Society, SCRI, Second Life, user-centred design

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Jun 29 2010

Carbon calculation

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Functionality, Marketing, SaaS, Sustainability, Web 2.0
29 June 2010

Almost two years ago, when I was helping (un)organise the first Be2camp ‘unconference’ event in London, the sustainability theme that underpins this built environment/social media advocacy movement attracted contributions from several people with an active interest in calculating and then reducing the carbon footprint of the architecture, engineering and construction, AEC, sector (we had talks, …

AEC, Alex Albon, AMEE, architecture, Be2camp, BioRegional, built environment, carbon calculation, carbon footprint, CarbonCalculated.com, chief construction advisor, Claire Hardwick, cloud computing, commuting, compliance, consolidation centres, ConstructCO2, Construction, corporate social responsibility, credentials, CSR, design, EarthExchange, embodied emissions, energy consumption, Engineering, Evolution-ip, Fam ily Housing Association, fit-out, in-situ construction, Jamie Andrews, Jason Green, Liz Collett, logistics, London, Martin Brown, materials, off-site fabrication, Overbury, Pachube, Paul Morrell, pre-qualification questionnaires, procurement, refurbishment, smart meters, Social Media, Summerfield, sustainability, tenders, Tom Chance, unconference, Usman Haque, Vimeo, waste

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Jun 11 2010

MyOnlineToolbox.com

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Functionality, Marketing, People issues, SaaS, Vendors
11 June 2010

My recent live-blog post about Tradeshift wondered whether there might be an opportunity for SME firms in the architecture, engineering and construction sectors to expand their adoption of online platforms, perhaps even integrating project delivery processes with the associated financial transactions. It seems one business in the United States is already starting to do this: …

advertising revenues, approvals, architecture, B-2-B-2-C, Brian Javeline, Business-to-Business-to-Consumer, Construction, design, drawings, email, Engineering, estimates, extension, fax, financial transactions, Florida, home repair, invoices, marketing, messages, Myonlinetoolbox.com, notes, orders, product manufacturers, project delivery, recommendation, refurbishment, remodelling, RFQs, SaaS, SME, Tradeshift, United States
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Jun 10 2010

Asite reports 18 months to June 2009

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, People issues, Vendors
10 June 2010

Late last month I downloaded the latest annual report and audited accounts filed at Companies House by UK-based construction collaboration technology vendor Asite. Regular readers may recall that Asite reported some unaudited figures in January (see Asite reaches profitability), covering the year to 31 December 2009. This latest Companies House filing, signed off on 16 …

Aconex, AIM, Asite, BIW, Companies House, construction collaboration technology, Dubai, growth, loan facility, losses, R20, Robert Tchenguiz, UAE, UK
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Jun 09 2010

Aconex streamlines bid and tender management process

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Functionality, Marketing, SaaS, Vendors
9 June 2010

Australia-based construction collaboration technology vendor Aconex has today issued a news release regarding a platform upgrade streamlining its bid and tender management processes for construction, infrastructure and energy projects. This was something that was mentioned briefly when I did a telephone interview with Aconex co-founder and General Manager of Product Rob Phillpot last November (see …