Oct 29 2007
Almost exactly two years after it published its own guidance note on electronic tendering (see my critique), the RICS has launched its own online tendering solution, imaginatively branded ricsetendering.com, with full-page advertisements in UK trade journal Building and banner ads on Building‘s website this month. The solution is run on the OGC framework platform provided by BravoSolution (part of …
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Oct 26 2007
Jerry Laiserin is an American writer on AEC software who has written many thoughtful pieces relating to collaboration. I was therefore delighted when I read last month that he was to become a contributor to Cadalyst. I have just read his first contribution, AGC Dispute with AIA Represents Deeper Rift, and it confirms my view. …
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Oct 25 2007
In the US, McGraw-Hill Construction has just published its Interoperability SmartMarket Report, providing insight into the interoperability of AEC software applications and platforms (see news release) – a key issue given that “interoperability costs add 3.1% to a typical project budget” (not dissimilar to previous US estimates – eg: back in 2004,a NIST report estimated …
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Oct 25 2007
An article, Zavanti to analyse use of collaboration technology by the Australia Construction Industry, on Australia’s infolink website says that Zavanti (formerly Powyr) has launched a market research project designed to investigate the use of construction collaboration technologies and project extranets by the Australian construction industry. It says the study, conducted by John Lowry from …
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Oct 24 2007
Somebody asked me today if the Aconex dispute with one of its shareholders had been resolved (see previous post). The answer is no, at least not yet. Court hearings were held on 9, 10, 12, 15 and 16 October, and the next hearing is scheduled for 2 November. A final ruling may, therefore, still be some …
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Oct 19 2007
I had an interesting message from a BIW user and EE blog reader via Facebook. She made an interesting comparison (partly in relation to the email-type application embedded in BIW’s collaboration platform): “This morning I … had this thought that Facebook is similar to BIW in a way. FB is heavily emphasizing usage of ‘team-mail’ (if …
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Oct 18 2007
Following on from my Bricsnet post about fundraising, I see that former Asite CEO Tom Dengenis is in the news again, as CEO of Synchro Ltd, which has just raised £1.2m in a fundraising round led by Catapult Venture Managers.
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Oct 18 2007
US AEC and property solutions vendor Bricsnet has announced that “existing investors have approved implementation of a $13 million capital investment plan” (reports AECcafe.com). According to its news release, Bricsnet intends “to use the funds to enhance product development and services, and to extend its leadership in the growing market for retail, corporate and public sector …
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Oct 17 2007
I spoke at yesterday’s EMCBE Expo 2007 Construction Conference in Rockingham, Northamptonshire, on the theme of Sustainability: the IT contribution (see previous post). Due to time constraints (more about that in a moment), I couldn’t use all the material I intended. I had brought with me a press cutting from Sunday’s Observer newspaper of this …
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Oct 10 2007
Just over a week since my post mentioning the second running of the Construction Computing Awards 2007, I have just received an email from the organisers saying that online voting for the shortlisted candidates is now under way. Looking at the shortlists from a construction collaboration technology viewpoint, almost every NCCTP member is represented somewhere …
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