Oct 28 2013
I’m attending the Year in Infrastructure 2013 Conference, Bentley Systems‘ annual showcase for all they do in relation to software for the infrastructure sector. Highlight (for me) of this afternoon’s press briefing in London was the announcement that Bentley CONNECT Services, “to be successively extended to all of Bentley’s software subscribers to complete the reach of project and …
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Sep 27 2013
During the early 2000s, Nottingham, UK-based Union Square Software was seen by some vendors as a rival in the UK construction collaboration technology (or “project extranet”) market. However, its focus was mainly on knowledge management and internal collaboration capabilities, with its Workspace platform widely deployed as an internally-hosted intranet. As a result, I have tended to …
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Aug 30 2013
Looking back, I could also reproduce last year’s post (just change the dates and the detailed figures)…. The Styles & Wood UK-based IT subsidiary, iSite, which “provides clients with technology based property information solutions that store, manage and communicate critical data relating to their property portfolio and associated property activities,” has seen revenues drop in the …
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Aug 20 2013
McLaren Software has announced the latest release of its FusionLive solution, providing cloud-based / Software-as-a-Service construction project collaboration. Some ten months after the previous major release (post), FusionLive now has: an improved user interface to accelerate user adoption and reduce the number of clicks to complete key tasks, and a new fast-track review process for individual documents …
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Aug 02 2013
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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Jun 10 2013
Launched in 2009, Kalexo looked to change collaboration approaches, and was acquired by Autodesk. Now founder Hannes Marais has a new project… Four or five years ago, I discovered a technology start-up called Kalexo which was looking at ways to advance task management, file-sharing, online meetings and video chat online in construction (see BIM: All …
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May 29 2013
A first quarter trading update from Viewpoint suggests 4Projects is thriving rapidly under its new owners, with north American interest in its SaaS AEC collaboration and BIM services growing. A trading update news release from Sunderland, UK-based SaaS construction collaboration vendor 4Projects (now proudly “a Viewpoint Construction Software® company”; see also my March 2013 post) says it …
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May 09 2013
The Bentley Crossrail Academy is developing and promoting BIM best practice in the £15.9 billion London project’s supply chain that will be shared by other UK mega-projects. Recently, Iain MisKimmin (senior industry consultant at Bentley Systems UK, manager of its City of London-based Information Management Academy, and also one of the leading lights of COMIT), …
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May 01 2013
The latest annual results from Styles & Wood Group plc, for the year to 31 December 2012, were published last week (RNS announcement). This UK property support services group reported revenues down 3% and operating profit up 20%, while its Nottingham-based specialist IT business, iSite – which delivers SaaS-based construction and property management services – …
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Apr 16 2013
The development of the World-wide web during the 1990s started a technology change across architecture, engineering and construction and facilities management that continues to this day. For an often geographically-dispersed, multi-company project delivery team, the ability to send messages and associated attachments electronically was attractive, but email was not the magic bullet that design teams …
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