At a Harvard University conference in Boston last year, I briefly met Ric Jackson of FIATECH and talked about the NCCTP’s efforts to develop a data exchange standard that would allow data to be transferred between different construction collaboration (‘extranet’) platforms. From a Cadalyst article, I see FIATECH has recently signed a memorandum of understanding with UK-based group …
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Permanent link to this article: https://extranetevolution.com/2007/06/fiatech-and-com/
Jun 08 2007
Datum KnowledgeWorker
According to a news release on Buildingtalk.com, UK-based enterprise content management software vendor Datum International has released a version of its KnowledgeWorker software aimed specifically at the construction sector. It says the software provides firms with “central control over drawings management and health and safety procedures”. Reading the Datum website description of KnowledgeWorker it sounds more like …
Permanent link to this article: https://extranetevolution.com/2007/06/datum_knowledge/
Jun 07 2007
Une étude intéressante…
Une étude intéressante sur le marché anglais du travail collaboratif – No, I haven’t decided to blog in French, but I found a French blogger interested in what is happening in the UK construction collaboration market. My French is poor but (with a little help from the Babel Fish website translator) I think the writer, …
Permanent link to this article: https://extranetevolution.com/2007/06/une_tude_intres/
Jun 01 2007
Croser v. Baxter (‘Building Design’ collaboration debate)
An IT feature in the 16 March 2007 issue of UK trade weekly Building Design is something of a debate between Joe Croser of Bentley and Autodesk’s Pete Baxter on the future of collaboration. You can read the articles yourselves (available online here), but I have picked out what I think were the key exchanges – I wish …
Permanent link to this article: https://extranetevolution.com/2007/06/croser_v_baxter/
Jun 01 2007
Autodesk acquires Navisworks
Just a few months after Nemetschek acquired Graphisoft (see post), further consolidation of the AEC design software market comes as Autodesk announces that it is acquiring UK-based 3D/4D software vendor NavisWorks – best known for its JetStream design review products.
Permanent link to this article: https://extranetevolution.com/2007/06/autodesk_acquir/
May 10 2007
Aconex researches FM needs
Australian-based construction collaboration technology vendor Aconex has undertaken some research into the information needs of facilities managers. The survey, conducted in partnership with the Facility Management Association of Australia (FMA), got responses from 555 individuals. You can read the full story here, but the headline findings are unsurprising for anyone working in the field of collaboration …
Permanent link to this article: https://extranetevolution.com/2007/05/aconex_research/
May 10 2007
Latest viewers
I’ve noticed a couple of press announcements about new file viewers recently. Nemetschek has released a universal viewing tool for IFCs (industry foundation classes), extending the firm’s support for IFCs (see Nemetschek news release). Informative Graphics Corporation (IGC) has announced the latest release of its MYRIAD 3D/2D CAD viewer.
Permanent link to this article: https://extranetevolution.com/2007/05/latest_viewers/
May 04 2007
Seeing red (2)
Further to my recent post on red-lining, Scott Mackenzie has written the promised follow-up article, including a review of four PDF-to-CAD converters.
Permanent link to this article: https://extranetevolution.com/2007/05/seeing_red_2/
May 04 2007
A look at BuildingSMART
After my day at the BuildingSMART conference in London last month, it was interesting to read AECcafe.com‘s fairly detailed look at what the BuildingSMART Alliance is doing. It’s also quite topical as there have been a few news stories about software vendors (eg: Nemetschek, Bentley) achieving IFC compliance.
Permanent link to this article: https://extranetevolution.com/2007/05/a_look_at_build/
May 04 2007
McKinsey says buy SaaS
In McKinsey says buy SaaS, Phil Wainewright summarises some research from McKinsey consultants (Time for the IT Industry to Take Notice) that presents some compelling economic arguments in favour of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS): “they say that SaaS has less financial risk for buyers, is cheaper to use and yet just as profitable for vendors.” The last …
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