Category: Internet

Feb 13 2009

Who needs Auto-PDF?

AECcafe.com has details of a new application that automatically converts online construction data such as RFIs and submittals to downloadable PDF files, “increasing convenience and enhancing security for architects, contractors, owners and developers” (or so claims US-based software vendor Construction Communicator). The news release says the PDF file format “is particularly valuable when traveling, when …

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Feb 03 2009

Let’s make construction more ‘social’

[This is a re-post of a blog article I wrote for Building Sustainable Design, which launched this week.] I have spent more than half my career in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) and property industry looking at issues relating to collaboration, and since 2000 have been focused on how to use internet-based technologies to …

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Feb 02 2009

Tackling ‘the interweb thingy’

Over the weekend, I enjoyed reading a BBC Business article by Tim Weber from last week’s economic summit in Davos. In How companies tackle the interweb thingy, he points out that while every company worth its salt has a website, many “are still struggling to move beyond having a colourful website towards really using the …

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Jan 28 2009

Media and Web 2.0, Tweet and print

In the media world, the overlap between conventional print publications and internet-based communications continues to grow. This doesn’t just mean that broadcasters or publications have a website; an increasing number are now adopting Web 2.0 tools and techniques – blogs, discussion forums, RSS feeds, Twitter, bookmarks, networks, etc – to find new levels of engagement …

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Jan 08 2009

Geographic information in a web-based world

I am spending the afternoon at a CASA conference (sponsored by the AGI) at University College London talking about use of geographic information, which promises lots of talk about mash-ups, re-use of data. 1.45pm: First up, Richard Milton demonstrating GMapCreator and MapTube – applications for publishing data to Google Maps, showing, for example, maps relating …

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Jan 02 2009

AtomicBIM and UUID

Last February I wrote (here, here and here) about the possibility of CAD applications being delivered as Software-as-a-Service – a concept I called CADaaS. Then, realising that CAD is likely to be superseded eventually by building information modelling (BIM), I updated the concept in June to BIMaaS. Noting along the way posts on the topic …

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Jan 01 2009

Stuart Lander’s new start-up

Last August, I noted that former BuildOnline/CTSpace executive Stuart Lander was involved with a new US-based start-up, PublicSpend, due to launch in late 2008. The date has slipped slightly, but Stuart has been busy blogging about it. PublicSpend will use government contracting data to help small local service businesses win new contracts and grow their …

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Dec 12 2008

Lower cost of ownership driving SaaS adoption

Thanks to an email from Rishi Seth at Springboard Research, I have learned that decision-makers from small, medium and large enterprises across Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) have described lower cost of ownership as the most significant reason for adopting Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), ahead of other factors such as ease of use and management (see news …

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Dec 03 2008

Blocking internet access blocks innovation and collaboration

Talking about Web 2.0 tools and techniques to fellow Constructing Excellence Collaborative Working Champions in Birmingham last month, one friend told the meeting that his employer limited employee access to the web quite tightly, this restricting his and his colleagues’ ability to try such tools. Another said his organisation blocked access to various networking sites, …

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Nov 24 2008

Don’t you just love “technoilogy”?

I get lots of e-newsletters and bulletins, some from well-respected trade journals, both in the construction field and in IT. Generally, these are models of professionalism, but occasionally the odd typo creeps through. However, today’s Information Age Bulletin promotes a forthcoming conference and delivers four spelling mistakes and a missing word in just one paragraph. …

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