Category: Vendors

Ahoy, Asite!

The next Asite-backed BuildLive collaborative BIM competition is to take place from Monday 28 October through to Wednesday 30 October 2013 (slightly earlier than notified in June). As in previous editions – BuildLondonLive (in 2008, 2009 and May 2012) and BuildQatarLive (November 2012) – the event is open to international teams of building information modelling practitioners to demonstrate their BIM …

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Union Square grows revenues 12% to pass £5m milestone

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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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4Projects trading update

A trading update from 4Projects says the Sunderland, UK-based SaaS construction collaboration technology provider (now part of Viewpoint Construction Solutions), has: “continued its strong business performance by posting double digit recurring revenue growth during the first half of 2013 and increased their enterprise customer count by meaningful double digit percentages as well. The 4Projects business …

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4Projects in transition

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Is it the beginning of the end for the 4Projects brand? UK CEO Richard Vertigan steps down, and the US SaaS collaboration product is launched under the Viewpoint branding. Sunderland, UK-based SaaS collaboration vendor 4Projects, acquired by US construction ERP specialist Viewpoint in February, appears to be going through some significant changes. From my UK …

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Accede asks: What do snaggers want?

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Mobile defects management has been covered in this blog more than a few times, and the latest product to grab my attention in this sector is Accede. The product, which combines mobile devices with a  Software-as-a-Service back end, was originally developed by Brian McKillop at Brisbane, Australia-based WicketWorks Pty Ltd and started out as Visual Fox …

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Conject to unveil its BIM plans (privately)

Conject is holding an invitation-only ‘Conject BIM Development Alliance’ briefing in London on 19 September. An interesting blog post popped up on the blog of Anglo-German SaaS construction collaboration vendor Conject earlier this week concerning the Conject BIM Development Alliance. Conject’s head of product development Stephen Beaven talks about a forthcoming meeting where the company will be sharing its BIM …

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An Incite update

One-time SaaS collaboration innovator Incite lingers on in the Australian market while former executives are celebrating a new start-up success. Long-standing readers of Extranet Evolution may recall my posts about the Australian business Incite, a Leighton Holdings subsidiary which in 2009 developed some potentially ground-breaking SaaS collaboration technologies to support construction projects. I got a …

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Corecon encourages educational use of SaaS collaboration

California, US-based SaaS construction collaboration vendor Corecon Technologies is offering free licenses of its Corecon V7 estimating and construction project management software to colleges and universities teaching construction management or related subjects. Students will thereby gain experience of using SaaS technology before entering the workforce. The news release quotes Corecon President Norman J. Wendl: “Students need to …

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iSite slipping?

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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think project! releases mobile app

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The latest SaaS collaboration vendor to release a mobile app is Munich, Germany-based think project! When I visited the company last year, its developers were talking about mobile tools, and these are now available for both Apple iOS and Android smartphone and tablet operating systems. The company announced the release of Mobile Capture in its …

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