Aug 20 2013
Advance2000’s Chris France highlights the benefits of BIM-VDC “in the cloud” – though it’s an opportunity already well understood by several AEC-focused SaaS vendors. I started this blog started after publication of my book in 2005 when, looking into the future, I anticipated the emergence of building information modelling (BIM), more mobile and real-time collaboration …
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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 05 2013
Hoa Binh Nguyen, pursuing an Msc in Construction & Project Management in the School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering at Queen’s University of Belfast, is researching the application of online collaboration technologies in the UK construction industry, including document management, project management, BIM, and social media-type tools. The focus is on effectiveness, barriers and the …
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Jul 24 2013
QA Software’s SaaS platform TeamBinder is attractive to Australian and SE Asian construction customers for its intuitive interface and easy integration with common Microsoft tools. Melbourne, Australia-based QA Software has been promoting collaboration software since the mid-1990s, building on a track record of providing local area network, LAN-based, drawing and correspondence management and materials management …
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Jul 11 2013
Earlier this week, I noted McLaren Software‘s appointment of a Senior Vice-President Sales in America. Today, London-based competitor, Asite, another Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) construction collaboration technology provider, has announced the appointment of a Vice-President Sales – North America. Former Autodesk and Intergraph executive Alex Severino will be responsible for “accelerating the growth of Asite services in …
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Jul 10 2013
Aconex (UK) Ltd, the London-based arm of Melbourne, Australia-based international SaaS construction collaboration technology vendor Aconex delivered its first UK profits in the year to 30 June 2012, according to accounts recently lodged at the UK’s Companies House. A 2011 pre-tax loss of £187, 796 was turned into a pre-tax profit of £133,491 in 2012. …
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Jul 09 2013
Nominations for the 25 categories in the 2013 Construction Computing Awards opened on 4 July, and close on 5 September. Comparing the awards from last year, the 2013 Awards event in London on 21 November will feature five new awards: Construction Computing Marketing Campaign of 2013 IT Project of the Year in the Public Sector …
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Jun 18 2013
Asite, following its organisation (and platform provision) for BuildLondonLive (2008, 2009 and 2012) and BuildQatarLive (2012) is now supporting BuildSydneyLive 2013 in October, another 48-hour Open BIM* event testing the online collaborative and interoperability capabilities of international design teams and their tools. After supporting three events in its home city, the London-HQed SaaS construction collaboration …
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Jun 17 2013
I enjoyed a chat with Colin Barnes, CEO of Manchester, UK-based SaaS construction collaboration vendor Collabor8online, recently. His business launched in late 2009 (post) and is pitched at the competitive, small-to-medium sized business (SME), low-cost end of the construction collaboration market (post), but that hasn’t stopped him developing features emulating some of the more sophisticated …
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Jun 14 2013
Why stop at creating apps to sell luxury homes, when all built assets could have an online owner’s manual and feedback loop? Working in technology for the construction and property sectors, I have long been interested in the use of mobile tools and applications, and the industry’s enthusiasm for apps shows no signs of abating. …
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