May 16 2017
Aconex CEO Leigh Jasper was in the UK recently, and talked to Extranet Evolution. This first instalment of a two three-part interview discusses outcomes of the Conject acquisition and the development of the Connected Cost application. The day after an Aconex investor presentation in Melbourne was a good time to get an update on the Australian …
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May 08 2017
A major player in the US construction technology market, Procore is going to take on Aconex in its Australian back yard. California, US-based Procore, a provider of cloud-based construction management software, has opened an office in Sydney, Australia, with experienced construction SaaS veteran Milton Walters appointed vice-president of marketing for the APAC region. Procore says it …
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Apr 27 2017
It’s taken nearly two years, but Aconex finally announced the launch of Connected Cost earlier this month, potentially heralding a move into construction payment management. With its July 2015 acquisition of US-based Worksite, a project cost management solution developed at ARES Project Management LLC, the Melbourne, Australia-based construction collaboration vendor Aconex started working towards integration of project cost …
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Mar 23 2017
Brexit uncertainty has affected Aconex’s projected growth, with the company’s share price tumbling as a result. It’s been an interesting couple of months for the Melbourne, Australia-based SaaS construction collaboration vendor Aconex. At the end of January, the company provided a half-year trading update and 2017 financial year forecast; there were changes to the executive team, …
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Feb 08 2017
In January 2017, TA Associates, a leading global growth private equity firm, announced it has completed an investment in Munich, Germany-based think project!, a provider of cross-enterprise collaboration and information management software to the construction and engineering industries. Financial terms of the transaction were (unfortunately) not disclosed. J. Morgan Seigler, a managing director at TA …
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Oct 28 2016
Melbourne, Australia-based SaaS construction collaboration vendor, Aconex, provided a trading update covering the quarter ending 30 September 2016 on Monday (25 October announcement). Gross cash receipts totalling Au$41.8 million (US$31.65m, £26.1m or €29.01m), showing an increase of 44% from the first quarter last year (clearly boosted by now including Conject revenues). Net operating cash flow …
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Oct 25 2016
2015 was a bumper year for Viewpoint‘s EMEA-based collaboration business, with revenues up 48% and a return to operational profitability. According to accounts filed at UK Companies House, total revenue for the year to 31 December 2015 was £11.457m (about US$16.84m or €15.58m at 2015 exchange rates) up from £7.717m in 2014 (post). Positive trends …
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Oct 12 2016
London-based Createmaster describe themselves as “experts in process led, construction information handover management”. The business provides a combination of hands-on document management services and software-based services; its digital handover documentation services are managed using an online application called DocumentPark, and include: Operation & Maintenance Manuals (O&Ms) Health & Safety Files Asset Registers & Planned Preventative Maintenance Schedules BIM …
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Sep 27 2016
Munich, Germany-based SaaS construction collaboration technology vendor think project! has established a joint venture with Madrid-based ProjectCenter to target customers in Spain, Portugal and Latin America. According to a think project! news release, it will hold a majority stake in think project! Iberia. ProjectCenter back story As previously described (March 2013 post), ProjectCenter started life in …
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Sep 20 2016
Mobile Software-as-a-Service asset management application vendor Kykloud has secured one of the largest asset data collection projects in the UK. The firm’s solution is to be used by teams of surveyors who, over the next three years, will be reviewing the condition of around 80,000 buildings in 22,000 state-funded schools across England as part of the Education Funding Agency’s (EFA) …
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