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Nov 30 2012

Aconex growing revenues again

Aconex reports growing revenues and reduced losses for year to June 2012. The annual report and accounts (for the year ending 30 June 2012) from Melbourne, Australia-based Software-as-a-Service construction collaboration technology vendor Aconex have been published – albeit with what I have begun to regard as the quadruple-A: the “Annual Aconex Accounts Adjustment.” The headline figures show …

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Nov 28 2012

Chapoo formally launches

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Chapoo, formerly Vondle (post), has been formally launched (see news release). The cloud-based project information and collaboration platform provider is offering two Software-as-a-Services: Chapoo Premium aimed mainly at architecture, engineering and construction project teams, and a more limited free service. The Premium service is a project information management and collaboration platform. Like other SaaS collaboration …

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Oct 31 2012

Barbour ABI hypes Conject

After 25 years in UK construction public relations, I sometimes wince when I see news announcements packed with marketing hype rather than neutral and ideally verifiable journalistic descriptions. So, which company… is “Globally renowned” “has managed to excel in the AEC market on a global scale”, and “are masters at their own craft”? According to …

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Oct 15 2012

BIM, SaaS and mobile driving Newforma developments

Newforma-to-Newforma (photo courtesy of Tuomas Holma at Cadfaster)

Once scathing of the attractions of Software-as-a-Service, Newforma is now actively embracing the cloud, SaaS, BIM and mobile, and eyeing potential social media ideas for future product development. Last week I learned more about Newforma, developer of the enterprise-based Newforma Project Center application and now a recent entrant to the Software-as-a-Service collaboration space with its …

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Oct 08 2012

iSite develop “Assetology” and launch ‘The Hub’

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In 1987, actress Maureen Lipman famously said: “You get an ology, you’re a scientist,” in a TV advertisement for British Telecom, and I was reminded of this last week. I had been invited to the London launch, by Styles & Wood’s UK-based IT subsidiary, iSite, of ‘The Hub,’ an application of its web-based property information platform to …

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Sep 19 2012

Come to a COMIT event!

In addition to its Building Information Mobility (#MobiBIM) event in London on 15 November (post), COMIT (Construction Opportunities for Mobile IT) has two other UK events in the near future. Both are invitation-only, but the nice people at COMIT may have a few spare places: Thursday 27 September: The Emperor’’s New Clouds – an invitation-only afternoon …

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Aug 28 2012

TeamBinder selected for $8.5bn Sydney mega-project

Artist's impression of North West Rail Link

Extranet Evolution rarely reports project wins by construction collaboration technology vendors but the scale of QA Software’s latest TeamBinder project probably justifies this exception. The application from the North Melbourne, Australia-based vendor has been selected to manage document collaboration on Sydney’s $8.5 billion (c. £5.6bn) North West Rail Link. The project’s first stage is scheduled for completion …

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Aug 17 2012

Newforma now embraces cloud

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US-based vendor Newforma has done a U-turn on its attitude to SaaS construction collaboration. Some six years ago (June 2006), I wrote my first Extranet Evolution blog post about Newforma Project Center after reading some provocative statements about the merits of cloud-based construction collaboration solutions from Newforma executives Bob Batcheler and Ian Howell. Former mindset …

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Aug 17 2012

Nominations open for BE2Awards 2012, including best AEC collaboration platform

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In January 2011 I wrote about the inaugural Be2awards: the world’s first awards for social media in the built environment (of which I am organiser). These are being held again, and remain distinctly social. Nominations for the BeAwards 2012 (which opened yesterday) are being crowd-sourced, and will be voted upon by the same crowd. The …

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Aug 10 2012

Does Social Media Belong in CAD Applications?

Via the excellent TenLinks newsletter, I found this Cadalyst article by Robert Green on social media in the CAD workplace. Robert admits he is not a big fan of social media in the workplace: I do see some value in it for CAD managers, as long as it is used judiciously. However, I foresee nothing …

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