Jul 10, 2014 | Hot Topics
Nemetschek just announced that is has invested in a startup and acquired a majority stake in another company to level up its 3D Building Information Management (BIM) portfolio to include time (4D) and cost (5D) in project planning*. As I’ve written before, 4D/5D...
Apr 17, 2014 | Hot Topics
Bentley Systems just shared a bit of what it is seeing in the world — unusual because it’s a privately held company and important because it is by far the largest software vendor focused only on AEC. Bentley has published its annual report and held a...
Apr 15, 2014 | Hot Topics
Yesterday, Tekla announced that it has acquired SVS Innovations’ construction business, including the Field3D mobile solution, to strengthen its position in mobile BIM. Field3D apps are available for iPad and iPhone, and enable collaboration between the job site and...
Mar 31, 2014 | Hot Topics
Good morning! Hope you had an awesome weekend. Let’s get this week off to a good start by recapping what happened last week. It’s the Economy … Economic news continues to be mixed. Depending on where you are in the world, it’s looking up or slowing down;...
Mar 28, 2014 | Hot Topics
Back in February, Nemetschek announced preliminary results that were pretty good — growth accelerated towards the end of 2013, with Q4 coming in at €52 million, up 9% year/year. Full year revenue was up 6% to €186 million. Today the company confirmed those...
Dec 13, 2013 | Hot Topics
Autodesk University 2013 was a huge, loud, in-your-face explosion of all things related to making stuff. In this context, “stuff” could be manufactured goods, buildings, bridges, movies or just about anything else you could imagine. I’ve written a...