Tekla acquires Field3D mobile BIM apps

Tekla acquires Field3D mobile BIM apps

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...
Tekla acquires Field3D mobile BIM apps

Autodesk’s Q4: license transition, AEC strength

Mar 3, 2014 | Hot Topics

Let’s do a little math, shall we? If we buy software at Staples for $5,000, Staples gets $5,000 and the creator of the software gets maybe $3,000 of that. Assuming we don’t buy any more, in 5 years, the vendor will have gotten just $3,000 from us. If we...
Quickies: Deal, partnership and more

Quickies: Deal, partnership and more

Nov 22, 2013 | Hot Topics

So much going on! Today is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy, the internet is abuzz with a very polite  puppy and our PLMish world is cranking through the news cycles. It’s raining and cold here in Boston, so a good time...
Autodesk’s Dynamo changes conceptual design

Autodesk’s Dynamo changes conceptual design

Oct 22, 2013 | Hot Topics

Have you ever sat though a 4+ hour meeting? You get kinda dozey, right? That happened to me a few weeks ago as I was listening to Autodesk’s investor day presentations. It was long, there were interesting bits, but …. Then SVP Amar Hanspal showed a little...
Myanmar highlights infrastructure opportunity

Myanmar highlights infrastructure opportunity

Apr 12, 2013 | Hot Topics

A fascinating article caught my eye earlier this week; it perfectly sums up all that is wrong with our infrastructure and the significant benefits if only we could summon the will (and cash) to fix it. The country of Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) has suffered...
Myanmar highlights infrastructure opportunity

P3: Infrastructure wave of the future?

Mar 11, 2013 | Hot Topics

Imagine you’re a town manager with aging infrastructure and a growing population: How do you build enough schools to meet projected demand? Boost the capacity of your water and wastewater treatment facilities? Revamp bridges that now carry twice as much traffic...
Myanmar highlights infrastructure opportunity

Box.com tries cloud end-run for the AEC market

Mar 1, 2013 | Hot Topics

I use cloud storage for all of the usual reasons: always-on access makes it easy for me to work wherever I am. I can collect the files relevant to a project in one place, create a backup of important works-in-progress and collaborate with others without emailing large...
Trimble snaps up Vico for 4D/5D

Trimble snaps up Vico for 4D/5D

Nov 5, 2012 | Hot Topics

Trimble Navigation (an ever-greater misnomer) announced on Friday that it has acquired the assets of privately-held Vico Software, Inc.,  a provider of 4D and 5D architectural modeling software and consulting services. Trimble says this acquisition “extends...

Autodesk: MFG reports record; is AEC back?

Feb 27, 2012 | Hot Topics

Autodesk reported results last week for the fourth quarter and full year ended January 31, 2011 that pretty much blew past expectations and continued the strong trends seen over the last several quarters, albeit with a bit of deceleration in many of the individual...