Nov 21, 2018 | Hot Topics
What does almost one billion US dollars buy? In Autodesk’s case, PlanGrid. Yesterday, as part of its quarterly earnings, Autodesk announced that it will acquire the privately-held PlanGrid for $875 million, net of acquired cash. That’s a heck of a lot of...
Oct 23, 2018 | Hot Topics
Hexagon just announced that it has acquired Bricsys, a company that’s been around a long time and keeps reinventing itself — most recently, as a provider of open, collaborative solutions for the construction CAD market with BricsCAD. BricsCAD today is a...
Oct 11, 2018 | Hot Topics
The key to this acquisition is in the name of the company being acquired: anywhere. Procore makes cloud-based applications for the construction industry, offering a single platform that enables project stakeholders to share information. BIM, building information...
Jun 20, 2018 | Hot Topics
Bentley just announced that it has acquired Synchro Software to boost its 4D construction offerings. Think of Synchro as software for virtual design and construction, enabling visual planning, scheduling, and project management. This lets asset owners, constructors...
Jun 15, 2018 | Hot Topics
I am at HxGN Live, the Hexagon user event that addresses the needs of many industries, including construction. From measuring how well a concrete floor has been poured to planning, scheduling and tracking progress, Hexagon’s customers span the gamut in...
Apr 23, 2018 | Hot Topics
Just into my inbox: Trimble, makers of all sorts of software and hardware targeted at the broader AEC market is acquiring Viewpoint, which makes construction management software. More on this tomorrow, but Viewpoint fits perfectly (with some overlap) into...
Mar 15, 2018 | Hot Topics
A couple of years ago, at a HxGN Live, Hexagon’s Process Power and Marine group announced its entry into BIM — but not BIM as the rest of the world understood it at the time, a design tool. No, PP&M was going to repurpose existing assets for the...
