http://blog.constructionsoftwarereview.com News and notes from ConstructionSoftwareReview.com Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:39:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Back in September, Meridian Systems, a project management solutions provider, and Horizontal LLC, known for building information modeling (BIM) services, announced a joint partnership to integrate both platforms.  By combining BIM with construction project management tools, all groups within a project, from the architect to the subcontractors, have access to information ... http://blog.constructionsoftwarereview.com/2008/11/17/meridian-horizontal-partner-up-to-integrate-bim-project-management/ When it comes to teaching and learning, nothing beats a good ol' book, even in 2008. It is with that in mind that we have begun offering book excerpts to readers of ConstructionSoftwareReview.com. When we introduced you to Building Information Modeling in back in September, we pointed you to our excerpt ... http://blog.constructionsoftwarereview.com/2008/11/14/on-learning-project-management-software-through-books/ Bentley Systems has released V8i, a "software portfolio for infrastructure professionals" that aims to make it easier for engineers, architects, contractors and project owner/operators to share information as they collectively design, build, operate and maintain things. In a conference call last week, Bentley CEO Greg Bentley said the release comes at ... http://blog.constructionsoftwarereview.com/2008/11/12/bentley-releases-v8i-its-software-for-sustaining-infrastructure/ CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- These days it's hard to find a product, or even a methodology, that isn't touted as a solution that saves time and boosts productivity. Finding tangible evidence of such claims, on the other hand, sometimes seems like an unproductive waste of time. That's why research projects such as ... http://blog.constructionsoftwarereview.com/2008/11/10/construction-needs-to-embrace-technology-not-avoid-it-part-5/ Maxwell Systems has released an updated version of American Contractor, its construction business management software product. Version 8.0 introduces three main feature sets, Maxwell said in a statement: One, the user interface has been revamped to mimic Microsoft Outlook. This gives users the ability to do things such as open multiple ... http://blog.constructionsoftwarereview.com/2008/11/07/maxwell-updates-american-contractor/ BID2WIN Software has released BID2WIN 2009, which is an updated version of its estimating and bidding software for heavy/highway contractors. New features of BID2WIN 2009, product manager Kevin Flynn said in a statement, include the ability to attach documents to estimates, find/replace functionality for editing cost components and the ability to ... http://blog.constructionsoftwarereview.com/2008/11/05/bid2win-updates-its-estimating-and-bidding-software/ CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- If you want to learn about Web standards, you can do a lot worse than to seek the advice of the World Wide Web Consortium, or W3C. Ralph Swick, the group's technology and society domain leader, addressed the 2008 FIATECH Member's Meeting earlier this week, letting FIATECH's ... http://blog.constructionsoftwarereview.com/2008/10/30/getting-the-most-out-of-the-web-today-and-tomorrow/ Clear Estimates, the company founded by a father and son remodeling team, just released version 2.5 of its estimating software. While it's only a point release, the update brings several new features and functions that were requested by users. (A video tour of Clear Estimates 2.5 has been posted on ... http://blog.constructionsoftwarereview.com/2008/10/24/clear-estimates-25-introduces-search-mode-parts-adjuster-tool/ Forrester Research has weighed in on Oracle's purchase of Primavera. In a blog entry, Margo Visitacion and Ray Wang note, not surprisingly, that it's a sensible deal: Primavera has long dominated the enterprise/capital project and program management space, from the planning and scheduling perspective, while Oracle is the leading project financials ... http://blog.constructionsoftwarereview.com/2008/10/22/forrester-oracle-primavera-deal-makes-sense-may-be-the-start-of-something/ Have you ever wanted to pick the brain of John Walker? (The founder of Autodesk, not the scotch guy, that is.) Well, you may never get the opportunity, but Kean Walmsley's interview with him on Through the Interface might be the next best thing. Walmsley admits that it took weeks to ... http://blog.constructionsoftwarereview.com/2008/10/16/on-the-history-of-autodesk/