Tag Archives: construction collaboration technologies

The future state of (construction) collaboration: bottom-up?

Posted on 1 April 2010 by Paul Wilkinson

I spoke at the Collaboration Cafe symposium held at London’s Building Centre on Tuesday (30 March) – see my latest ExtranetEvolution post for more about the debate. The brief for my presentation from StickyWorld and Slider Studio founder Michael Kohn … Continue reading →

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The new construction collaboration era

Posted on 24 March 2010 by Paul Wilkinson

I am due to speak next Tuesday, 30 March at the Collaboration Cafe symposium at the Building Centre in London. The event is one of the final contributions to an ongoing research project being undertaken by Slider Studio and funded … Continue reading →

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How Web 2.0 saved my events

Posted on 3 February 2010 by Paul Wilkinson

It was a clear, cold Sunday morning in north-west Kent and I was in a group of club cyclists avoiding the black ice and pot-holes as we pedalled up the hill out of Eynsford. I glanced back to check on … Continue reading →

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Open letter to the new Chief Construction Adviser

Posted on 27 November 2009 by Paul Wilkinson

First mooted in July 2008, the appointment of the UK government’s first Chief Construction Advisor was finally announced this week. Former Davis Langdon quantity surveyor Paul Morrell has taken up the three-days-a-week job at a critical time for the construction … Continue reading →

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It’s a blog, not a free press release service

Posted on 20 November 2009 by Paul Wilkinson

[This is an updated and expanded version of a post from my ExtranetEvolution.com blog.] I don’t republish companies’ press releases on my ExtranetEvolution blog, which is focused on a particular niche area of construction collaboration and related technologies. As an … Continue reading →

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10 ways social media can help your construction client

Posted on 3 November 2009 by Paul Wilkinson

Many of the construction industry’s customers are major brands in their own right (Sainsbury’s, Barclays, O2, Network Rail, BAA, etc). Thus, any part of the supply chain delivering projects should be acutely aware that their goods and services could have … Continue reading →

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RIBA promoting Web 2.0 to architects

Posted on 21 October 2009 by Paul Wilkinson

In one of my blog posts yesterday (How events help build online communities), I mentioned that Be2camp would be collaborating with other AEC organisations to bring a Web 2.0 dimension to their events, and the first will be happening next … Continue reading →

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Asite community: the first 100 days

Posted on 22 September 2009 by Paul Wilkinson

[This is an expanded version of a post from my AEC technology blog ExtranetEvolution.com] Earlier this summer, I wrote about London-based construction collaboration technology vendor Asite‘s revamped website and its new social media features (see also ‘Extranet’ vendors getting social?). … Continue reading →

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Teambuild 2009 – needs social media

Posted on 31 July 2009 by Paul Wilkinson

I went to the London launch of Teambuild 2009 last night, and met lots of young professionals (architects, project managers, QSs, structural engineers, lawyers, etc) busy networking to form teams to participate in this year’s competition (find out more from … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Web 2.0 adoption issues for AEC organisations

Posted on 28 July 2009 by Paul Wilkinson

In a fascinating post yesterday, Ten top issues in adopting enterprise social computing, ZDNet’s Enterprise Web 2.0 blogger Dion Hinchcliffe has been reviewing some of the reasons why businesses have yet to fully embrace social media. This followed a recent … Continue reading →

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