Extranet Evolution

JULY 21, 2016

In an echo of an earlier US/UK acquisition in the construction IT space, ERP vendor Deltek has acquired UK project management software vendor Union Square. Nottingham, UK-based Union Square is a good example. The Union Square back story. In the early 2000s, when other construction collaboration vendors were establishing themselves as SaaS providers, Union Square remained focused on its niche: construction-oriented but locally-hosted practice management systems or intranets.

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ProCore

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Construction has a long union history, with carpenters in Philadelphia striking for a 10-hour workday as far back as 1791. construction jobs construction unions construction labor unions

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Construction Equipment

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

State-of-the-art training centers being built by trade unions are offering higher-education type training and are drawing attendees nationwide.

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Construction Equipment

OCTOBER 18, 2016

To better understand what is causing the increase in construction accidents - besides the overall building boom in the city - politicians and labor groups want to track incidents by the kind of jobsite, union or nonunion New York City counted 12 construction fatalities in 2015, a 50-percent increase over the previous year. Non-fatal injuries were up by almost the same rate, according to the NYC Department of Buildings.

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Extranet Evolution

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

During the early 2000s, Nottingham, UK-based Union Square Software was seen by some vendors as a rival in the UK construction collaboration technology (or “project extranet”) market.

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ENR Construction

MAY 9, 2017

Texas And California Will Get The Bulk Of Upgrades, Mostly Designed To Increase Safety And Minimize Delays

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ENR Construction

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

The retaining wall along Union Turnpike was reconstructed through the portion of the road adjacent to Grand Central Parkway and Jackie Robinson Parkway between Austin Street and 126th Street

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Construction Equipment

JUNE 3, 2016

The San Diego Union-Tribune says non-union construction companies and workers will help defeat the stadium and convention center measure if it comes up on the November ballot

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BD+C

JULY 13, 2016

The engineering and architectural firm Arup has been selected to lead the design work for renovations to Chicago’s historic Union Station. The City of Chicago, railroad service company Amtrak, and a collection of Chicago transportation entities, including the commuter railroad service Metra, worked together on the decision

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BD+C

AUGUST 8, 2017

College educators across Southern California share a common struggle: How to keep their students on campus throughout the day despite scattered class schedules and competing off-campus activities.

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ENR Construction

JUNE 24, 2016

construction’s exposure to the EU is most evident in the sounds of East European accents on countless sites cross the country, particularly in London and south east

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ENR Construction

JUNE 24, 2016

construction’s exposure to the EU is most evident in the sounds of East European accents on countless sites cross the country, particularly in London and south east

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ENR Construction

MAY 4, 2015

OSHA went back to drawing board after proposal was widely panned in 2007. Business Management

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Collaborative Construction

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Unions have Buyer's Remorse on Obamacare Welcome to the Collaborative Revolution! Who could have predicted that a 2,700+ page law drafted by lobbyists and passed by a Congress that didn't read it would have unintended consequences? The country is in the best of hands.

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Business Facilities Blog

JULY 19, 2017

Advanced Manufacturing Capital Investment Daily News Featured Georgia Workforce Development Advanced Digital Cable Economic Development Employment Expansion Georgia Department of Economic Development Manufacturing Site Selection Union CountyThe wire and cable manufacturer will create 64 new jobs with an expansion of its Blairsville, GA facility. Read: Advanced Digital Cable Investing $15M In Georgia.

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Business Facilities Blog

AUGUST 8, 2017

Capital Investment Daily News Featured Foreign Direct Investment Georgia Logistics & Distribution Retail ASOS Atlanta e-commerce fashion Fulfillment Center Georgia Department of Economic Development Georgia Power Metro Atlanta Chamber Select Fulton Union CityOver the next five years, the online fashion and beauty retailer will invest more than $40M to establish an East Coast fulfillment center in Fulton County, GA. Read: ASOS Creating Over 1,600 Jobs In Georgia.

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Construction Equipment

OCTOBER 5, 2015

The 17-page contract includes the following new conditions: An agreement that no plants will close; Union workers will get increased paid-time off; Pension improvements; 89 paid holidays over the six; and.

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Extranet Evolution

JULY 10, 2017

This puts this in the same kind of space occupied by Union Square (acquired by US player Deltek almost exactly a year ago ) and Rapport 3 ( post ) in the UK, plus US-based e-Sub.com and New Zealand’s TidyBuild (both targeting the SME AEC market – post ). AEC Business/Financial Functionality Marketing Mobile People issues SaaS Vendors architecture CMAP Construction Deltek Engineering ERP eSub marketing mobile Rapport 3 Software-as-a-Service TidyBuild UK Union Square Wilmslow

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BD+C

JULY 15, 2016

Twenty-two New York City-area groups including trade unions, the District Attorney's office and general contractor representatives, have asked the judge in a case concerning a construction worker’s death to impose the maximum penalty on the contractor

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BD+C

JULY 24, 2017

Non-union labor is a growing force in New York City’s construction industry , according to an industry trade group official. Coletti said competitive pricing environment favors non-union labor, though he would rather see his group be 100% union

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Extranet Evolution

AUGUST 29, 2014

Webforum, therefore, neatly combines back-office functionality found in some intranet systems (eg: Union Square – see March 2014 post ) with extranet capabilities for cross-company collaboration.

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ENR Construction

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

With a student population of roughly 50,000 and more than 900 registered clubs and organizations, the first significant expansion of the University of Florida’s community center was arguably overdue

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Constructor Magazine

MAY 10, 2016

MORTON GROVE, IL – Xylem’s Bell & Gossett Little Red Schoolhouse and the United Association union of plumbers, fitters, welders, service techs and roofers have formed a training partnership to equip trade professionals in the HVAC field with the technical expertise to service and repair pumps in an HVAC system. Pump repair and maintenance now part of nationwide education offering.

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Extranet Evolution

AUGUST 1, 2014

As well as the outlet owners, the platform clearly also has potential for the interior designers, architects and others involved in designing and delivering store and restaurant environments (this might pitch Avollio against established AEC intranet providers such as Union Square – post ).

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Construction Equipment

MARCH 7, 2016

. . Association and industry experts have made it very clear: there are not enough skilled trades people to meet the demand of the current construction cycle.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

The very active developer Sterling Bay has proposed a 958-foot-tall, 2-million-sf office tower that would be connected to Union Station in Chicago’s West Loop, on real estate owned by Amtrak. The office tower would be one of the tallest in the city

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Commercial Construction

MAY 31, 2012

Pursuing those jobs meant we would have had to use shoddy subcontractors or non-union labor where union labor would have been best. And if you’re not in a union town, like Miami, then align yourself with the best vendors.

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ENR Construction

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Two executives of contracting firm and a former union official sentenced

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Business Facilities Blog

JUNE 22, 2017

The economic impact of the UK's decision to leave the European Union is coming into focus, with down arrows proliferating in key indicators. Business Clusters/Corridors Capital Investment Data Centers Economic Development Europe Featured Foreign Direct Investment Industry News International New York Ports & Free Trade Zones Site Selection The Editor's Blog United Kingdom (UK) USA - Mid Atlantic brexit EU european union foreign direct investment hat Queen Elizabeth UK

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ENR Construction

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Employer and construction industry groups plan to challenge the rule in court. Policy

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ENR Construction

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Decision is Treasury's first benefit-cut approval under 2014 multi-employer pension law

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Business Facilities Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Nevada wins the most hotly contested economic development prize in years by bagging Tesla''s lithium battery plant near Reno. Washington successfully pulled out all the stops to keep Boeing from leaving the state.

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ENR Construction

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Chamber, building trade unions, manufacturers' association Group includes U.S.

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ENR Construction

JUNE 9, 2014

Union official was a key architect of regional group PRIDE that pushed for labor peace and spawned similar U.S. pacts. People

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BD+C

MAY 1, 2014

PCL Construction is pleased to announce that it has completed the University Student Union (USU) at California State University San Marcos (CSUSM).

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MySafetySign

JULY 14, 2014

A June report by Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) that compares the number of fatalities in US versus European Union (EU) in the calendar year 2010, hints that working in the US is far more risky than working in EU. News BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics European Union United States

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ENR Construction

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

The state’s unreported and misclassified construction work increased by 400% from 1972 to 2012. Business Management

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