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  • July 12, 2019
    Information is power, but are contractors collecting what they need to make better decisions? A new report on how contractors collect and use jobsite data is based on responses from 187 companies.
  • July 11, 2019
    The ability to gather and analyse project data has improved or improved significantly for nearly two-thirds of the respondents to a survey of construction managers, specialty trade contractors, and design/build firms. The study was conducted by Dodge Data & Analytics and Viewpoint via an online survey.
  • July 10, 2019
    A new report released today by Dodge Data & Analytics, in collaboration with construction management software provider Viewpoint, a Trimble company, reveals a sea change in the way project data is gathered and analysed across the construction industry – change that is poised to improve key project outcomes according to construction managers, specialty trade contractors and design/build firms surveyed.
  • October 4, 2018
    When it comes to effectively managing today’s complex construction projects, collaboration is the key to success. With large, multi-faceted projects involving the potential for dozens, even hundreds of subcontractors, keeping track of communications, processing data, tracking job progress and changes and managing compliance issues can be a hefty task for even the most skilled project managers and construction lead teams.
  • August 16, 2018
    Construction is a high stakes game, with massive projects and equally massive budgets balancing on a knife-edge between success and failure. ‘‘A 2016 report by McKinsey, Managing Construction’s Digital Future, showed that around the world, on average, large projects go 20 per cent over schedule and up to 80 per cent over budget,’’ says Ian Desbrow, managing director of Australia and New Zealand sales for US-based construction software firm Viewpoint, ‘‘Australia is no exception. The industry is highly volatile, many contractors operate with razor-thin margins and just a handful of project issues can dramatically affect profitability.’’
  • March 26, 2018
    Neverfail recently announced that it has opened a new data center in Sydney, Australia. The company said the new data center, which is now online and already serving the company's various ISV and enterprise clients, supports production and disaster recovery for customers and enables customer growth in the APAC region.
  • March 26, 2018
    American disaster recovery and cloud company Neverfail announced the opening of its new data center this week. The Sydney data center has been online since February, already serving 38 customers.
  • May 22, 2017
    Storms such as Cyclone Debbie and construction mishaps such as cut wires can wreak havoc on business connectivity. Given the importance of maintaining and restoring connectivity following disruptive events, many businesses have created data recovery plans. One of the key factors in such plans is choosing on-premise versus cloud-based storage.
  • May 16, 2017
    Australia’s mining boom propelled the economy forward while most other countries were faltering in the global financial crisis. Huge demand from China and India for resources such as iron ore and coal started climbing around 2003, but commodities prices began a downward trend in 2013.