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1. Causeway
2. The List
3. Tidbits
4. Quote of the Week
1. Causeway
About five years ago, Arup structural engineer
Stuart Cowperthwaite looked around for Web-based project management tools, and
found none that were satisfactory. So he and his team at Arup built
Integration, a powerful Web-based collaborative project management system.
Integration was launched three years ago, and in
nine months built up $10 million in revenues, managing
$10 billion in projects, with 6000 users.
18 months ago, Cowperthaite and Arup realized
they had learned a great deal—but that this type of software was not a core
competency for them. They determined to find a partner who could take it over.
After extensive searching and evaluation, Arup
settled on Causeway Technologies. Causeway used OpenText LiveLink as their
collaborative technology, which contained many features lacking in Integration.
“Causeway had much more than just a document
repository,” said Cowperthwaite. “They had workflow technology in the form of
LiveLink; construction industry experience; a good indexing engine; and good
relationships with the makers of 3D viewers.” The features are extensive, and
the software is highly customizable.
Arup partnered with Causeway to rebuild the
collaborative product, Integrate, using LiveLink.
Phil Brown, Causeway president, said, “I had
approached Arup about two years ago, pointing out that LiveLink could
accelerate their progress. I met with some resistance, because Integration had
just started to succeed.
“And we needed a good way to interact with
professionals. That’s what we wanted from Arup.
“OpenText gave us a three-year window to sell
LiveLink technology into Arup. We plan to put Causeway Collaboration on the
desktop of every Arup customer,” said Brown.
“Since Arup and OpenText have their own offices
all over the world, Causeway will be able to take advantage of them; we won’t
have to open our own,” he continued.
Causeway (http://www.causeway-tech.com)
is 100 people strong in the
Our take: “Horses for courses,” they say in
2. THE LIST
We are surprised, but somewhat gratified, that
there are still no changes this week. Total companies: 234 (see who’s on The
List at http://www.extranetnews.com)
3. TIDBITS
* ProjectShare.com announces support for
Macintosh users. See http://www.projectshare.com.
* “AEC Intranet Cookbook”
now available from ZweigWhite, http://www.zweigwhite.com. We’ll review it as soon as we can.
* Have you checked out CADwire? Go to http://www.cadwire.net for a daily dose of
well-organized news, press releases, and commentary from Joel and his
associates in Cyon Research Corporation.
* “The best industry event in 20 years!” agreed
most attendees. REGISTER NOW: COFES 2002 - The Third Congress on the Future of
Engineering Software is scheduled for May 2-5 at the
* AIA Technology in Architectural Practice
Spring Conference: Six Degrees of Collaboration
See http://www.aia.org/pia/tap/conference/schedule.asp for details.
* The American Institute of Architects 2002
National Convention and Expo;
* Start planning to attend A/E/C SYSTEMS 2002,
4. QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Look for situations where extraordinary results
exist, but where no individual steps forth to claim credit. You will likely
find a [great] leader at work.”
- “Good to Great,” by Jim Collins, p.37