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Aconex

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Aconex provides online collaboration solutions for project information management in the construction, infrastructure, power, mining, and oil and gas industries. These solutions employ Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), mobile and big data technologies.

When Aconex was founded in 2000, construction was one of the few industries that still relied on paper for the exchange of project information. Then, as now, capital projects generated thousands of documents and items of correspondence to be shared and managed among hundreds of project team members, often in different geographic regions.

Multiparty project information management using email, spreadsheets, FTP sites, and generic file sharing software tends to be time-consuming, prone to human error, lacking in security, and unauditable. The result is increased project delivery risk leading to schedule delays, cost overruns and even disputes.

The Aconex platform was developed as a solution for document management on construction projects, leveraging the power of the internet to streamline communications, improve collaboration and mitigate risk. The platform was designed in consultation with industry professionals to reflect industry best practices for process control and information management. The company emphasized client adoption, service and support to ensure that users learned the system quickly and selected it for other projects.

Since then, the Aconex platform has become the most widely used online project collaboration solution in its target markets, with a total of 300,000 users to date. The company has served more than 12,000 projects, valued at $700 billion, in over 70 countries, on landmark developments throughout Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, North and South America, Australia, and New Zealand.

Aconex clients include nine of the world’s top ten engineering procurement and construction (EPC/EPCM) firms, 23 of the 25 largest global design firms, and nearly all Fortune 500 construction and engineering firms.

Recent Milestones

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  Aconex acquired Grazer Pty. Ltd.. (6/5/12)
  Posted 4/1/13 at 8:15am
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  Aconex added Stephen Recht as Chief Financial Officer. (1/1/12)
  Posted 3/25/13 at 11:07am
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  Aconex received $85M in Venture Round funding. (9/23/08)
  Posted 12/21/08 at 9:26pm via thealarmclock.com
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  Aconex added Chris Dobbyn as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development. (1/1/08)
  Posted 3/25/13 at 11:07am
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  Aconex added Paul Perrett as Chief Operating Officer. (1/1/07)
  Posted 3/25/13 at 11:07am
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  Aconex added Dr. David Chatterton as Chief Technology Officer. (1/1/07)
  Posted 3/25/13 at 11:07am
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  Aconex added Leigh Jasper as Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder. (1/1/00)
  Posted 3/25/13 at 11:07am
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  Aconex added Robert Phillpot as Senior Vice President, Product, and Co-Founder. (1/1/00)
  Posted 3/25/13 at 11:07am
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  Aconex added Martin Hosking as Chairman.
  Posted 12/21/08 at 9:26pm
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  Aconex added Ezra Perlman as Partner.
  Posted 12/21/08 at 9:26pm

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Above: Aconex Field on iPad
Uploaded: 4/1/13

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1. Extending Data to Operations [edit]
2. Down Unda's Aconex Raises $85M For Construction Software (thealarmclock.com) [edit]