Image Courtesy Trimble The ProjectSight iPad app allows for RFIs, check lists and other field management tasks to be performed and synchronized in a shared, cloud-based environment. Related Links: Trimble ProjectSight Expanding its offerings for mobile devices, Trimble has introduced ProjectSight, a subscription-based project-management software app for iPads.At a base cost of $20 per user per month, ProjectSight covers common field tasks, including RFIs, check lists and punch lists. In addition to paid users, the app allows for an unlimited number of free "collaborator" users on each job.The difference is that only paid users can create new tasks. Collaborators can

Photo by Jeff Rubenstone/ENR SketchUp product manager John Bacus demonstrates the 3D tool's new features at Trimble Dimensions. Related Links: Trimble Acquires Gehry Technologies, Forms Alliance With Frank Gehry Trimble Steps Into Facilities Management With Manhattan Software Acquisition The latest version of the '3D modeling for everyone' application SketchUp was demonstrated at the Trimble Dimensions conference held in Las Vegas November 3 to 5. In addition to a few notable improvements under the hood, the latest version of the popular 3D design tool is compatible with Trimble Connect, Trimble's cloud-based platform which can share design files across a range of

Photo by Jeff Rubenstone / ENR Trimble demonstrated its GPS and laser-based solutions for heavy-civil construction. Related Links: Trimble Acquires Gehry Technologies, Will Form Strategic Alliance With Frank Gehry Trimble Steps Into Facilities Management With Manhattan Software Acquisition Following several major acquisitions, Trimble unveiled a new cloud-based interoperability platform for its design, build and operation tools. The core of the new suite is Trimble Connect, an online collaborative platform based on the GTeam software developed by Gehry Technologies, which it acquired recently.The cloud-based Connect acts as a bridge between Trimble offerings, including SketchUp, Tekla, Prolog, Vico, Manhattan Atrium and Field

Image Courtesy Gehry Technologies Gehry Technologies' GTeam platform allows for online collaboration on BIM design documents. Image Courtesy Gehry Technologies Gehry Technologies' Digital Project is a BIM design and management suite. Related Links: Trimble Steps Into Facilities Management With Manhattan Software Acquisition Trimble Buys Crane-Safety Instrumentation Company Show Me the Money: 5D-Cost Estimating Tools Taking Off Gehry Forms Alliance of Architects To Promote Technological Integration Gehry Tech Launches Latest BIM Collaboration Tool Q&A: Over the Horizon with Dennis Shelden, Gehry Technologies In the latest of a string of high-profile acquisitions, Trimble, Sunnyvale, Calif., announced Sept. 8 it has acquired Los

Related Links: Trimble Steps Into Facilities Management With Manhattan Software Acquisition Wireless Load Monitors Boost Crane Safety Trimble's construction technology vice president cites a growing crane market as a reason behind its Aug. 21 purchase of Load Systems International Inc., Quebec City, Canada, a crane-safety instrumentation firm."In a world that has experienced scores of major crane accidents in recent years and thousands of smaller incidents that hold up construction projects, LSI's crane-avoidance and load-management solutions certainly match Trimble's focus," says Bryn Fosburgh, Trimble vice president of construction technology. Fosburgh would not comment on the cost of the acquisition.Fosburgh says that,