Tech Deals: PlanGrid, Triax, United Equipment, more sign partnerships
Summary
In an effort to better serve their clients, tech firms in the construction space join forces to marry their niche solutions with other technologies to provide more comprehensive and interoperable tools. PlanGrid referred to integration of these devices and applications into its common platform as a bolstering of its “partner ecosystem,” claiming it “removes data silos” that clients would otherwise have to deal with. Avitru, the provider of AIA MasterSpec, an American Institute of Architects-associated building and construction specification resource, announced a partnership with Newforma in a statement last week. Bluebeam, a technology firm that specializes in the AEC industries, announced last week that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of privately held Project Atlas. Founded last year, Project Atlas is a digital mapping engine that uses geolocation instead of traditional folder structures to organize and visualize 2D plans and construction data.