Think Project, CMCS partner

Dubai-based 'Think Project Middle East', provider of German online collaboration solutions, has partnered with Collaboration, Management and Control Solutions (CMCS) in order to meet the growing demand for online collaboration tools in the construction sector, states AME Info.

The move will enable CMCS to become an authorised business partner of Think Project in the region, while complementing its steady expansion of construction and real estate software portfolio.

Think Project is an online collaboration and document control solution incorporating functions in the area of document management and related workflows.

All 17 members of staff of the Urban Development Corporation's (UDC) project management department were sent home, in what the state-run entity blamed on 'ongoing restructuring', reports Jamaica Observer.

The UDC said the staff cuts were based on a recommendation from auditing firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers, which has been conducting an audit of its operations.

UDC chairman Wayne Chen said the "restructuring" would serve to "make the entity more efficient". According to Chen, the discharge of the entire department was "nothing uncommon", and the work of the UDC would not be impaired in any way because of the absence of the entire project team; at least "not in the short term".

OnSight, a technology company focused on project productivity performance software for the construction industry, has unveiled its Web-based product offering, ZoomPMC, says Reuters.

The product allows customers to capture relevant job-site data and then track labour and materials consumption against a budget and a project timeline.

According to OnSight, ZoomPMC uses the best technology to capture various job-site data points via an easy to use interface installed on a smartphone, allowing users to 'zoom-in' on job-site information. This information has a direct impact on production and includes data related to labour and tasks, change orders, delay types, and materials and equipment usage.