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This week we had a small celebration for our team and our other colleagues and friends in our building to mark two important events. The first is the launch of PlanSource FT – File Transfer our latest new technology solution for the construction industry. The second reason was to mark the achievement of 10 years of bringing practical and user friendly software to the construction industry.
We launched this company in 2000 just as the dot.com bubble was bursting. We had two customers and one product designed for construction association planrooms. Over the course of our 10 year journey we have grown to be an innovative leader in on demand construction software for construction professionals. Our client base has expanded to include Planroom Operators, General Contractors, Architectural firms, Developers as well as Public and Private Owners. We now have three distinct products that deliver effective solutions for a dozen different functional requirements for our clients. We’ve hosted documents and delivered services for well over 100,000 projects, have tens of thousands of people who have used our services and have delivered millions of pages of documents and project information online. We know all about being on the leading edge of the technology adoption curve and have successfully reached this 10 year milestone.
I hope you will forgive me for this very public celebration of our team’s accomplishments but I am very proud of the company we have built and the continuous practical innovation we have managed to bring to the industry. Our product development roadmap includes a number of exciting new innovations that will complement the core services we have already introduced. The evolution of online bid submission and the integration of technologies like BIM into everyday workflows offer tremendous opportunities for the future. I am excited with the direction the industry is moving and look forward to continuing to participate in building a better construction industry.
This past year has been a challenging one for many of our clients. Construction is truly a bellwether industry and the signs of the economic slowdown were felt across North America. We are in the fortunate position of seeing the level of activity occurring as it occurs in many parts of the country. There are exceptions but for the most part there was still work to be had .... but there is no doubt that the competition for it was intense. It is satisfying for us at Infinite Source to know that we helped our clients be as competitive as they could be and that their businesses and ours are both better for having worked together.
We see lots of reason for optimism and are very encouraged about what lies ahead for us and the construction industry next year. It is our heartfelt wish for all of our clients, colleagues and industry friends that you and your families have a very Merry Christmas and a healthy and prosperous 2010.
Welcome to our blog. We are really pleased to be launching this new initiative. There is an ever growing interest in the use of information technology to generate productivity and efficiencies in the construction industry. For that reason we felt it was time to create a place to share information and ideas on the topic.
Our company is focused on delivering efficiency and productivity in the area of project information and documentation but this blog will not be limited to discussion of only those issues. If there are IT solutions that contribute to betterment of the construction process we want to hear about them and share that information.
Our intention is to have an open conversation about topics of interest to the industry. We do not intend to edit or moderate the discussions here with the exception of inappropriate or intolerant language or threads. We look forward to hearing your contributions and collectively improving access to relevant information on this important topic.