Entries by Lesley Brigden

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Constructing our future: The Construction Industry beyond Covid-19

For many of us, the word ‘crisis’ takes us back 10 plus years ago when a financial crisis spread throughout the world. Today, we face a very different crisis. Many countries are employing a wide range of measures to keep people apart and limit the spread of a global pandemic, from social distancing to pressing […]

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Tekla Developer Award 2019 winner shares the secrets of their success

Introducing the 2019 winner Last year, the top award went to Paul Deckers from BIMcollab for a solution called BIMcollab BCF Manager. This is an integration for Tekla Structures and BIMcollab, an issue collaboration platform. The application adds cloud-based issue management capabilities to Tekla Structures, allowing users to create and modify issues and communicate them directly from within […]

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Bringing it all home with SketchUp

SketchUp is not just for Pros! It is the perfect weapon for Home-owners looking to renovate or build. Not only will it let you communicate like a Pro (so you get what you want) – but it will also save you thousands! Martin English is a Corporate Account Manager at BuildingPoint Australia. Based in Melbourne, […]

COVID-19

Uncertainty and risk.  Two words most of our customers seek to avoid.  Amidst all the news regarding COVID-19 and Coronavirus, we stand committed to being here for you and keeping our solutions available throughout these difficult times.  We are open for business. We’ve heard from some customers that they are also implementing work from home […]

HoloLens2, XR10 demo day brings the grins

Rork Projects’ Melbourne team were introduced to the Trimble XR10 and HoloLens2 when BuildingPoint Australia’s Fraser Wright conducted a demo for the team. Rork Projects is a national Indigenous accredited fit-out and refurbishment company, servicing the corporate and government sectors. Operating since 1997, it now has offices in Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Fraser explained […]

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No SketchUp? No thanks, says Field Office Architecture

[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Slider_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Life without SketchUp? No thanks, says Field Office Architecture, an award-winning practice based in Melbourne, Australia.   Established in 2014, the practice believes in the “beauty of simplicity and designing to the essential. In an ever-cluttered world, we help create well-crafted and affordable spaces for people that calm and restore”.  SketchUp has been part of the […]

Communication visions key for Studio Nine

Agility and flexibility are just two of the abilities SketchUp has helped deliver to a prominent architectural and interior design practice.  Studio Nine Architects, in the South Australian capital Adelaide, first adopted SketchUp into its workflow in 2014.  Previous to this, the firm was quite traditional with CAD and hand-drawing concept design workflows, until Associate Emma […]

Awareness helps unlock a new way to work

A builder and draftsman who was seeing the benefits of SketchUp in his operations has taken a giant step into the future with the adoption of Trimble technology into his business. Daniel Perrem, owner and operator of Daniel Perrem Building and Drafting based on the NSW South Coast, wasn’t initially aware that the same people […]

How we do business: A customer experience that can’t be matched

[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Providing you with the solutions to take your operations to a new level is just part of the picture for BuildingPoint Australia. Underlying everything we do is a peerless customer service system that means any issues you may have will be dealt with efficiently and as quickly as possible. Working in tandem with […]

On the road with a new dimension to IDEA StatiCa

BuildingPoint Australia and IDEA StatiCa are joining forces with the Australian Steel Institute for a five-city seminar series. During November, the ASI will host the seminar series ‘Finite Element Analysis of Steel Structures – Reducing Risk by Optimising Design’, presented by Vernon McKenzie, managing director of EnDuraSim. BuildingPoint Australia, as Technical Partner, will showcase the […]