Category: News
Open source business and built environment news, updated daily.
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PostgreSQL and PostGIS Form Backbone of Scottish Digital Twin Pilot
Architecture and engineering consultancy Jacobs, working with Ordnance Survey and the Scottish Future Trust, has confirmed that its…
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Nextcloud Deployed Across Three London Boroughs in Shared Services Deal
Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, and Westminster City Council have jointly deployed Nextcloud Hub 7 as part…
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Blender Gains Traction in UK Architecture Practices as Visualisation Costs Fall
A survey by the Architects Journal has found that nearly one in five UK architecture practices now use…
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OpenProject Replaces Microsoft Project at Major UK Infrastructure Contractor
Kier Group has completed a phased rollout of OpenProject across its infrastructure division, replacing Microsoft Project for approximately…
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QGIS 3.38 Adoption Grows Among English County Councils Replacing Esri Licences
A growing number of English county councils, including Norfolk and Derbyshire, are completing migrations from Esri ArcGIS to…
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OpenStreetMap Data Powers New Statutory Planning Consultation Tool for DLUHC
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has quietly launched a beta planning consultation layer built on…
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OpenProject gains traction among UK construction firms managing BIM workflows
Open source project management platform OpenProject is seeing growing adoption among mid-tier UK construction firms seeking alternatives to…
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ODI report urges UK councils to adopt open standards for digital land data
The Open Data Institute has published a new report calling on UK local planning authorities to adopt open…
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FreeCAD 1.0 milestone release draws attention from architecture and engineering sector
The long-anticipated FreeCAD 1.0 stable release has been published, marking a significant maturity milestone for the open source…
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Lincolnshire County Council deploys ERPNext to replace legacy finance system
Lincolnshire County Council has gone live with an ERPNext-based finance and procurement system following an eighteen-month implementation led…