Category: News
Open source business and built environment news, updated daily.
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Kirklees Council Pilots OpenReferralUK on Nextcloud-Based Community Services Platform
Kirklees Metropolitan Council is piloting an open source community services directory built on Nextcloud and the OpenReferralUK data…
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Speckle Connector for IFC Gains Major Update Improving BIM Collaboration Workflows
Speckle, the open source data platform for architecture and engineering, has released version 2.21 featuring a substantially improved…
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DLUHC Mandates Open Standards for Digital Planning Software in New Procurement Guidance
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has updated its Digital Planning Programme procurement guidance to require…
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Odoo ERP Deployment Cuts Costs at Mid-Sized UK Construction Contractor
Midlands-based contractor Stepnell has completed a 14-month migration to Odoo 17 Community Edition, replacing a combination of Sage…
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QGIS 3.38 Adopted by Gloucestershire County Council for Highways Asset Management
Gloucestershire County Council has completed a full migration from Esri ArcGIS to QGIS 3.38 across its highways and…
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OpenStreetMap Foundation Launches UK Planning Data Integration Pilot with DLUHC
The OpenStreetMap Foundation has announced a pilot programme with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to…
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Blender Gains Traction in UK Architecture Firms as Visualisation Costs Rise
A survey by NBS has found that adoption of Blender for architectural visualisation among UK practices has risen…
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OpenProject Replaces Microsoft Project at Three NHS Integrated Care Boards
Three NHS Integrated Care Boards in the North West of England have standardised on OpenProject for capital programme…
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PostGIS 3.5 Released with Major Performance Gains for Large Raster Datasets
The OSGeo project has released PostGIS 3.5, delivering significant performance improvements for raster data processing and new support…
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Nextcloud Deployed Across London Borough of Hackney After Ransomware Recovery
The London Borough of Hackney has confirmed that Nextcloud Hub has been deployed as a core collaboration and…