Category: News
Open source business and built environment news, updated daily.
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Trimble Acquires Minority Stake in IfcOpenShell Foundation Amid BIM Interoperability Push
US survey and construction technology firm Trimble has taken a minority stake in the IfcOpenShell Foundation, the organisation…
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OSArch Community Releases Open BIM Template Library Built on BlenderBIM
The OSArch open source architecture community has published a freely licensed BIM template library for use with BlenderBIM,…
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Bristol City Council Migrates Planning Back-Office to Open Source Stack
Bristol City Council has completed a phased migration of its planning back-office systems to an open source stack…
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UK Local Authorities Urged to Adopt LibreOffice to Cut Microsoft Licensing Costs
The Local Government Association has published new guidance encouraging councils to assess LibreOffice as a viable alternative to…
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ERPNext Deployment at NHS Trust Highlights Open Source ERP Viability
A mid-sized NHS foundation trust in the East Midlands has gone live with ERPNext for procurement, inventory, and…
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QGIS 3.38 Released With Enhanced 3D Terrain and Point Cloud Tools
The QGIS project has released version 3.38, introducing significant improvements to 3D terrain rendering and point cloud classification…
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Blender Adopted by Architectural Visualisation Studios as Unreal Engine Costs Rise
A growing number of UK architectural visualisation practices are switching to Blender for real-time rendering workflows following Epic…
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Nextcloud Deployment Cuts Costs at Southwark Council After Microsoft 365 Review
Southwark London Borough Council has rolled out Nextcloud Hub as its primary internal document collaboration platform following a…
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MHCLG Backs Pilot Using Open Source PropTech Tools for Brownfield Land Mapping
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has announced funding for a pilot programme using open source…
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Leeds City Council Migrates Planning Portal to OpenStreetMap-Based Infrastructure
Leeds City Council has completed a phased migration of its public-facing planning application map viewer from a proprietary…