Category: News
Open source business and built environment news, updated daily.
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Nextcloud Chosen by Southwark Council for Secure Document Collaboration
Southwark London Borough Council has signed a three-year contract to deploy Nextcloud Hub as its primary document collaboration…
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OSArch Community Releases Open IFC Library for Structural Timber Components
The OSArch open source architecture community has published a freely licensed IFC component library covering cross-laminated timber and…
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UK Planning Inspectorate Pilots GeoServer for Appeals Geodata Publishing
The Planning Inspectorate in England is piloting GeoServer to publish geospatial datasets related to major infrastructure and recovered…
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Odoo ERP Gains Traction Among Mid-Sized UK Construction Firms
Several mid-sized UK construction contractors, including Stepnell Ltd and Kinnaird Group, have adopted Odoo 17 as an alternative…
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Nextcloud Deployment Cuts Collaboration Costs at Homes England Agency
Homes England, the government’s housing and regeneration agency, has rolled out Nextcloud Hub across its project delivery teams…
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OpenBIM Consortium Backs IFC-Based Open Standard for UK Infrastructure Projects
The OpenBIM Consortium has formally endorsed the adoption of IFC Rail and IFC Road open standards for publicly…
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Planning Inspectorate Trials GeoServer for Public Examination Data Portal
The Planning Inspectorate in England has begun a pilot deployment of GeoServer and GeoNode to underpin a new…
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PostGIS Adoption Growing Among UK Water Utilities for Asset Management
A new survey by the Water Industry Forum reveals that adoption of PostGIS for spatial asset management has…
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QGIS 3.38 Released With Enhanced 3D Terrain Tools for Urban Planners
The QGIS project has released version 3.38, introducing significantly improved 3D terrain visualisation and point cloud processing capabilities…
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Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Migrates Finance to Apache OFBiz
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council has completed a phased migration of its core financial management processes to an Apache…