Arup Selects Aconex for New York City’s Hunter’s Point South Development
MEDIA RELEASE PR35099
NEW YORK, N.Y., June 17 /Medianet International-AsiaNet/ --
Technology firm Aconex has been selected by international engineering and design consultancy Arup to
provide its online collaboration system to the Hunter’s Point South development in Long Island City, Queens.
Aconex will be used to manage information and link organizations involved in the infrastructure works of the
project, which will be New York’s largest affordable housing development for 30 years.
Hunter’s Point South will be a mixed-use development situated on 30 acres of prime waterfront property.
Due to be built over a ten year period, the project will include the construction of 5,000 housing units, 60 per
cent of which will be affordable to middle-income families, as well as retail space, community facilities, an
intermediate school and high school, and an 11 acre waterfront park.
Aconex will provide its web-based system for managing project information such as drawings, documents
and correspondence. By using the system, Arup and its project partners will be able to view, distribute and
track their information in real time through one secure, central platform.
Tom Jost, Arup Project Manager, said: “Hunter’s Point South is a large and complex development and our
package will require extensive collaboration between a number of agencies, stakeholders and project
members. Effective sharing and tracking of information is an integral part of this and Aconex will allow us to
access our documents and correspondence anytime, anywhere, from one single login.”
Leigh Jasper, Aconex Chief Executive Officer, added: “On a development of this scale, project participants
will typically generate thousands of documents and mail items each month. As a result, parties are exposed to
a number of information-related risks, such as lost documents, miscommunication and disputes over what has
been committed to. Aconex mitigates these risks by providing a complete, easily-searchable archive of project
data and an audit trail that records ‘who did what and when’”
Aconex, www.aconex.com, is the world’s largest provider of online collaboration solutions to the
construction and engineering industries. From its 37 offices worldwide, the company services US$210 billion
worth of projects across 65 countries. Its clients include AECOM, Arcadis, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Las Vegas
Sands and McDonald’s Restaurants.
Arup, www.arup.com, is a global firm of designers, engineers, planners and business consultants who
provide a range of professional services to clients worldwide. Arup has three main global business areas –
buildings, infrastructure and consulting – and employs over 10,000 staff in more than 90 offices in 37
countries.
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MEDIA CONTACT: Daniel Marinelli,
Aconex Marketing Communications,
dmarinelli@aconex.com,
tel: +61 3 9240 0200, or
fax: +61 3 9240 0299,
SOURCE: Aconex
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