Aconex technology for Hunter's Point South housing

Aconex has been selected by Arup to provide its online collaboration system to the Hunter's Point South development, New York's largest affordable housing development for 30 years.

Technology firm Aconex has been selected by Arup, the international engineering and design consultancy, to manage information and link organizations involved in the infrastructure works of the project in Long Island City, Queens.

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 is the world's largest provider of online collaboration solutions to the construction and engineering industries.

From its 35 offices worldwide, the company services USD210 billion worth of projects across 65 countries.

Its clients include AECOM, Arcadis, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Las Vegas Sands and McDonald's Restaurants.

Arup 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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