Aconex

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Aconex Limited
Company typePublic
Industry Computer software
Founded Melbourne (2000)
Headquarters
Melbourne, Australia
Key people
Leigh Jasper, CEO and co-founder
Robert Phillpot, SVP and co-founder
ProductsAconex Platform, Aconex Connected BIM, Aconex Field, Aconex Handover
Revenue$123.4m AUD (2016) [1]
Website Aconex

Aconex Limited (ASX: ACX) was an ASX 200 listed public Australian company providing mobile and web-based collaboration technologies for project information and process management (also sometimes described as project management or project extranet systems), on a software as a service (SaaS) basis, to clients in the construction, infrastructure, power, mining, and oil and gas sectors.

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On 17 December 2017, Oracle Corporation agreed to purchase Aconex in a deal valuing the business at A$7.80 per share (US$1.19 billion). [2] [3]  Shareholders approved the takeover bid on 14 March 2018; Supreme Court of Victoria approval was granted on Thursday, 15 March 2018. [4] Oracle now offers Aconex solutions via its Oracle Aconex platform. [5]

History

Aconex was founded in 2000 by Leigh Jasper and Robert Phillpot to offer construction collaboration and procurement management services (its name is a concatenation of Australian Construction Exchange). [6] However, due to low market interest in web-based procurement, it focused on expanding its online collaboration services, growing domestic revenue rapidly during the first half of the 2000s.

By late 2004, Aconex had established a presence in the UK market, [6] and was expanding into other regions, including Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Its overseas activity helped it win the 'Emerging Exporter' award in the 2006 Australian Export Awards. [7]

In September 2008, Aconex secured an A$107.5m private equity investment from US-based technology investor Francisco Partners. [8] [9] It has since established a substantial presence in North America.

By 2014, Aconex had served construction and engineering projects with an aggregate value of more than A$800 billion, across all major geographic markets, from more than 40 offices worldwide. [10]

The company completed its initial public offering (IPO) of ordinary shares on December 9, 2014 and was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) under the ticker code ACX. [11]

In August 2015, Aconex purchased the Incite Keystone platform from CIMIC group. [12]

In March 2016, Aconex acquired the Germany-based Conject Holding GmbH for A$96m. [13]

On 17 December 2017, Oracle bought Aconex for AUD 7.80 per share in cash. [14]

Products / services

Aconex services include: [15]

In 2011, the company launched an online bidding network, branded BidContender. [16] In 2011 and 2012, the company launched Aconex Mobile - mobile applications (iPhone and iPad) for access to the Aconex online collaboration platform. [17] In 2012, the company launched Aconex Field - a mobile field inspection and issues management solution for the iPhone and iPad, [18] and an Android version followed in 2013. Also in 2013, the company launched Aconex Smart Manuals - a collaboration solution for the post-construction handover of digital operation and maintenance (O&M) manuals. [19] In 2014, the company launched Aconex Connected BIM - an extension of the Aconex platform for BIM project collaboration [20] - and Aconex Handover - a suite of post-construction handover solutions that includes Smart Manuals and Dynamic Manuals, a mobile solution for asset information management. [21]

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