Northgate Public Services has signed a seven-year contract with Leicester City Council to improve its housing IT systems. Northgate will work with the council to amalgamate all types of tenant and housing records into its database, ensuring that it has a more comprehensive view of its tenants and property stock, enabling it to operate in…
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Housing Management
Prioritising business intelligence in housing
The July edition of Housing Technology carried several articles exploring how large data sets are creating new opportunities based on the capacity to mine that information. Several important points emerged. First, the social housing sector is facing major challenges as new legislation creates a new financial landscape; second, housing providers collect large amounts of data…
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New 3D SiteMaster BIM software from Graebert
Graebert iSurvey has just launched a 3D version of its popular SIteMaster software for building information modelling. SiteMaster BIM 2013 enables users to create fully object-oriented 3D models using only a handheld laser distance meter. Furthermore, the 3D models and 2D representations can be exported in multiple formats so that architects and engineers can add…
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SDM’s housing software goes mobile
SDM Housing has introduced a range of free mobile apps for its housing customers to enable them to provide services on the move to their tenants. The apps provide mobile access through iPhones and android devices to SDM’s complete suite of housing management software. Clive Harris, chairman and CEO, SDM Housing, said, “We launched the…
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Orchard and ITPS extend partnership with £2m development
Orchard and ITPS, long-term partners in the housing sector, are extending their relationship as part of a £2 million ‘software as a service’ project, and leading to the creation of at least 50 new jobs in the North East of England. Orchard’s development project, codenamed Liberty, will transform its housing management software into a fully…
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Aareon, 1st Touch & Documotive plans at Mansfield Council
Mansfield District Council is in the middle of replacing its 30-year old Unix-based housing management system with an integrated solution from Aareon, 1st Touch and Documotive. The new system is scheduled to go live in April 2014. At the end of 2012, the council’s housing department employed Sector Group to help it with the procurement…
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