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5plus architects is a creative, award-winning design studio operating as one practice across offices in London and Manchester. They deliver the core...

Claire Donnelly, Shift Engineer at Tideway London, joins us in episode 48 of the ‘Changing Construction’ podcast, the podcast designed to help people...

The UK Government’s sentiments towards the state of the Construction industry offer a stark warning to firms in the sector. In July 2019, a policy...

The ongoing pandemic forced many organisations to fast-track technologies that enabled fully remote workforces and new ways of working. But business...

Brian Ringley, Construction Technology Manager at Boston Dynamics joins us for episode 47 of the ‘Changing Construction’ podcast, the podcast...

Holland Basham is an architecture and interior design firm that was founded in Omaha, NE, in 1989 before opening a second office in Denver, CO, in...

Michaela Wain, Founder and Managing Director at Framework Marketing, joins us in episode 46 of the ‘Changing Construction’ podcast, the podcast...

Communication breakdown has been a silent killer for some of the world’s biggest companies in recent years. Swedish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia...

Richard Davis, Director at Kier, and Richard Dickins, Managing Director at Social Value Business, join us in episode 45 of the ‘Changing...

Jim Heverin, Director at Zaha Hadid Architects, joins us for episode 44 of the ‘Changing Construction’ podcast, the podcast designed to help people...

UN Architecture is an architectural firm in Montreal, which was founded in 1980. The firm distinguishes itself by its experience in multifunctional...

Graham Brown, Partner at Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, joins us for episode 43 of the ‘Changing Construction’ podcast, the podcast designed to help...

Email is commonly recognised as one of the most important, most widely used business and communication tools. Despite ongoing rumours of its death,...

We are delighted to announce the Mail Manager integration with Procore, a leading Construction management platform across the built environment ...

Clive Bortz, Regional CIO of Arup Australasia & East Asia, joins us again for our latest Q&A to provide an update on the Arup Australasia tech agenda...

Tom Arbuthnot, Microsoft MVP and Principal Solutions Architect at Microsoft Collaboration specialists Modality Systems, joins us for episode 42 of...

The business and technology priorities of the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry have shifted dramatically in the last 12...

Remote working has seen a massive spike over the last 12 months with people all over the world suddenly working from home. However, the trend has...

Grace Marshall, Head Coach, Chief Encourager, Productivity Ninja, and Author of How to be Really Productive joins us for episode 41 of the ‘Changing...

Ask yourself this: How do you (and your business) manage commercially sensitive information spread across inboxes? For most of the people we speak...

We are delighted to have John DiCamillo join us from the Arup Americas Region us for our latest Q&A. John is CIO of the Arup Americas Region and has...

Roger Platt, Senior Vice President, U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), joins us for episode 40 of the ‘Changing Construction’ podcast, the podcast...

Robert Bird Group is an engineering and consulting firm focused on structural engineering, civil engineering, construction engineering, geotechnical...

Anthony Fasano, Trainer, Author, Speaker at Engineering Management Institute, joins us for episode 39 of the ‘Changing Construction’ podcast, the...

Are you one of the hundreds of people we speak to every day who came back post-Christmas to an overflowing, unmanageable inbox? It's hard to know...

Salla Eckhardt, Director of Transformation Services at Microsoft, joins us for episode 38 of the ‘Changing Construction’ podcast, the podcast...

Mail Manager research finds 32% of employees spend nearly one working day per week managing inboxes Email remains easily the most-used and most...

The enforced remote working requirement of the ongoing pandemic has further heightened the risk of poor document management faced by many financial...

2020 has undoubtedly been a year that will never be forgotten, for all the wrong reasons. In March, when the company, like others, quickly adopted...

Combe Pearson Reynolds Consulting Engineers (CPR Engineers) is a structural and civil engineering design firm that covers all phases of a project,...

Maura Nevel Thomas, Trainer, Author, Speaker at Regain Your Time, joins us for episode 37 of the ‘Changing Construction’ podcast, the podcast...

More than 250 years ago, Benjamin Franklin proclaimed “remember that time is money” in an essay entitled Advice to a Young Tradesman. The United...

Many businesses adopt Mail Manager, having had years of staff never filing their emails beyond keeping them in their inbox. Costs for storing emails...

People complaining about email is about as common as gripes with the weather and bad customer service. In short, it’s an ongoing issue that consumes...

Jackson Rowe, founded in 1989, have professional construction experts that provide specialised services at all stages of projects and commissions,...

HollandGreen is a residential architectural, interior design and landscape design firm that aims to transform peoples’ lives by creating wonderful...

The increasing volume of data that financial firms hold is making it difficult for them to control information and ensure sensitive correspondence is...

Managing email effectively is crucial to ensuring documents are located in the correct place that’s easy for anyone with the right access levels to...

David Frise, Group Chief Executive Officer at Building Engineering Services Association, joins us for episode 36 of the ‘Changing Construction’...

Email overload, information visibility and data loss are major problems afflicting businesses of all sizes all over the world. And all of these...

Nigel Ostime, Partner at Hawkins/Brown Architects, joins us for episode 35 of the ‘Changing Construction’ podcast, the podcast designed to help...

Human resources are typically one of the departments that receive the highest volume of email in any business. However, HR’s email overload is only...

Ian Small, Innovation Champion at AECOM joins us for episode 34 of the ‘Changing Construction’ podcast, the podcast designed to help people in...

Managing an out of control email inbox is a task that nobody wants to do but, at some point in time, has set aside a few hours from their schedule to...

Single Destination Engineering, based in South Africa and Botswana, is a dynamic, innovative engineering consulting and design firm providing a broad...

There are few work tasks quite as self-satisfying as clearing out all the junk and years-old correspondences to achieve the holy grail of an empty...

This guide has been written for you if you’re on Office 365, but are only really using it for hosting your email and more recently MS-Teams. You...

The old adage “learn from your past, don’t live in it” very much rings true to the modern construction industry. The move into the digital age has...

Spectrum Engineers is an engineering company based in Utah, United States with over 135 employees. They provide integrated mechanical, electrical,...

Nissa Dann, Principal Digital Operations Coordinator at Hoare Lea, joins us for episode 33 of the ‘Changing Construction’ podcast, the podcast...

In response to our growth in APAC, Mail Manager is now integrated and being deployed to many Total Synergy clients.   Synergy is a leading business...

Jacqueline Rohrmann, BIM Manager at Tesla and Founder of the That BIM Girl YouTube channel joins us for episode 32 of the ‘Changing Construction’...

The project management office (PMO) of any organisation is well accustomed to being asked to deliver more within shorter time frames. That’s because...

One of the key questions to answer prior to implementing any new technology is why are we doing this? And who is it helping? What this often comes...

Severud Associates was founded 90 years ago in New York. They are an engineering firm recognised by their innovative structural designs for complex...

Over 100 businesses in the built environment have implemented Mail Manager in the last 3 months and one of the common queries that comes up is,...

In the face of uncertain times, the importance of good productivity levels and business management tools that enhance project deliverability has...

Following the successful launch of Mail Manager Version 10, the updated 10.1 means connecting email to even more of your business system. Mail...

Jaimie Johnston, Board Director, Head of Global Systems at Bryden Wood, joins us for episode 31 of the ‘Changing Construction’ podcast, the podcast...

Diversity and inclusion have come a long way in the construction industry in recent years, but there’s still plenty of work required to make it an...

Simon Evans, Delivery Team Lead, National Digital Twin Programme and Associate Director at Arup, joins us for episode 30 of the ‘Changing...

Sharon Slinger, Director at Constructing Rainbows joins us for episode 29 of the ‘Changing Construction’ podcast, the podcast designed to help people...

Suibhne Cullen, Director of Digital Delivery at Mott MacDonald in the Asia Pacific Region, joins us for episode 28 of the ‘Changing Construction’...

Organisations across the AEC industry have swiftly learned how important technology is to their processes over the last few months. Importantly, most...

Legal disputes are a particularly hot topic for the construction industry in the current climate, which makes it more important than ever to be as...

The concept of remote working has long been touted as the future of work. But now, with many people working from home for the first time, the...

In episode 27 of the ‘Changing Construction’ podcast, the podcast designed to help people in Construction address the big challenges they face and...

Amanda McKay joins us for episode 26 of the ‘Changing Construction’ podcast, the podcast designed to help people in Construction address the big...

Episode 25 of the ‘Changing Construction’ podcast, the podcast designed to help people in Construction address the big challenges they face and...

Dix.Hite + Partners, Inc. is an award-winning landscape architecture firm providing high-quality, professional design services throughout the...

Episode 24 of the ‘Changing Construction’ podcast, the podcast designed to help people in Construction address the big challenges they face and...

In Episode 23 of the ‘Changing Construction’ podcast, the podcast designed to help people in Construction address the big challenges they face and...

GeoMind is one of Sweden's leading consulting companies in geotechnology and foundations. With a team that combines high technical expertise and many...

In episode 22 of the ‘Changing Construction’ podcast, the podcast designed to help people in Construction address the big challenges they face and...

Projects can easily be affected or delayed by amendments and scope changes at the best of times. But in these uncertain times surrounding the...

Episode 21 of the ‘Changing Construction’ podcast, the podcast designed to help people in Construction address the big challenges they face and...

Mawson Collins is a qualified RICS regulated property practice. The 14-person team, based in Guernsey, are commercial and residential property...

In part five of our 'Road to Recovery' podcast series, Saul Humphrey, Partner at Saul D Humphrey LLP and Chair of New Anglia LEP’s Building Growth,...

Gavin Crump, Owner and BIM Consultant, BIM Guru, joins us to discuss his experiences in the industry, the challenges we face when it comes to...

In part four of our 'Road to Recovery' podcast series, Adrian Hill, Acting Deputy Managing Director of SCAPE frameworks, joins us to talk about what...

Businesses are increasingly adapting to new ways of working as they manage remote workforces comprised of many people working from home for the first...

In part three of our 'Road to Recovery' podcast series, we are joined by Casey Rutland, UK Director of Digital at Royal HaskoningDHV, to chat about...

In part two of our 'Road to Recovery' podcast series, Ann Bentley, Global Board Director at Rider Levett Bucknall and member of the UK Government’s...

Matt Bennion, Chairman at Reds10, joins us for episode 15 of the 'Changing Construction' podcast to talk about growing through lockdown and preparing...

We are delighted to have Clive Bortz join us from Arup Australasia & East Asia for our latest Q&A. Clive is CIO of Arup Australasia & East Asia has...

In episode 14 of the 'Changing Construction' podcast, we are joined by Digital Business Strategist & Technologist, Jeames Hanley, who shares his...

We’re really excited to announce the release of Mail Manager Version 10, packed full of features to help our clients work smarter and support their...

We’ve always been immensely proud of our work in the Asia Pacific region, starting as early when Arup first came to Australia in 1963 to undertake...

The working world has faced a seismic shift in traditional approaches to office life and the way we manage processes, tasks, projects, customers, and...

In episode 13 of the 'Changing Construction' podcast, we are joined by Najma Dunnett, Senior Associate Legal Counsel at Hoare Lea. We discuss the...

Risk and regulation compliance are even more important to Financial Services organisations than those in most other industries. But employees’...

In episode 12 of the 'Changing Construction' podcast, Paul Johnstone, the founder of 4S Bid Limited, a full-service tender bid consultancy...

Ten years ago, the idea of talking to a computer would be considered madness. Yet here we are in a new decade fully reliant on voice assistants like...

As a quickly expanding SaaS company, like most others, we’ve had to quickly transition from our regular way of working to ensure our teams can work...

Email is a proven cause of stress in - and, for that matter, out of - the workplace. Talk to any of your colleagues and they will say they get too...

AEC project management report: Global leadership research reveals the ‘why’ of projects is in your inbox but the ‘information chasm’ creates a...

Senior lawyer Kjersti Lerkerod joins us in episode 11 of the 'Changing Construction' podcast to chat about the impact coronavirus is having on...

Employee engagement and personal productivity consultant Jo Dodds joins us for episode 10 of the 'Changing Construction' podcast. We discuss how...

As volumes of data spiral to unparalleled, unmanageable levels, it becomes increasingly important for businesses to have access to the information...

Although there are many new methods of communication, it would be incorrect to say that email technology is not an essential part of the operations...

An independent review into the Grenfell tragedy, in June 2017, called for a “golden thread of information” to extend fire safety best practice beyond...

We are joined by Dame Judith Hackitt for episode 9 of the ‘Changing Construction’ podcast, the podcast designed to help people in Construction...

If you were given a choice between two different boat drivers (helmsmen) to take you on a cruise, one with a license, one without, who will you...

In episode 8 of the ‘Changing Construction’ podcast, the podcast designed to help people in Construction address the big challenges they face and...

In episode 7 of the ‘Changing Construction’ podcast, the podcast designed to help people in Construction address the big challenges they face and...

It's pretty damning that a third of construction projects start without a contract in place. That's leaving businesses open to risk, but there are...

Do you spend hours each week filing emails? And is the filing of emails key to project information management? We believe this process shouldn’t be...

Episode 6 of the ‘Changing Construction’ podcast, the podcast designed to help people in Construction address the big challenges they face and...

If you haven’t heard yet, we are hosting a webinar on the 19th of February to help you and your company prevent and win disputes, with valuables tips...

Welcome to episode 5 of the ‘Changing Construction As We Know It’ podcast, the podcast designed to help people in Construction address the big...

McLaughlin & Harvey, a leading construction and civil engineering contractor in the UK and Ireland, with offices in Belfast, Glasgow, London,...

Administrative tasks routinely rank among the most disliked jobs that people do in both their working and personal lives. Furthermore, some of the...

Way back in 2007, a guest blog in the July/August issue of Fast Company proclaimed “Email is dead” and even proclaimed RSS feeds would come to...

Back in 2014, businesses’ poor communication levels led a Forbes contributor to suggest such drastic measures as slashing emails by 90% and banning...

Welcome to the next episode of the ‘Changing Construction As We Know It’ podcast, the podcast designed to help people in Construction address the big...

History has repeatedly proven that necessity will drive changes that swiftly become the accepted norm. Twenty years ago, for example, most homes...

Welcome to the next episode of the ‘Changing Construction As We Know It’ podcast, the podcast designed to help people in Construction address the big...

We all know that person who has 45,000+ unread emails. Or, maybe it’s you. According toRadicati's Email Statistics Report, employees sent and...

Over 269 billion emails  were sent and received each day in 2017 alone. This figure is expected to increase to over 333 billion daily emails by 2022....

Welcome to episode 2 of the ‘Changing Construction As We Know It’ podcast, the podcast designed to help people in Construction address the big...

We’re delighted to announce the first episode of our new podcast, ‘Changing Construction As We Know It’. Hosted by Jacob Wardrop and Chris Smith, the...

As with every technology solution, our customers want to know how they can actually use the solution to address their challenges and pain points. We...

Frustrated by Public Folders? You aren’t alone. We hear this all the time. Yes, Outlook is the go-to email platform for most businesses, however, it...

When it comes to email management, your challenges can be addressed with just a small few tweaks that result in big gains. The question is - what...

We hear it all the time - why should I bother doing a free software trial and how can I measure its success? It’s a good question. Too often,...

Robert Bird Group, the privately-owned global consulting engineering firm, with over 650 staff across more than 11 global offices, is the latest...

Three of the main problems faced by businesses in the Oil & Gas industry are improving collaboration, developing a high performing culture and ...

If you are a project-based business, email is probably a critical part of how you operate In fact, for most project-based businesses, email is the...

Following the Grenfell disaster, there has been a push for a “golden thread” of information about building design and maintenance to improve safety....

After the British ambassador to the US, Kim Darroch, lost his job as a result of information leaks, the emphasis on email management is back on the...

Faith Wainwright is a Director of Arup and a leader of Arup University. Faith manages the backbone of technical excellence in Arup - the Skills...

Despite the emergence of new communications tools like Slack and Microsoft Teams, email remains critical in the modern organisation. Not only is it...

Agile appointed as first African reseller for Mail Manager. Mail Manager is delighted to announce its latest move to continue international...

"Mail Manager is transforming our business. I can't imagine going back to filing and searching with Outlook again. We have been looking for a simple...

The average professional spends 28% of the work day reading and answering email, according to a McKinsey analysis. Most professionals have resorted...

We are delighted to announce that Mail Manager now integrates with Viewpoint for Projects!  Email is a large part of contractors’ communication and...