Exclusive: Nottingham-based project information firm snapped by American giant

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US-based project software firm Deltek has bought UK counterpart Union Square, 好色先生TV can reveal.

Nottingham-based Union Square is a project management software company which provides products allowing firms to collaborate on project information including contacts, emails, drawings and documents.

Union Square is used by architects, consultants and contractors including Zaha Hadid Architects, Rider Levett Bucknall, RPS and VolkerWessels UK.

The firm鈥檚 head office is in Nottingham, but it also has offices across the world in Stockholm, Sydney and Vancouver.

Deltek, the global market leader in construction and project-based software, has acquired Union Square as part of its worldwide expansion plans. Deltek鈥檚 software is used by more than 12,000 engineering and consultancy firms around the world.

Based in Virginia in the United States, the firm has acquired several American software firms in the last few years, but also has a significant European presence with offices in cities including London, Frankfurt, Copenhagen and Oslo.

Deltek said its latest acquisition means it will be able to record 鈥渁ll activities and transactions around winning and managing projects鈥, and will also be the 鈥渃entre for all information generated throughout the project management process.鈥

Explaining the acquisition, Deltek CEO and president Mike Corkery said: 鈥淲e acquired Union Square to meet the acute needs of architecture, engineering and construction firms to organise the many emails, documents, drawings and other artefacts that are produced in the course of successfully delivering a project.鈥

Union Square managing director Richard Vincent said his firm is 鈥渢hrilled鈥 to become part of Deltek.

He added: 鈥淥ur two companies share a common focus, a common culture, and a deep knowledge of what it takes for [architecture, engineering and construction] firms to be successful. That鈥檚 the foundation for a bright future as we come together.鈥