We help the world build better​

We are global leaders in delivering essential data-driven insights, shaping the places where people live, work and play. 

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You might have known us as BuildCentral (est. 2000), but we’ve evolved. Now part of the global Hubexo network, we’re redefining how the construction industry connects, transforms, and grows. Powered by data, driven by innovation, and built for the future—our intelligent solutions empower our customers to maximise sales, streamline operations and build
more sustainably.

 

Founded in Sweden in 1936, Hubexo —formerly Byggfakta Group—specialises in project information, product information, specification, market intelligence, and eTendering. Hubexo operates in 25 countries across five key regions: Asia Pacific, North East Europe, North America, United Kingdom & Ireland, and West Europe.

 

Hubexo is owned by a private equity consortium of Stirling Square Capital Partners, TA Associates and Macquarie Capital. Dario Aganovic was appointed CEO in 2022.

Hubexo North America at a glance

100+

Years of experience

7

Software solutions

770

Team members

  • “With integrity at our core, we empower construction professionals by combining their expertise and proprietary data with our century of experience. We provide actionable insights into the shape, size, and direction of the built environment – helping you stay ahead, win more projects, and build with confidence.”

    Kyle R. Camp, President, Hubexo North America
    Kyle R. Camp, President, Hubexo North America

Our journey

Hello World

 

Ideated and developed by two brothers in a college business incubator, the business that would soon become BuildCentral begins capturing and selling information on construction projects.

ConstructionWire is Here!

 

BuildCentral launches ConstructionWire, an online portal to access planned construction opportunities and share electronic newsletters detailing significant construction projects.

Welcome to the Windy City!

 

BuildCentral relocates from the Boston area to what remains our headquarters today: Chicago, Illinois.

Let’s Demo It

 

In picking up construction project information, we find a series of demolition and building-razing projects. BuildCentral aggregates them in DemolitionX, a new database to assist those companies helping to recycle and increase safety in our built environment.

Seeing Green

 

Recognizing the need to grow the industry’s awareness of the importance and opportunity of “green” buildings, BuildCentral launches a free forum platform, GreenBuildingTalk, to facilitate sustainable construction-information sharing and community development.

No Stone Unturned

 

BuildCentral officially begins capturing planned projects across the entire United States, including Alaska and Hawaii, marking the start of its comprehensive national coverage of planned construction.

Hello Hospitality

 

In response to customer and market needs in the hospitality industry, BuildCentral expands its information-gathering and launches HotelMarketData, replete with crucial datapoints like brands, franchises, amenities, and more.

Comprehensive Coverage

 

MedicalConstructionData launches to bring BuildCentral users a planned construction data product for medical projects from acute care hospitals and cancer centers to ambulatory surgery centers and medical offices. Plus, we track Certificate of Need status.

Meet MultiFamilyData

 

We launch our first planned residential construction product, MultiFamilyData, to track multi-family projects’ complete project lifecycles across scales, building types, unit types, purchase options, and more.

Going Global

 

BCI Central, our friends whose global operations stretch from the United States to Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia, acquired BuildCentral, thus creating the first and only business providing construction project information in both hemispheres.

Presenting Planned Grocery

 

BuildCentral acquires Planned Grocery with an eye for its strength in providing vertical-specific information for our members. Planned Grocery’s focus on site geolocation and trade area analysis in the real estate sector set the table for a string of service expansions.

SingleFamilyData Too

 

Partnering with a current customer, BuildCentral expands its residential data coverage to include SingeFamilyData on housing developments across the entire United States. In helping users visualize and analyze the entire housing market, we offer unique insights specifically into built-for-rent developments.

A Prized GEM

 

In tandem with BCI Central, we expand our research teams and launch Geospatial Energy and Mining (GEM), the first such database built for North America. GEM captures and shares mining, oil & gas, and renewable energy project data across their entire lifecycles.

GEOSPEX Goes Big

 

With help from BuildCentral’s new Planned Grocery team members, we implement mapping and geospatial analysis tools — including political, geographic, meteorological, demographic, and drive-time & distance overlays — for our entire customer base by bringing Geospex to each of our products.

Family Matters

 

The success of BCI Central’s and BuildCentral’s partnership attracts Byggfakta Group, a Sweden-based leader in global construction industry software and information, as it looks to stretch its worldwide reach.

Plans and Specs Galore!

 

BuildCentral starts to collect and provide plans and specifications for select projects in most of its platforms, thus laying the groundwork for expanded capabilities currently under development.

PlannedRetail Premiers

 

Adding to the pioneering reporting and site location information found in Planned GroceryBuildCentral launches PlannedRetail with coverage of all retail types and critical filters for brand, intent, location, among others.

Polishing GEM

 

After more than a year in development, GEM relaunches with Geospex mapping, a refreshed UI and website, and expansive coverage of energy and mining projects in the United States and Canada.

Introducing Hubexo

 

Byggfakta Group rebrands to Hubexo, representing our commitment to innovation and connectivity in the global construction tech space.

Our people

Dario Aganovic

Chief Executive Officer, Hubexo

Dario Aganovic, Chief Executive Officer, Hubexo

With more than 25 years of experience in mechanical engineering, robotics, sales, and technology business management, Aganovic joined Hubexo in 2022. A versatile leader with an exceptional record of success, Aganovic has demonstrated a unique ability to shape strategic change for disruptive technology within the built environment. He cites his greatest strength as fostering a culture where people are at the heart of mission, values, and vision.

Aganovic graduated from the London School of Business and earned a PhD in Industrial Engineering and Management from KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Aganovic enjoys British crime series, classic Hip-hop music, and global vegetarian cuisine.

Kyle R. Camp

President, Hubexo North America

Kyle R. Camp, President, Hubexo North America

As President of Hubexo North America, Camp leads both U.S. and Canadian teams. He has more than 25 years of experience in the built landscape. His ability to understand the needs of his customers drives his approach to forming best-in-class products, mentoring teams, and growing organizations. Camp says his greatest strength lies in accurately understanding his customers and building teams to meet those needs – without sacrificing integrity.

Camp earned his degree in Industrial Engineering from Central Michigan State University; he holds a master’s Certification in International Business Leadership from Michigan State University. He was appointed to the Isabella County Michigan Planning Commission in 2021, where he has served for more than four years.

Camp, a former NCAA Division 1 college athlete, is the former President of the Board of Directors of Mid-Michigan Big Brothers Big Sisters of America; he participates in church leadership and enjoys spending time with his wife and four children. Named on 14 distinct patents, Camp has been a keynote speaker for various construction industry events.

Joakim Percival

Chief Product Officer, Hubexo

Joakim Percival, Chief Product Officer, Hubexo

With 26 years of experience, Percival says his mission is to revolutionize the construction industry and the built environment with cutting-edge products that empower customers to build smarter and more sustainably.

His specialty is strategy and transformation; he is laser-focused on helping the construction industry tackle sustainability challenges and delivering impactful changes within the industry. Percival said that Hubexo offers a unique platform for making sustainability a universal reality.

Percival studied Economics and Psychology at the University of Gothenburg and earned his master’s in industrial engineering and management at Chalmers University of Technology. He considers himself a collector of experiences: travel, reading, video gaming, and family time with his children.

Lars Ryding

Chief Operating Officer, Hubexo

Lars Ryding, Chief Operating Officer, Hubexo

Ryding leads global Tech Delivery Research and Technical Content, Solutions Architecture, and Group IT for Hubexo Global.
With 25 years of experience across a myriad of industries, Ryding’s responsibilities include guiding IT, legal, regulatory, and strategic implementation – he is accountable for driving calculated vision, financial performance, team satisfaction, and stakeholder relations for Hubexo.

His goals and passion lie in harnessing global talent to create state-of-the-art software solutions – combining collective strengths to create results that truly make a difference.

Based in Stockholm, Ryding graduated from Kalmar University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He enjoys family time, running, and skiing.

Justine Anderson

Senior Director, Revenue Operations, Hubexo North America

Justine Anderson, Senior Director, Revenue Operations, Hubexo North America

Anderson joined Hubexo in 2022, bringing more than 10 years of experience in sales, account management, and operations management. She has worked in both public and private sectors, streamlining processes and delivering revenue growth by actively embracing innovative technology.

Anderson achieves success by eliminating the friction between sales teams and potential customers while ensuring exceptional customer success experiences.

She earned her degree at Purdue University. She is HubSpot certified, and Kellogg Executive Education credentialed. She is a Hubexo Unity Award winner and participates in multiple technology and sales groups. An accomplished horsewoman, she enjoys being outdoors, running, and traveling.

Jennifer Shea

Vice President of Marketing, Hubexo North America

Jennifer Shea, Vice President of Marketing, Hubexo North America

After more than a decade in journalism with the New York Times, Shea pivoted to creative and strategic marketing. Her focus is the link between technology and the built environment, delivering opportunities for organizations to take advantage of proven and emerging technologies to punch above their weight and achieve sustainable profitability.

She has worked exclusively in the B2B tech space for 20 years, with globally recognized strategies for social media, content creation, digital, e-commerce, thought-leadership, go-to-market, and sales enablement for ERP, PLM, PDM, Aviation, and disruptive technology.

Shea earned degrees in Journalism and English from Baruch College. She enjoys reading, writing, and growing blueberries – she adores her three dogs.

Karen Ericksen

Senior Content Director, Hubexo North America

Karen Ericksen, Senior Content Director, Hubexo North America

Ericksen brings more than 28 years of experience to the Hubexo team. Her passion for developing processes to maximize research assets, teaching and mentoring her research teams, and assembling the widest possible selections of verified data for customers drives her success.

She is laser-focused on verified data and sees her research teams as an arm of Customer Success, improving and maximizing the delivery of data to all customers.

Ericksen has secured multiple awards, including Employee of the Year, and participates in 19 groups inside our industry. She graduated from the University of Illinois Chicago, Northeastern Illinois University. She enjoys hiking, furniture restoration, and her dogs.

Gregg Kloke

Director of Technology Delivery, Hubexo North America

Gregg Kloke, Director of Technology Delivery, Hubexo North America

For more than 30 years, Kloke has led cutting-edge SaaS product development for commercial organizations. His expertise, knowledge, and innovative thought leadership ensure the delivery of new products while helping Hubexo move beyond legacy products when necessary.

Kloke’s unique ability to balance and prioritize how micro and macro decisions within the IT team impact Hubexo customers maintains our ‘customer first’ mission.

He is an active member of the CTO Roundtable, and Advisory Chair for Vistage, a global leadership organization. Kloke is also a member of numerous technology boards, AI, and analytics organizations.
Kloke graduated from Utah State University with degrees in Computer Science and Math. He’s an avid family man who loves to travel, fish, and boat.

Alex DeLoach

Vice President of Sales, Hubexo North America

Alex DeLoach, Vice President of Sales, Hubexo North America

DeLoach has more than seven years of experience creating win-win successes for prospective customers while also managing partner relationships and navigating processes unique to several of Hubexo’s built environment verticals.

He strives to create and incorporate datasets that meet the needs of potential customers; his primary goal is to offer solutions from Hubexo’s global products, maximize research capacity, innovate, learn, and deliver solutions for ever-changing markets in the built landscape.

DeLoach is a member of the prestigious ISCS Next Generation. He participates in multiple industry groups. He is an enthusiastic runner and storm spotter; he enjoys studying weather patterns and meteorology.

Craig Fuss

Vice President of Client Services, Hubexo North America

Craig Fuss, Vice President of Client Services, Hubexo North America

With more than 30 years in the industry, Fuss leads the Client Services and customer success team. He cites mentoring, teaching, and helping his teams grow to their full potential as his job and his passion.

His goal is to develop dedicated customer-challenge solvers for every client. Fuss said that the path from being a new customer to becoming proficient with Hubexo products is a crucial part of the customer success equation; his team helps customers find the right dataset and learn to use it to grow their business. His excitement around the transition to a global organization is centered on helping more customers access the products and services they need to achieve sustainable profitability.

Fuss’s ability to apply understandings and interdependencies between Hubexo’s built environment verticals – as well as coordinating with internal teams, facilitates international strategies to deliver successful Client Services.

Fuss has achieved Presidential Club status for 10 consecutive years; he was selected for a Wharton School of Business award. A former Division 1 athlete, he enjoys spending active time with his family, golfing, and skiing.

Al Garcia

Vice President of Sales, Hubexo North America

Al Garcia, Vice President of Sales, Hubexo North America

Garcia has built sales teams globally for more than two decades; his focus and priority is the development of people.

He strives to create an environment of dynamic, energetic, competitive strength for the best possible growth of his teams. Training, mentoring, and assuming the role of player-coach are conducive to his results-driven approach.

Garcia is the recipient of the Unity Award and has been selected as the Culture Champion on multiple occasions.

He participates in the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, as well as honors and awards from Inc. Magazine, Deloitte Technology, and Leads Council.

Garcia has been an expert and enthusiastic drummer since the age of 11; he also performs and enjoys karaoke.

Darren Kerr

Vice President of Sales, Hubexo North America

Darren Kerr, Vice President of Sales, Hubexo North America

Kerr is a 23-year sales veteran in the construction data and built environment.

He strives to foster strategic partnerships within his team, as well as with engineering and architectural organizations to deliver growth. Dedicated to fostering a high-performance culture, Kerr seeks to inspire, empower, and drive his team’s results via relationship-building, leveraging data, and coaching to expand market reach.

Kerr graduated from East Carolina University – College of Business with a degree in Management Information Systems. He is a passionate sales leader, former college football player, and proud father of four who thrives on competition, coaching, and the art of sales.

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