To more effectively use the construction project information regularly supplied by Atlanta-based CMD, A/E/C professionals as well as manufacturers can turn to the company's portable Web-based project data delivery option and management tool for help. CMD Connect is designed to enable A/E/C firms and manufacturers to track and analyze project data by location, size, value and a variety of other parameters for thousands of construction projects.
www.cmdg.com [1]
Lighting expenses comprise up to 40 percent of total utility costs. And with energy management becoming more critical, the energy contribution from lighting systems should be evaluated. A new energy savings calculator introduced by Nashville, Tenn.-based Universal Lighting Technologies computes energy consumption and savings from fluorescent and high-intensity discharge lighting systems.
The goal of the National CAD Standard (NCS) is to encourage voluntary adoption of a standard to streamline and simplify the exchange of information with computer-aided design (CAD) software. This consensus-developed standard incorporates CAD publications of multiple organizations. Adoption of the NCS is intended to save time and money on developing standards.
www.csinet.org [3]
A software tool can help A/E/C professionals develop custom concrete and admixture specifications for projects. Master Builders Material Specification Developer poses a series of questions with respect to the concrete required for a particular project. Based on the responses, the software automatically generates a custom concrete and admixture specification, which can be printed, copied into another document and saved for future use.
Links:
[1] http://www.cmdg.com
[2] http://www.unvlt.com/
[3] http://www.csinet.org
[4] http://www.masterbuilders.com
[5] http://www.bdcnetwork.com/issue/2010/08/200109