Cannon Design Selects e-SPECS for BIM
PORTLAND,
ME, Aug 29, 2008 - InterSpec Inc., a global innovator of construction
specification management software and services, today announced that it’s
patented e-SPECS solutions have been selected as the BIM Specification
Solution by Cannon Design, an international architectural engineering and
interior design firm recognized for design excellence and technology
innovation.
InterSpec’s patented e-SPECS software solutions automate the preparation
of construction specifications and selection of products and materials that
are incorporated into commercial construction projects. InterSpec’s e-SPECS
products are used by thousands of architects, engineers and construction
professionals to help them keep their construction drawings and
specifications in sync while reducing the overall cost of development.
“Our e-SPECS software allow architects and engineers who use Autodesk
design software to save countless hours and dollars while ensuring that
their digital construction models and drawings agree with the
specifications,” said Michael Brennan, CEO of InterSpec. “Autodesk Revit
based software is an especially powerful combination with e-SPECS because of
the integrated change management and coordination, enabling efficient and
coordinated construction document management, design team collaboration and
enterprise level data management. We are pleased with Cannon Design’s
evaluation and selection of e-SPECS and look forward to working closely with
them to bring additional value add solutions to their process.”
"At Cannon Design, we’re implementing a BIM strategy to enable
continuous, immediate, and fully coordinated availability of project design,
schedule, budget, and performance information. We evaluated and selected
e-SPECS as an integrated application that fits our goals" said Leigh
Waterman, Associate Vice President and Technology Leader at Cannon Design.
“InterSpec was able to effectively demonstrate the integration and
coordination of construction documents using our Buffalo State College Revit
BIM model.”
Frank Sturniolo, Associate Vice President and Quality/Specification
Leader at Cannon Design, stated “Centralized management of our firm’s
specification information is critical to ensuring the level of quality we
demand. e-SPECS will enable enterprise level management of data and a
specification process that enables electronic based collaboration by all
team members.”
About Cannon Design
Founded over sixty years ago, Cannon Design is an internationally-ranked
architectural, engineering and planning firm, recognized for design
excellence and technological innovation. Recognized by over 250 awards for
design excellence and known for performance and dedication to client
service, the firm operates under a unique methodology, fully integrating the
activities of offices in Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Calgary, Chicago,
Houston, Los Angeles, Mumbai, New York, Phoenix, St. Louis, San Francisco,
Shanghai, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, and Washington DC, into a single
unified firm without walls. This single-firm-multi-office philosophy, or
SFMO, enables clients worldwide consistent access to the full resources of
the organization, irrespective of location. Our staff of 800 serves clients
across North America, as well as Europe, the Middle East, India and the Far
East.
About InterSpec
InterSpec provides construction document management solutions and
services built on its patented e-SPECS specification management technology.
e-SPECS software automates the specification process by extracting the
product and material requirements directly from the project’s BIM models and
drawings. e-SPECS integrates directly with all Autodesk Revit-based BIM
products as well as with Autodesk’s AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture and
AutoCAD Systems products and supports all libraries of MASTERSPEC and custom
office masters. For architects and engineers who spend many hours on every
project preparing construction specifications, e-SPECS software saves time
and money while ensuring that the construction drawings are coordinated with
the specifications.
For more information, visit
www.e-SPECS.com.
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