FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Seamus McGrady
207-772-6135
smcgrady@e-SPECS.com
e-SPECS Selected by Cannon Design for Integrated
BIM Specification Solution
Portland, Maine - August 28th, 2008 - InterSpec
Inc., a global innovator of construction specification management
software and services, today announced that its 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.
e-SPECS is a registered trademark of InterSpec. MASTERSPEC is
a registered trademark of the American Institute of Architects. Autodesk
and Revit are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc.,
and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other
countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong
to their respective holders.
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