United States site instead?Homeland Security Agency Adopts Graphisoft’s Archicad and Synergis Adept to Support its Regional Strategic Plan
Budapest/Newton, Mass./Quakertown, Pa., September 10, 2003 – Graphisoft®,
developer of the Virtual Building™ concept and Synergis Technologies,
Inc., developer of Synergis Adept, a leading engineering data management solution,
are cooperating to provide their joint customers with a complete system for
the visualization, integration and management of building data. Among the institutions
in their joint customer base, the companies will provide the United States
Coast Guard’s Office of Civil Engineering, an agency within the Department
of Homeland Security, with an interoperable system for its Regional Strategic
Planning (RSP) initiative, which is designed to replace traditional master
planning and form a bridge between strategic planning and the execution of
tactical programs.
“We needed a tool that would enable us to bring Archicad’s Virtual
Building Information into our document control process,” said Lt. Cmdr.
Jack Dempsey of the Office of Civil Engineering at the United States Coast
Guard. “Archicad
generates and stores key building information, and Adept helps us manage that
data to integrate decision-making for our regional strategic planning efforts.
These two companies offer proven technologies that work well together.”
The
U.S. Coast Guard’s Civil Engineering Technology Center has used Synergis’ Adept
since 1998 and is broadening the scope of its capabilities from localized file
management to an enterprise wide system that manages documents across multiple
geographic regions. The Coast Guard also recently selected Archicad® as
the core Virtual Building technology for its RSP program. Currently, the Coast
Guard is using Graphisoft’s Archicad for spatial database design, 3D
modeling of RSP facilities, and most importantly, to generate 3D databases
for facility life cycle management. Adept software is used to manage, track
and control access to CAD files, Archicad models and related specification
and contract documents.
Graphisoft will drive the development of the Archicad
and Adept integration with the assistance of Baltimore-based AEC Information
Systems, the lead Graphisoft
consultant to the USCG and experts in automated building simulation, documentation
and visualization. Additionally, Graphisoft will facilitate project coordination
and deliver technology support to its resellers and customers.
“The goal of our relationship with Graphisoft is to provide architects
and building design professionals across all institutions with enhanced capabilities
to
control and share building data covering all stakeholder interests throughout
a facility life cycle,” said David Sharp, CEO and president of Synergis
Technologies. “Archicad is an advanced and proven technology for creating
a Building Information Model and will expand Synergis’ commitment to
serving the design and engineering market.”
“With shared customers like the U.S. Coast Guard, it was clear that
by aligning with Synergis, we could increase the value Archicad already delivers
to our
user base,” said Al Moulton, president at Graphisoft US. “We look
forward to working with Synergis and offering our customers access to Adept
through Archicad’s Virtual Building Model.”