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Douglas Steel's Ottawa Street Power Station Project Featured in Modern Steel Construction
01-18-2011
The December 2010 issue of Modern Steel Construction featured an article titled "An Inside Job," which highlighted the Ottawa Street Power Station project in Lansing, Michigan.... Read more.

Cyber Innovation Center Featured in April issue of Modern Steel Construction
04-05-2010
2009 SDS/2 Solid Steel Competition Grand Prize Winner Cyber Innovation Center was highlighted in the April 2010 issue of Modern Steel Construction. The Cyber Innovation Center was detailed by Cartee-Berry & Associates, LLC.... Read more.

The PowerHouse - BIM to the Future
02-01-2010
Modern Steel Construction's February 2010 issue features Wexler Associates' PowerHouse project in Long Island City, New York. Wexler Associates used BIM -- and SDS/2 -- to simplify project delivery on the reinvention of the turn-of-the-century power plant... Read more.

Detailing and BIM: Are You Ready?
01-04-2010
The "Topping Out" section of Modern Steel Construction's August 2009 issue focuses on BIM tips for the detailer. The article is written by Brian Cobb, operations manager and co-owner of Structural Detailing, LLC, and president of the SDS/2 Users Group.... Read more.

Benefits of Early Steel Detailing
12-01-2009
The December 2009 issue of Modern Steel Construction features TRC Worldwide Engineering's Lady of Lourdes Hospital project in Lafayette, Louisiana. TRC WW used SDS/2 to prepare shop drawings by importing the engineering model directly into the software.... Read more.

Fast, Not Furious: Steel Teams Integrate to Deliver Speedy Packages More Economically
06-15-2009
The April 2009 issue of Design-Build Dateline features Speed Steel Design Build, a Dallas-based company that is the product of a partnership between Stenstrom Schneider Inc. (SSI), Burcamp Steel, and XYZ Axis Detailing.... Read more.

LPS Receives Generous Gift
11-26-2008
Future design engineers in Lincoln have a lot to be thankful for today. Jim and Ginger Dager from Design Data in Lincoln have generously donated 5.4 million dollars worth of software to the Lincoln Public Schools.... Read more.

Software and Steel: Gift Will Educate Budding Structural Designers and Engineers
11-20-2008
Future structural detailers and engineers in the Lincoln Public Schools this fall will have the opportunity to better prepare for careers in these fields, thanks to a generous gift from Design Data.... Read more.

Company Donates $5.4M in Software to LPS
11-20-2008
Design Data has donated $5.4 million in software to Lincoln Public Schools to help educate future structural designers and engineers. The 168 software licenses will be used in the industrial technology labs of the city's six high schools.... Read more.

Dager Retiring at Design Data; Damon Scaggs to Succeed Him
10-23-2008
Design Data announced that Jim Dager will retire as company president, effective Oct. 31.... Read more.

Sensory and Cerebral
08-01-2008
The August 2008 issue of Modern Steel Construction highlights two high-profile Connected Structural Group projects: Fontainebleau resort and the Lou Ruvo Brain Institute, both located in Las Vegas, Nevada. CSG used SDS/2 software to detail both projects.... Read more.

Design Data Contributes to Industry Growth
07-15-2008
Twenty-seven years ago, in an era where MTV was in its infancy and fabrication details were being hand drawn, Design Data was preparing to revolutionize the detailing industry.... Read more.

Managing the Roller Coaster
07-01-2008
In this article detailing the functionality of hollow structural sections (HSS), the Cleveland Heights - University Heights Public Library walkway is used as an illustration. The glass walkway — which prominently features HSS in its exterior trusses — was done in SDS/2.... Read more.

Design Data's Software at the Pinnacle of Steel
05-05-2008
Picture the steel skeleton, the mighty and intricate frame of some big, recently built structures nearby — the Qwest Center, the Memorial Stadium addition, Haymarket Park, the new Union Pacific building or First National skyscraper in Omaha.... Read more.

Design Data, CTIW and Peddinghaus: Driving The Fabrication Process
03-01-2008
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