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Building an Olympic Legacy in Steel

When the teams at KMA Steel and Jeffords Steel and Engineering turn on the 2022 Winter Olympics this year, they’ll know a little something about what goes on under the ice to make such amazing feats possible. Over the past several years, the SDS2 customers have worked on two state-of-the-art winter sports facilities in Lake Placid, New York, home of the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics. 

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Stock image of bobsled track. SDS2 customers KMA Steel detailed two olympic-sized projects at Lake Placid, NY.
Building an Olympic Legacy in Steel
Over the past several years, the SDS2 customers have worked on two state-of-the-art winter sports facilities in Lake Placid, New York, home of the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics. The upgrades were part of a $74 million investment
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SDS2 Load Planning - Loading steel on truck, close-up
Efficiency Through Change: Wyoming Fabricator Optimizes Material Handling with SDS2 Load Planning
A new 3D load planning product from SDS2 brought Pepper Tank time savings they didn’t know they were looking for. With SDS2 Load Planning, they were able to reduce their loading time an estimated 25-50 percent, even after hiring a new forklift operator.
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Dow Gardens Canopy Walk Project by Adco Detailing, SDS2 2020 Solid Steel Winner in Commercial, Small Tonnage
Adco Detailing Tackles Nation's Longest Canopy Walk with SDS2
This "roller coaster" of a project won the 2020 SDS2 Solid Steel Competition grand prize in the commercial, small tonnage category.
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Deloitte Summit building in downtown Vancouver. A Supermetal Structures and SDS2 project.
SDS2 Keeps Supermétal Teams in Sync from Design Through Construction
A large Canadian fabricator handled everything from design to construction on an ambitious architectural building in downtown Vancouver, using SDS2 at every stage.
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Drake Williams, SDS2 Case Study, Estimodeling software
Saving 30-40% on Bid Time with SDS2 Estimodeling
Around three years ago, Drake-Williams began putting their SDS2 detailing solution to use in an estimodeling workflow, and they're continuing to explore even more ways to utilize their SDS2 software in estimating.
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SDS2 Solid Steel Competition - Project by Mold-Tek Technologies, Steel Detailing
Parkview Health Core Tower Expansion
A tight schedule and curved geometry on the Parkview Health Core Tower Expansion in Fort Wayne, IN, made for a challenging project for Mold-Tek Technologies detailers.
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PVS Structures Project with SDS2, Structural Steel Fabrication
Integrated Innovations
PVS Structures maintains their status as one of the top industrial fabricators in the US—through digitalization and automation, integrating state-of-the-art precision equipment like the Zeman robotic welder with SDS2's automated design.
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SDS2 Solid Steel Competition - Project by KL&A INC, Steel Detailing
Immersive Art in Denver
Meow Wolf is a combination of a jungle gym, haunted house, children’s museum, and immersive art exhibit. The structure consists of five stories of steel-framed museum space intermixed with catwalks, platforms, spiral and rolled stairs,
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TSF Structures, Detailing Templates, SDS2 Steel Detailing
Fabricator Cuts Detailing Time by Over 60%
SDS/2's detailing templates customization service creates customized files specific to individual standards. These templates are used to help intelligently automate the generation of detail drawings.
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SDS2 Steel Detailing Software, Steel Connection Design, Connection Optimization
Reducing Project Costs with Connection Optimization
Advances in connection design software technology results in streamlined steel fabrication, savings between $40 and $75 per ton
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