Transoft Solutions’ ParkCAD 3.0 chosen by HDR

08 July 2008, 9:46am

July 8, 2008 – Vancouver, B.C, Canada
Transoft Solutions, developers of powerful industry leading engineering design software, today announces that HDR - an employee owned architectural, engineering, consulting firm ranked 16th on Engineering News Record's 2008 “Top 500 Design Firms” - has chosen the one-of-a-kind parking facilities design application, ParkCAD 3.0, to tackle the challenges of parking facilities development.

Billy Chan, Transoft Solutions EIT presented ParkCAD 3.0 at the Nebraska Users Group (NeUG) of Bentley CAD products in March. Chan showed attendees from many of the larger engineering design firms the features of the software and explained how it could perform in a real-world situation. Using an example drawing and a timer, Chan showed attendees how they could create a parking lot from scratch in five minutes or less.

“It’s always exciting to show organizations like HDR how simple and effective this software is,” commented, Chan. “With a growing demand for parking space optimization and tighter budgetary constraints, ParkCAD 3.0 provides a powerful tool to achieve design goals, minimize errors, and maximize ROI.”
Following Chan’s presentation Anne Peterson, a landscape architect for HDR, approached Transoft Solutions National Sales Manager, Adam Spear, to discuss purchasing ParkCAD 3.0. “The crowd response to Billy Chan’s presentation was spectacular. Ms. Peterson expressed great interest in ParkCAD 3.0 and her belief that this was a product they could
use,” said Spear. “We are obviously excited that HDR has chosen ParkCAD 3.0.”

With ParkCAD 3.0 as part of their toolset, HDR can make on-the-fly changes to layout elements while being able to keep a real time running tally of parking info and cost estimates simultaneously. Proven in tests to be over 70% faster than traditional design methods, architects, drafters, and engineers can design, test, and edit parking lots in minutes. In addition to saving time, ParkCAD 3.0 gives designers the ability to designate special stalls, loading zones, and emergency vehicle stall configurations that can adhere to national (including ITE, ULI, AIA, and ADA) or custom standards and specifications in order to maximize yield while creating safer pedestrian and vehicle traffic flow.

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