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Akzo Nobel’s Technical Representatives use our Specification Writer to produce written specifications for their wide range of paint systems. The programme draws specification clauses from a database of around 2885 clauses maintained by Akzo staff. Home	Click on the image for a larger view
Marley Contract Services, Scotlands Premier Roofing Contractor, commissioned Silverleaf Software to write a programme to manage the weekley billing and workforce payment of ongoing contracts. Several mobile users gather workforce times and productivity information on building sites across Scotland. The data is the consolidated onto a central server to generate weekly wages, invoicing lists and productivity data. Home	Click on the image for a larger view
Marley Roofing Products Technical Advisor Service are called upon to provide guidance on fix their tiles, full written specifications detailing the construction of roofs covered in their product plus estimate of tile and accessory quantities. They commissioned a suite of programmes to perform all these tasks. Home	Click on the image for a larger view
Forticrete Roofing commissioned this bespoke front-end to their CD-ROM of CAD drawings. It allows users to select drawings from a simple list that are then automatically dropped into their CAD package. Home	Click on the image for a larger view
Knauf needed an electronic version of their paper partition selector to be included on a CD-ROM as well as being distributed to customers on floppy disk or via the Internet. The Partition Selector uses a wizard to guide users through performance criteria such as fire and sound as well as physical characteristics like maximum thickness and weight. This produces a range of possible solutions from which the user can chose the best match for their needs. A full written specification is then produced together with the required CAD detail drawings. Home	Click on the image for a larger view
British Gypsum commissioned a programme to estimate the quantity of plasterboard and accessories plus studs and channels for their wide range of partition, wall lining, ceiling and flooring systems. Home	Click on the image for a larger view
FastrackCAD hold a database of over 18,000 CAD drawings for UK construction industry manufacturer. Each manufacturer has their branded CD-ROM and FastrackCAD needed drag and drop front end that allowed users to quickly select their required detail and insert it into their CAD package. Home	Click on the image for a larger view
Wavin manufacture a range of sloping surface water drainage channels to remove rain water from large car parks, airport taxi ways etc. The tapered channels can be combined with flat changes to from drainage runs in excess of 100m. The area of paving that the drainage run can service needs to be calculated and a schedule off all the channels and outlets needs to be created and priced. Home	Click on the image for a larger view
JPA Technical Literature commissioned and market JPA Designer, an integrated package for assessing heat loss from buildings, predicting condensation risk and checking compliance with UK Building Regulations. Home	Click on the image for a larger view
Thermalite manufacture a range of aerated concrete construction blocks and worked with Warwick University to develop a collection of DOS programmes to assess vertical and lateral loadings on the blocks when used in high buildings. Silverleaf Software were commissioned to re-write the programmes to run within Microsoft Windows and to be able to save and load calculations. Home	Click on the image for a larger view
Kingspan Insulation Products commissioned Silverleaf Software to re-write a programme they used for calculating heat loss and assessing condensation risk. The old programme needed updating in-line with new international standards. Home	Click on the image for a larger view

With the explosive growth of the internet, there is a push by manufacturers to open up the specialist applications used by their technical support departments and allow their customers access to stripped down version to improve their support services and provide them 24/7 rather than the normal 9 till 5 service. Three examples of this are Rockwool on-line SAP calculations – The UK Building Regulations require all new dwellings to have a Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) rating that indicates the cost of providing heat and hot water for the dwelling. This on-line SAP calculator lets Rockwool customers perform interactive what-if SAP calculations. Once the customer has achieved their target value, the site allows them to submit the calculation to Rockwool for checking and printout. British Gypsum on-line estimating – In addition to plasterboard, BG manufacture a wide range of metal studs for building partitions and linings for domestic and commercial buildings. There are a plethora of different stud lengths, depths, metal gauges and combinations of one, two and three layers of over 15 types of plasterboard in over 5 different thicknesses. Combine this with all the different screw types and lengths for fixing the boards to the studs and estimating quantities of materials becomes quite a headache. The on-line estimating is a stripped down version of the software used by British Gypsum’s Technical Services Department and lets contractors perform time saving estimating 24 hours a day. Weber manufactures external wall insulation systems to reduce heat loss from new and existing buildings. This application allows visitors to select the appropriate Weber system for their application and to calculate a “U-value” which indicates the reduction in heat loss and helps assess conformance with the Building Regulations. As with the Rockwool system, the visitor can submit their calculations to Weber for checking, printing and additional services such as condensation risk analysis. Home