INDUSTRIAL DETAILING, INC., PAXTON & VIERLING STEEL TEAM UP ON NEBRASKA MEDICINE PARKING STRUCTURE

Two longtime SDS/2 customers — St. Louis, Missouri-based Industrial Detailing, Inc. and Paxton & Vierling Steel Company of Carter Lake, Iowa — were recently part of the team responsible for construction of a new parking facility for Nebraska Medicine.

With its rapidly expanding campus, Omaha-based Nebraska Medicine needed to create additional on-site parking to meet expanding demands. The new eight-story garage — comprised of approximately 800 tons of structural steel — includes 730 spots in its double helix ramp system.

The garage’s superstructure uses wide-flange steel columns and beams; a two-part coating system was used on all steel framing members. As profiled in Modern Steel Construction, the detailing of the slab and beam interaction was critical to minimizing the potential for cracking caused by slab restraints with a volume-changing post-tensioned deck.

The garage was completed in 2015.

To find out more about this project, read "Second Time Around" in the July 2016 issue of Modern Steel Construction.

PROVIDE YOUR SDS/2 TESTIMONIAL AT THIS YEAR'S USERS GROUP CONFERENCE

Design Data is looking to hear from you on the successes you've achieved in the industry!

At this year's SDS/2 Users Group Conference — which will be held October 12-14 in Lincoln, Nebraska — we'll be sitting down with our customers to record their stories. We want to know how your business is flourishing, what milestones you've achieved, what notable projects you've worked on, and how SDS/2 has helped your company grow.

If you're interested in telling the story of your company, and the role SDS/2 plays in your company's success, please email Michelle McCarthy to set up a time to record your testimonial at this year's conference.

If you haven't yet signed up for the 2016 SDS/2 Users Group Conference, click here to register.

TRAINING COURSES NOW AVAILABLE IN SDS/2 v2016

With the general release of SDS/2 v2016, all training classes will now be taught in the latest version of the software.

There are four more Basic Training dates available this year: September 12-16; October 24-28; November 7-11; and December 5-9.

Two Continuing Education courses will be held this year: September 26-30 and November 14-18.

Both the Basic Training and Continuing Education courses are held at Design Data headquarters in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Design Data offers an online basic training course so you can attend from the comfort of your own office, with less downtime and no travel expenses. This basic training course covers project setup, member input, connection design, material input and more. There are four online training dates remaining in 2016: September 19-22; October 3-6; November 28-December 1; and December 12-15.

To learn more about SDS/2 training opportunities, view course outlines and register, click here.

TRY SDS/2 HANDS ON AT THE EXPERIENCE SDS/2 ROADSHOWS

Design Data's Experience SDS/2 seminars give potential customers a firsthand look at all SDS/2 has to offer — from automated AISC code-based connection design, custom members and components to site planning, management and model review — and a chance to take the software for a test drive.

At the seminars, attendees will:

• See a model move through each step within SDS/2
• Learn how implementing 3D model review is saving customers both time and money
• Get to try out SDS/2 for themselves

Seminar Schedule
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m: Seminar check in
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.: Watch real-life demonstrations of the power of SDS/2
5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.: Experience SDS/2 for yourself. Bring your IFC files and find out how SDS/2 can change how you work.
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.: Cocktail hour and appetizers

Seminar Location
An additional seminar has been scheduled for September 22 in Chicago, Illinois, at the Kimpton Gray Hotel, located at 122 W. Monroe Street.

Attendance is free, but you must register to attend prior to the seminar. You can learn more and register here.

STEEL SEMINAR COMES TO CHICAGO

There have been many recent advancements in structural steel material specifications, fabrication methods, connection technologies, detailing software, and estimating tools. These new innovations, when used together, create a more efficient process for designing and constructing steel buildings.

This half day seminar, led by steel industry professionals including Design Data and SidePlate, will take the attending designers and contractors through the modern day steel design and construction process, demonstrating how they can use these new technologies, software and methods to increase their own efficiencies and overall profitability. The presentation will provide valuable information to help all design and construction professionals maximize the innovations that exist within the structural steel industry and improve the outcome of their own steel building projects.

Seminar Details - Chicago, Illinois
The seminar takes place on September 22 at The Franklin Building, located at 227 W. Monroe Street. Parking is available in the building; however, no validation is provided. The cost for the seminar is $30 per attendee, and includes breakfast.

Breakfast / Registration: 7:00 am - 7:45 am

Seminar: 7:45 am - 12:30 pm

Seminar Agenda
AISC: Innovations in the Structural Steel Industry

Atlas Tube: Innovations in Material Specifications

SidePlate Systems, Inc.: Innovations in Connection Technologies

Bentley: Advancements in RAM Structural Systems Steel Design Modules and Methods

Design Data: Advancements in SDS/2 Detailing Software

Steel Projects PLM: Advancements in Intelligent Steel Fabrication and Steel Production Management