ngineers and architects, you want one thing and you want it fast. Namely, you want your conceptual model to become reality as quick as humanly possible. Until recently, everything from the paper trail to the mail, the detailer to the steel fabricator have slowed down the process. Not any more. Technology has changed everything. In the time it used to take to mail, estimate jobs, and approve drawings, we can have your building ready. It's all about technology and boosting profits. Chesapeake Design Services and B&B Welding have put together a state-of-the-art infrastructure that crunches the time it takes for your theoretical model to become a real life structure. Exploiting the powerful detailing software package SDS2 and the RAM Structural System software package, we can now: Electronically import your structural engineering drawings. (Save on FedEx fees and delivery time.) Instantly translate a model from your structural engineering package, provided it is CIS/2 compliant, into neutral files which, in turn, can be brought into our SDS2 detailing package. Quickly detail all connections and sub-materials in strict accordance with the AISC codes of standard practices. Take detailed drawings and electronically send to our estimator for a quick hard number estimate. Send you back the detail-enhanced 3-dimensional drawings for your immediate approval. Send and receive any .dxf files. Upon your approval, we can instantly program all B&B Welding CNC equipment to begin fabricating your job. Post on our web site a daily update on the fabrication progress of your job. All this means one thing-your drawings will become buildings faster. By creating a powerful network, together we can eliminate delivery time and expense, accelerate the detailing and fabrication process, and ultimately build new structures in the time it once took to plan them. Questions? Call Dennis McCartney at 410-388-9695.   © 2001 B&B Welding Company, Inc. company | projects | facilities | contact