KES Technology (7678 bytes)
 
  The team has maximized the use of Computer-Aided Design techniques which greatly enhance the quality and production rate. The firm uses sixteen Pentium Class 4, With 2 to 3 gigahertz Processors CAD workstations with very large hard drives and between 2-GIG and 4-GIG RAM. The system employs network servers with up to 600 Gigabyte hard drives and CD / DVD / CD_RW -Rom drives. Productivity and teamwork are increased by network integration, which allows the  engineering, designing, and drafting to flow efficiently between all design functions.  AutoCAD 2004,2005,2006 (Windows 2000 & XP Pro based) Operating Systems are supplemented with the latest civil engineering software  for automation of analysis and design, as follows:

Eagle Point Software (formerly EDSC):

  • Surface Modeling: Contouring
  • Site Design: Design contours, site earthwork, slope analysis
  • Site Design: Design contours, site earthwork, slope analysis
  • Storm Sewers: Analysis, design, and drafting
  • Sanitary Sewers: Analysis, design, and drafting
  • Hydrology: Stormwater runoff, detention ponds
  • Hydraulics: Open & closed channel analysis & design

Landcadd (Windows-based):

  • Operations Package: Includes automated quantity takeoffs & estimating
  • Site Planning: Site analysis, layout, and drafting utilities
  • Quadrangle: Contouring and advanced site analysis
  • Civil Construction Details: Drafting utility and CAD detail  blocks
  • Site Construction Details: Drafting utility and CAD detail blocks

Haestad Methods:

  • Cybernet: Water System Modeling inside AutoCAD
  • Flowmaster: Hydraulic design
  • WaterCAD: Water system analysis, design, and drafting
  • StormCAD: Storm Sewers analysis, design, and drafting

XP-Software :

  • XP-SWMM: State-of-the-Art stormwater modeling, originally  developed for EPA, with an enhanced user interface by XP-Software; recently released in a  Windows 2000 / XP version.

Other programs used to increase productivity:

  • MathCAD: Design computations
  • Adobe Photoshop 7.1: Image manipulation software
  • Microsoft Frontpage 2002: Web authoring Tool

 

KES also uses the latest Windows 2000 / XP-based word processors, spreadsheets, databases, and design firm accounting packages for maximum workplace efficiency.

The firm uses the Hewlett Packard DesignJet color inkjet plotter and color laser printers to  produce many of its presentations and construction drawings in color to enhance the accuracy of cost estimating and the avoidance of conflicts between construction items.

The firm maximizes quality control by proper use of the computer for such tasks as management of drawing checks. When used properly, the computer is the ultimate quality  control tool because it maximizes the design and analysis time while minimizing the cost  of actually producing drawings. The intense hands-on design experience of the team allows  KES to produce the highest-quality work by taking the fullest advantage of this feature of CADD.