Over the last 15 years, Columbus Engineering Consultants, Inc. (CEC) (TAdrafting is the automated bridge drafting software and service department of CEC) has successfully developed six software packages to automate the detailing and drafting for the following six types of bridges:
(1) Culvert Structures
(2) PC Box-beam Bridges
(3) PC I-beam Bridges
(4) Steel Rolled-beam Bridges
(5) Steel Plate Girder Bridges
(6) RC Slab Bridges
Each package can create design plans at 30-60 seconds per sheet after the required data entry, regardless of complexity, versus days or weeks per sheet using manual CAD drafting. As you can readily see, these six types of bridges comprise the majority of bridges built in any country every year. We have been using the software in-house for the last 5 years and had success in Ohio with over 300 projects. We are now ready to introduce this new plan preparation technology to other states in the US, as well as to foreign markets.
Our culvert software is readily applicable to culverts and bridge replacements the world over, while our bridge software is applicable only in midwestern states.
