Hagerman & Company, Inc. Technology Bulletin

Ebul 86 - Summer 2010

by Matt Lane,
Director, Consulting Services

 

Attention Facility Managers! Here is what Hagerman can do for you!

At Hagerman & Company, we offer a wide variety of software and services to help anyone involved in managing facilities do their jobs more quickly, easily and accurately.  Our offerings can be broken down into four major areas:

bulletAutoCAD®-based software and services
bulletBIM-related software and services
bulletCustom programming and system integration
bulletComplete integrated computer-aided facility management (CAFM) software

AutoCAD-based Software:
As one of the oldest and most experienced suppliers of AutoCAD software in the country, we offer the complete line of AutoCAD-based software products from Autodesk including AutoCAD®, AutoCAD® LT, AutoCAD® Architecture, AutoCAD® MEP and others.  As a full service provider, we provide a complete line of award winning training and phone/electronic support offerings as well.  If you are an existing user of AutoCAD-based software, think of Hagerman & Company next time you need additional software, would like to find a better source for support and training assistance, wish to upgrade or need to renew your Autodesk software subscription!
 
BIM-related Software:
Chances are that your organization or the AEC firms that supply your organization have either made the move or are planning a move to building information modeling (BIM).  Many organizations that have gone to BIM have seen huge increases in productivity.  As an Autodesk reseller, we provide the complete line of Autodesk BIM software including Autodesk®  Revit®  and Autodesk® Navisworks®.  In order to help organizations new to BIM become productive quickly, we also provide a complete line of services for Revit and Navisworks including complete consulting and implementation assistance. 
 
Going to BIM may create a big change in the way that your facility department works. Due to our experience in CAD, BIM and FM, we are uniquely qualified to help your facility organization make BIM work for you internally or to help you efficiently deal with BIM data (as opposed to traditional AutoCAD data) now being supplied by your outside design firms.  We are here to help!
 
Custom Programming and System Integration:
Unless (and maybe even if) you are using a complete integrated CAFM system, you probably deal with the struggle of having your facility data scattered into multiple different islands of information at one or more locations including CAD drawings, spreadsheets, databases, other in-house systems, etc. As a result, you may struggle with pulling all the pieces together, unable to generate real time reports or be forced to enter redundant data into multiple systems.  If this sounds familiar to you, our ability to provide custom programming and system integration may be invaluable to you.  Examples of what we can do include:

bulletAutomatically creating or editing AutoCAD space polylines or room text for proper usage in your FM system
bulletAutomatically passing data from AutoCAD to facility-related spreadsheets, databases or other in-house systems
bulletGenerating needed tables or graphic reports in AutoCAD using data pulled from the AutoCAD drawing itself and/or outside sources
bulletMass updating or otherwise processing 100’s or 1000’s of existing drawings
bulletGenerating custom facility reports based on data pulled from one or more spreadsheets, databases or other sources
bulletTying your facility department’s spreadsheets and databases to your organization’s enterprise maintenance, HR, financial or other systems
bulletConverting your facility department’s separate spreadsheets and databases into a single integrated system so that multiple data entry is eliminated and all data is updated simultaneously and kept in perfect sync
bulletVirtually any other kind of AutoCAD- or Revit-based automation using AutoLisp or .NET development

These are just a few examples of what we can do.  If you are exploring ways to get more productive in your department, don’t hesitate to give us a call!
 
Complete CAFM Systems:
For organizations in need of a new or more modern and efficient CAFM system, we offer the CenterStone solution for facilities management from Manhattan Software.  CenterStone is the top rated solution in the industry by Gartner Group and provides full functionality including space management and planning, moves, operations, HR integration, asset management, work orders, lease management and reporting.  In contrast with most other products on the market today, CenterStone was developed from the ground up as an integrated, web-based solution allowing it to be easily deployed and used throughout your organization at one or multiple integrated locations.
 
Surprisingly low in cost, you can start small with CenterStone in terms of modules, implementation time and cost and then scale up as needed.  Also, CenterStone will leverage all the data and space information you have accumulated over the years including AutoCAD drawings, spreadsheets and databases and will integrate with virtually any other maintenance, HR, financial or other in-house system you might have.  If your organization is interested in taking the next step in facility management efficiency, please give us a call to learn more about CenterStone.