ABOUT DESIGN DATA PARTNERS SIGN IN SOLUTIONS INDUSTRIES EVENTS NEWS TRAINING SUPPORT NOV 1 2016 2016 SDS/2 USERS GROUP CONFERENCE A SUCCESS Nearly 250 SDS/2 users, industry partners and Design Data representatives gathered for educational sessions, networking and a first-hand look at the future of the software at the 2016 SDS/2 Users Group Conference. The three-day event was held October 12-14 at The Embassy Suites in downtown Lincoln, Nebraska. Following the welcome and opening remarks on Wednesday, Alan Kerschen of Kimmel & Associates provided the conference's keynote speech, which focused on the aging workforce in the construction industry. The discussion also covered retaining young employees through mentoring, recruitment and being creative in hiring. The annual Design Data update touched on the acquisition of the company by Nemetschek, as well as a preview of upcoming features in SDS/2 v2017. Wednesday also included the business meeting and a series of roundtables, which gave conference attendees the chance to have a voice in future development of the software. Roundtable topics included connection design, templates, custom members/components, install and networking, and model review. The day concluded with the opening of the Partner Pavilion, which hosted partnering companies and served as the venue for Wednesday evening's reception (sponsored by Peddinghaus). Click here to view images from the Partner Pavilion. The last two days of the conference were dedicated exclusively to breakout sessions, including a first look at SDS/2 v2017 enhancements, SDS/2 v2016 Modeling, SDS/2 v2016 Drawing Editor, SDS/2 Erector, helical stair detailing, and template detailing. Other sessions focused on modeling with parametrics, full status transfer, model transfer facts, custom members and components, and boot camp basics. To view available presentations from the conference, click here. Design Data's annual Thursday night conference dinner was held at the Nebraska Innovation Campus in downtown Lincoln. The theme for this year was SDS/2016 Olympics, which allowed athletes from four countries — Greece, Italy, Bhutan and Togo — to compete for medals, prizes and pride. Live events included hula hoop, egg race, flip cup and thumb wrestling; prerecorded events included synchronized swimming, rhythmic gymnastics, track, soccer and shooting. Click here to view images from the Thursday night dinner. To view additional images from the conference, visit our Facebook page. SEP 27 2016 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 three more Basic Training dates available this year: October 24-28; November 7-11; and December 5-9. A Continuing Education course will also be held 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 three online training dates remaining in 2016: 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. SEP 9 2016 TWO LONGTIME SDS/2 CUSTOMERS 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. 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