BSD SpecLink(R)-E Software Announced

ATLANTA, April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Building Systems Design, Inc. (BSD) today
announced the final beta release of its new BSD SpecLink-E (SLE) software and
master database for preparing construction specifications. SpecLink-E is the
successor to BSD's award-winning BSD SpecLink+ software currently being used
by thousands of design professionals nationwide. SLE is client-server software
that uses Microsoft's SQL Server database management system to support
multi-user collaboration over a local area network or a wide area network
between multiple offices. The SLE software is also easily installed on a
single computer for standalone operation by a single user.

SpecLink-E will participate in the building information modeling (BIM) process
through integration with CAD environments such as Revit Architecture 2009 via
an integration manager called BSD LinkMan-E(TM) (LME), also in development at
BSD with a patent pending. With LinkMan-E and SpecLink-E in place on the same
computer or the same network, relevant project data can be transferred in both
directions between the CAD environment and the specifications environment.
Users will also be able to set SLE so that data from the drawings will inform
the specifier about product choices, or the software can be set to
automatically select appropriate sections and "pre-edit" the specifications,
based on decisions made in the CAD environment. In addition to showing its
current products, BSD will demonstrate linking between BSD SpecLink-E and
Autodesk's Revit at the AIA National Convention and Expo in San Francisco,
April 30 - May 2, 2009.

SpecLink-E has been designed to allow real-time updating of its master
database over the Internet at any convenient time. The master database
updating can be scheduled in off hours with little or no disruption to the
specification preparation process. Updates to the individual user's client
software take advantage of Microsoft technology called ClickOnce installation.
This allows the client software on each user's computer to update itself
automatically from a central location on the network once the site manager
decides to make the update available to users at that site. As with the
previous generation SpecLink+ software, data updates to SLE will not overwrite
user modifications in any existing projects, including so-called "office
master" projects, because of the product's unique database structure.
Project-specific information entered by a user is stored in separate project
overlay tables that are automatically merged with the master database content
when a project is viewed or printed.

The version of SLE that will be demonstrated at the AIA convention in San
Francisco will be distributed to current BSD SpecLink subscribers this summer,
together with updates to BSD SpecLink+ and BSD CostLink/AE.

About BSD: Building Systems Design, Inc. develops, maintains, and provides
training and technical support for innovative cost estimating and
specification writing software tools for the architecture, engineering, and
construction markets of North America. The company was founded in 1983 and is
headquartered in Atlanta. Learn more at http://www.bsdsoftlink.com.

For more information, contact:

R. Dale Corley, Jr.
Building Systems Design, Inc.
888-BSD-SOFT
dcorley@bsdsoftlink.com

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SOURCE Building Systems Design, Inc.

R. Dale Corley, Jr., Building Systems Design, Inc., +1-888-BSD-SOFT,
dcorley@bsdsoftlink.com