Building Systems Design, Inc. An Overview of the Company and Its Products

BSD – An Overview from 30,000 Ft.  Founded in 1983  C Corporation with 5 major owners  Headquartered in Atlanta  32 employees, 3 consultants  Thousands of offices subscribe, from all 50 states and several foreign countries  Major products: –BSD SpecLink ® (automated guide specifications) –BSD CostLink ® /AE (budgetary cost estimating)

BSD – An Overview from 30,000 Ft.  Major Associations, Strategic Relationships: –Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)  AGC DocuBuilder ® (automated delivery of standard construction contract forms: ConsensusDOCS & AGC)  Ongoing development, technical support, fulfillment –The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI)  PerSpective ® (automated performance specifications)  Ongoing strategic partnership, joint marketing program –RS Means (Reed Construction Data)  Reseller of cost data in BSD CostLink/AE

BSD SpecLink ® – An Overview Tree Panel (700+ sections) Document Panel for editing Notes Panel master and project notes

BSD SpecLink ® – An Overview Links Dialog shows source and target links, plus allows new links by drag & drop

 The only guide spec system based on a relational database structure  One file per project improves production and coordination  Editing by selection instead of by deletion  Automated updating does not overwrite user’s customized project data  140,000 “intelligent links” automatically include related text, exclude incompatible options, and highlight possibilities BSD SpecLink ® – An Overview

BSD SpecLink ® E – An Overview

 The Next Generation of BSD’s SpecLink+  The Next Generation of BSD’s SpecLink+ ®  A Client-Server Application Using SQL Server  Client-Server Means Multiple Components  Client Software Runs on User’s Computer  Server Software and Database on WAN or LAN  The Next Generation of BSD’s SpecLink+  The Next Generation of BSD’s SpecLink+ ®  A Client-Server Application Using SQL Server  Client-Server Means Multiple Components  Client Software Runs on User’s Computer  Server Software and Database on WAN or LAN

Document panel editing on multiple tabs You can have multiple documents open, each on a different tab. The Documents Ribbon Bar Tab provides tools for manipulating documents. Documents Panel allows editing Ribbon Bar shows Documents Tab with Check-out and Save commands SLE supports checklists that let you choose type of specification There are two Notes Panels Check-out Status is shown in this Panel

Working in Page View mode Page View shows only that text that has already been selected. You can add user-created text as well as images and tables in Page View mode. You can also access Headers and Footers from Page View. Page View mode shows selected text and is formatted to the page Ribbon Bar Insert Tab supports a number of different objects You can add images in Page View or in Normal View Choice fields are accessible in Page View mode as well Access the Tree and Notes Panels using tabs on border

New Specification Types SpecLink-E supports three specification modes: Full Spec Mode, Short Form Mode, and Outline Mode. Short Form is a subset of the Full Spec text and Outline is a subset of Short Form text. The 3 spec modes are selected here and can be purchased separately Spec Type Column identifies the type of Text in a paragraph When we click on a different mode the available text changes to match the mode

BSD CostLink ® /AE – An Overview UniFormat Tree building elements Detail for selected assembly Corresponding element costs

BSD CostLink ® /AE – An Overview Costs are model-driven but easily modified as design is developed

LinkMan Interoperability

LinkMan Dashboard Concept SLC AE 95 5,345 sq ft 6,245 sq ft

–SLE currently under development  Delivery in Winter 2008 –LinkMan in early development  Delivery in Spring 2009 –CLE development to begin in late 2008  Delivery in Fall 2009 Expected Development Timeline

Contacts  Building Systems Design, Inc.   or  John Witherspoon, CEO  Rob Dean, President  Susan McClendon, Exec VP  Karen Dean, VP, CFO  Charlie Hooper, VP

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