This Release Dramatically Improves FASTTAC Ease of Use and Performance For All Types of Construction Drawings and Documents

PITTSBURGH, June 15, 2009

FASTTAC ®, an industry leader in simplifying the complexities of construction drawing distribution, control and collaboration, today announced FASTTAC 2.6. This release establishes a new standard for intuitive and easy navigation and performance across all sizes of construction projects. By providing a global search capability, improved drawing grid views, and the ability with one click to jump anywhere in a project, now enables both technical and non technical users to enjoy unsurpassed ease of use and speed when navigating construction drawings and documentation.

FASTTAC ensures the effective and timely delivery directly to users of drawings, specifications and their updates; RFIs and related documents. The timely and accurate delivery of shop drawings and equipment cuts and Operations and Maintenance Manuals directly impact the bottom line of all users. Existing systems, such as FTP sites and “plan rooms” lack the inherent capabilities to deliver the information to the people who need it, when they need it most.

“As our customer base has grown and as our typical project size has increased, FASTTAC needs to continue to provide quick and easy access to constructions sets to all project users across all the phases of a facility’s life-cycle,” said Ray Steeb, CEO of FASTTAC. “With FASTTAC 2.6 we can now rapidly deliver both the macro and micro project details regardless of the size or the complexities of the project.”

• The Project Search feature is enhanced to allow users to automatically jump to a specific point in the drawing or document, directly from within retrieved search results, greatly improving productivity and rapid information access.
• Improved Drawing Grid Detail with redesigned “thumbnail views”, enables smoother and more complete access to project and drawing information, resulting in better and faster decision making on projects.
• Expanded Global Navigation speeds direct access to the information you need as opposed to assist in “thumbing” through all drawings and documents.
• FASTTAC performance enhancements have resulted in 67% improvement in start up times and 42% reduction in project load times.

“New functionalities for simplified navigation and access to drawing details, as well as improved performance contribute to FASTTAC’s continued success in the market and why we consistently win new business” continued Steeb. “We are very eager to have our customers implement and gain the benefits of FASTTAC 2.6.”

About FASTTAC

Founded in 2005 by industry veteran Ray Steeb in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University, FASTTAC delivers Software as a Service (SaaS)-based suite of products that enables the construction and facility management industries to offer fast and easy access to accurate information from the planning, design, bidding, and building phases of a facility through its operation and maintenance. FASTTAC’s products are targeted at construction managers, owners and project managers that want to reduce costs and risk while improving productivity and profitability. FASTTAC provides real time mark ups to everyone on the project team, creating a “virtual drawing and document set” that reduces mistakes from using outdated drawings and documents across the various phases of a construction lifecycle. FASTTAC is the leader in distributed project and facility content that increases profits for it users.

Unlike simple server based file sharing systems, FASTTAC ensures that everyone on the project team is delivered the most current drawings and documents and that they are placed in the proper domain context. FASTTAC software products are being used every day by contractors and building teams on projects across the United States. FASTTAC can be found at www.fasttac.com.