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.
Building Systems Design (BSD) Announces New CEO
ATLANTA, Sept. 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — BSD today announced the appointment of Christopher Anderson as its new president and CEO, effective as of August 29, 2016. Mr. Anderson will be located at BSD's headquarters in the Buckhead area of Atlanta. Prior to his acceptance of the position at BSD, Mr. Anderson served as Vice President, Data […]
ATLANTA, May 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — In conjunction with the annual convention of the American Institute of Architects being held this week in Philadelphia, Building Systems Design, Inc. (BSD) today announced a new version of BSD SpecLink-E, its construction specifications software that now automates the global management and updating of thousands of reference standards, including those […]
AEC Daily and Building Systems Design, Inc. Are Now Connected
ATLANTA, Ga. and BUFFALO, N.Y., Jan. 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Building Systems Design, Inc. (BSD) and AEC Daily today announced an ongoing collaboration that will make it easier for architectural and engineering specifiers to gain additional knowledge about construction products in addition to obtaining continuing education credits. The initial phase of the collaboration involves the […]
Building Systems Design, Inc. Releases Cloud Version of BIM Linking Product
ATLANTA, Sept. 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Building Systems Design, Inc. (BSD) today announced the release of the latest version of BSD LinkMan-E, a BIM linking product that has now been configured to permit cloud access. BSD LinkMan-E, or LME, is a software tool that connects any architectural model developed in Autodesk's Revit to specifications for […]
ATLANTA, June 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Building Systems Design, Inc. (BSD) today announced the release of 43 specification sections that are part of a planned Division 46—Water and Wastewater Equipment catalog scheduled for completion by the end of the year. A total of 57 sections are anticipated, and the initial 43 are being released in preliminary […]
Building Systems Design, Inc. Introduces Unique Online Text Updating For Construction Specifications
BSD SpecLink-E software provides continuous online data updates for up-to-the-minute documents ATLANTA, Jan. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Building Systems Design, Inc. (BSD) today announced revolutionary changes in the updating features of its BSD SpecLink-E software for producing construction specifications. Building on the unique properties of its relational database software, BSD now has the ability to provide […]
Building Systems Design, Inc. Releases Cloud-Based Specifications SaaS
"SLE Cloud" contains all of the advantages of heralded flagship product BSD SpecLink-E with additional benefits and features tied to Internet accessibility ATLANTA, June 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Building Systems Design, Inc. (BSD) today announced the availability of a cloud-based version of its flagship specifications product, BSD SpecLink-E. Dubbed "SLE Cloud," this software service has all […]
Building Systems Design, Inc. Updates Master Specifications, Supporting Multiple Green Initiatives
ATLANTA, June 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Building Systems Design, Inc. (BSD) today announced publication of revisions to 116 specification sections related to sustainable design for architects and engineers. BSD SpecLink-E, BSD's automated specification production system, has supported the various LEED rating systems published by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for many years. BSD's latest sustainability […]
BSD Improves Tool Linking Specifications to Autodesk's Revit
ATLANTA, May 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Building Systems Design, Inc. (BSD) today announced the release of an updated BSD LinkMan-E software product that coordinates specifications with a Building Information Model (BIM) created in Autodesk's Revit software. The new LinkMan-E release has two totally reconfigured dashboards that clearly show correlations and discrepancies between information in Revit […]
BSD Revolutionizes A/E Specifications Updating
ATLANTA, Jan. 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Building Systems Design, Inc. (BSD) today announced a completely new approach to updating the data in its master guide specifications product, BSD SpecLink®-E. Instead of replacing the architectural and engineering database each quarter with updated content, BSD now delivers updates automatically via the Internet at a frequency determined by each […]
New Intelligent Revit Objects Created by Building Systems Design, Inc.
Users automatically connect BIM and specifications through BSD LinkMan-E ATLANTA, Sept. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Building Systems Design, Inc. (BSD) today announced at the annual convention of the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) the release of its latest innovation – intelligent Revit objects that are pre-linked to the appropriate specifications in SpecLink-E, BSD's automated specifications software. Simply […]
BSD Releases Materials Library for Autodesk's Revit
Updated BSD LinkMan-E Automatically Connects Applied Revit Materials to Specifications ATLANTA, June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Building Systems Design, Inc. (BSD) today announced the release of a Revit 2013 Materials Library that is pre-linked to BSD SpecLink®-E, BSD's automated construction specifications software, through the latest version of its BSD LinkMan®-E add-on. The 1,600 materials in the […]
ATLANTA, Aug. 17, 2012 — Building Systems Design, Inc. (BSD) today announced major enhancements of its award-winning construction specifications software product. The fall release of BSD SpecLink-E® includes many new features, but one of the most unusual is an enhancement to its innovative expandable database function. The guide specifications included in SpecLink-E cover over 600 […]
Major 5.0 Software Release for BSD SpecLink®-E
ATLANTA, July 24, 2012 — Building Systems Design, Inc. (BSD) today announced a major software release of its flagship BSD SpecLink-E product for automated production of construction specifications. The new version of the product includes major software modifications but no data updates. The biggest change is quite significant — all data edits in a project […]
BSD Keynote Management Tool Improves Revit Functionality
ATLANTA, Dec. 6, 2011 — Building Systems Design, Inc. (BSD) today announced availability of the latest version of its groundbreaking BIM interoperability tool, BSD LinkMan-E®. Designed to work with all recent releases of Autodesk's Revit® software, LinkMan connects a Revit project with its corresponding specifications in BSD SpecLink-E®, displaying any discrepancies and allowing the user […]
BSD Announces Keynote Management Tool
ATLANTA, Sept. 6, 2011 — Building Systems Design, Inc. (BSD) today announced the release of a new version of its groundbreaking BIM interoperability tool, BSD LinkMan-E®. Designed to work with all recent releases of Autodesk's Revit® software, the new LinkMan now incorporates a tab that allows users to import, edit, and connect keynotes to Revit […]
Construction Technology Partnership
Electronic Specifications and Submittals for Faster Projects ATLANTA, Aug. 9, 2010 — Building Systems Design, Inc. (BSD) and Submittal Exchange, LLC today announced a strategic partnership for joint marketing of BSD SpecLink(R) and Submittal Exchange(TM), the primary products of the two companies. BSD SpecLink is an automated specifications writing software product sold primarily to architects […]
Corporate Edition of Interoperable Spec Writing Tool Now Available
ATLANTA, March 17, 2010 — Building Systems Design, Inc. (BSD) has announced the release of a new Corporate Edition of its groundbreaking specifications software for the architecture and architectural engineering community. BSD SpecLink-E (SLE), an updated and improved version of BSD's award-winning SpecLink+ product, was initially released in December 2009 in a Professional Edition and […]
CSI GreenFormat(TM) Links Added to BSD SpecLink(R)
ATLANTA, Feb. 22, 2010 — The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) and Building Systems Design, Inc. (BSD) today announced that the latest update of the BSD SpecLink automated specification writing software includes hundreds of hyperlinks connecting individual specification sections with relevant "green" product information in CSI's GreenFormat web-based database. GreenFormat ) is a web-based CSI format […]
BSD Announces BIM Linking Solution
ATLANTA, Dec. 1, 2009 — Building Systems Design, Inc. (BSD) today announced the simultaneous release of its latest specifications software and the Beta release of software designed for interoperability with Autodesk's Revit. BSD SpecLink-E (SLE) is the successor to BSD's award-winning BSD SpecLink+ software currently being used by thousands of design professionals nationwide to produce […]
BSD SpecLink(R)-E Software Demonstration
ATLANTA, June 15, 2009 — Building Systems Design, Inc. (BSD) today announced live demonstrations of the final beta release of its new BSD SpecLink-E (SLE) software at Construct2009, a national trade show for the commercial construction industry being held this week in Indianapolis. SpecLink-E is the successor to BSD's award-winning BSD SpecLink+ specification-writing software currently […]
BIM and Specifications Linked by BSD LinkMan-E(TM)
ATLANTA, April 29, 2009 — Building Systems Design, Inc. (BSD) today announced that the first public demonstration of its new BSD LinkMan-E (LME) software will be conducted at the AIA National Convention and Expo in San Francisco, April 30 – May 2, 2009. LME has been designed to permit automatic two-way communication between disparate construction […]
BSD SpecLink(R)-E Software Announced
ATLANTA, April 29, 2009 — 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 […]
Beta Version of New BSD SpecLink(R)-E Software Announced
ATLANTA, May 14, 2008 — Building Systems Design, Inc. (BSD) today announced the first 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 […]
BSD Completes PerSpective(R) Purchase
Building Systems Design, Inc. acquires all rights to PerSpective performance specifications product developed originally by CSI-DBIA joint venture ATLANTA and ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1, 2006 — Building Systems Design, Inc. (BSD) of Atlanta and The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) of Alexandria announced today the completion of BSD's acquisition of PerSpective, a software tool for creating […]
BSD SpecLink(R) Data to Provide Manufacturer Lead Service
ATLANTA, March 28, 2006 — Building Systems Design (BSD) announced today the launch of a new lead service for building product manufacturers. Available by subscription, this lead service provides manufacturers with specific project information about how particular specification sections in the BSD SpecLink product are being used nationwide, including which manufacturers have been specified on […]
Construction Reference Standards 'On Demand'
Latest BSD SpecLink(R) Update Includes Thousands of Hyperlinks to the IHS Standards Store, Enabling Users to View and Purchase Referenced Standards Directly ATLANTA and ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Sept. 2, 2005 — Building Systems Design, Inc. (BSD) of Atlanta and IHS Inc. (IHS – http://www.ihs.com) announced today the release of the Fall 2005 edition of BSD SpecLink(R), […]
