Version 3 of RC-Archive™ data acquisition software contains many new features to enable seamless data acquisition. The new version of RC-Archive™ adds archiving support for the following new objects: BACnet® single-point and multipoint trend logs, and BACnet and the company’s protocol runtime logs.

The cloud-based Estimating 4 Profit (E4P) program is designed to enhance productivity and profitability in the commercial HVAC marketplace. Users can integrate estimates, budgets, and pricing agreements into a professional commercial HVAC proposal document.

Version 4 of the Bell & Gossett System Syzer® program for PC computers is available. It is an update of a tool for calculating flow rates and pressure drops in HVAC piping systems. The program provides a more comprehensive, user-friendly, and web-based selection tool for engineers, consultants, and designers.

A capability is available for all customers to apply their own custom categories and attributes to their fleets within the GPS fleet tracking software. Customers are able to define and apply their highly specific business data to vehicles, equipment, drivers, landmarks, users, and hierarchy nodes within GPS Insight.

Version 4 of the Bell & Gossett System Syzer® program for PC computers is available. It is an update of a tool for calculating flow rates and pressure drops in HVAC piping systems. The program provides a more comprehensive, user-friendly, and web-based selection tool for engineers, consultants, and designers.

Custom Integrated Training Solutions is a publishing service for the HVACR industry that allows wholesalers, educators, trainers, manufacturers, etc., to create custom training manuals to better serve their needs. It enables a company or school to brand the publication with their logo and add other supplementary documents.

With the growing acceptance of social media in business, many of the social debates have shifted from if an HVAC contractor should employ social media to how to govern its use. Enter social media policies. These policies can help protect contractors and their companies from libelous or malevolent online conduct from employees.

Autodesk Fabrication is a set of applications extending building information modeling (BIM) across the building lifecycle to support the fabrication and construction of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) projects. Coupled with the company’s existing BIM software solutions, the applications will further extend BIM to MEP contractors.

By now, as a contractor, you should already have a website to promote your business. If not, stop what you are doing and immediately create one. The purpose of this article is not to convince you to get a website, since that is a requirement, but to understand the purpose of your website.

It is the ease and assistance a few services and software offer to contractors that are honored in the Contractor Services & Software category of The NEWS’ ninth annual Dealer Design Awards.