HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--By utilizing the expertise of a remote staff to handle technical and CAD work, architectural companies, builders, and engineers are able to do the work of much larger firms, and are able to accomplish enormous tasks while still maintaining a manageable manpower size. According to the Engineer Workforce Commission of Washington, D.C., there were 11,119 graduates with bachelor's degrees in civil engineering in 1997, compared with only 9,432 in 2006. Declining numbers make engineers and architects more expensive to use for minor technical work. “It may take an architect only 8 hours to initially work up specs on a shopping mall, and then 100 hours to fill in the technical details,” said Al Danto, CEO of DANO Inc., a firm that specializes in providing degreed architects, CAD specialists, and engineers to companies. “We can be an architect or a builder’s secret weapon, taking care of tasks they would rather delegate and allowing them to focus on more important aspects of a project.” More and more architectural engineering firms are discovering that it is not only cost effective—but profitable—to outsource CAD and other technical details. By outsourcing functions such as encoding, generation, architectural detailing, and site development, companies can avoid spending millions of dollars to hire, train, and manage staff. Using a remote staff provides a company with the latest advances in human and information technology without making expensive investments with an in-house infrastructure. Architectural and engineering companies often turn to DANO’s remote staff when they hit physical limits in their operations. Although they may want to increase capacity to handle additional projects, they are reluctant to spend excessive dollars on the necessary staff, office space, and hardware. From landscape modeling to 3D site overlays, a CAD specialist can add his or her expertise to any task, no matter how large or small, and model everything from the structural, mechanical, and plumbing details of a project, to picture-perfect exterior shots.
