Simplifying The Specification Process Using Online Tools

Just like a dart board when wanting to score 50 in a single dart through we need to narrow our aim from the whole board to the inner rings and then to the bullseye. The online tools help designers and specifiers to do this by asking a series of questions and for other important details.  Generally these online tools will then email you back a potential solution within a few working days.

There are many to choose from including our Project builder and thermal builder tools but things to look out for would be software that we can provide you with calculations within 24 hours. Also look for ones that not only produce project specific Static Calculations for the bracket layout but also a thermal snapshot and U-value calculation for initial guidance. This way you can see if your proposed through wall build up will reach the targets you are trying to achieve. On top of your Static and Thermal calculations make sure that you can download them in PDF format and make sure that it also provides you with a NBS specification.  You will also want to be able to download the budget costs of each system and the components required including a fixings list.