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Former Marine — and mother of two —
does eight hours of work in 60 minutes using Global File
Changer.
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| Tammy Burgoa (inset) and her sons,
Sergio (top) and Corey. |
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA,
USA — Some people don't mind doing long,
laborious tasks — Tammy Burgoa of Metcalf & Eddy
Incorporated in San Diego, California is not one of those
people. Being an industrious person, Tammy lets MicroStation
Productivity Toolkit do much of her repetitive work for
her, so she can focus on more important job functions. By
doing so, she has the time to run two offices, make sure her
two sons never get to say 'I'm bored" and stay relaxed
in sunny California.
We were interested in what she had to say about MicroStation
Productivity Toolkit and wanted to share it with you.
MicroStation Today: Tell
us a bit about yourself.
Tammy: I was in the Marines for four years where I worked
as a Communications Operator and served in the Gulf War. I
am a single mom of two wonderful boys and I am originally
from New York. I've been in the CAD industry for about five
years now and I work for Metcalf & Eddy Incorporated.
I am the CAD manager of our San Diego and Orange County offices.
MST: What kind of projects
do you work on?
Tammy: I do a lot of civil, structural, mechanical and electrical
drafting and design in the water and wastewater field. I have
worked on many projects with the City of San Diego, along
with Caltrans (California Department of Transportation), Sprinter
Rail Project with the City of Escondido and VandenBerg Air
Force Base. I am currently working on a Process Wastewater
Project for a Winery located in Esparta, California. The City
of San Diego projects consist primarily of water, sewer and
wastewater projects. I use Axiom FileFixer religiously
for all files — and the City requires it — and it
has actually saved me many hours of work and, in turn, has
saved my company thousands of dollars.
MST: What other Axiom Products
do you use?
Tammy: I have MicroStation Productivity Toolkit and
use many of the utilities in it. I use SpecChecker,
which helps me find errors according to my project's standards
and allows me to submit my project error-free, which makes
my clients very happy. I recently began using SpecMonitor,
which allows me to begin a project, using specific standards
and rules, and know that the project will be on-standard when
it is complete. This has saved my company time and money and
will definitely save us a lot more in the future with its
continued use on new projects. Also, RefManager and
CellManager have saved many man-hours and thousands of
dollars since the change from MicroStation J to V8.
The Axiom tech support consultants have always been very helpful
in answering and solving any problems that I have encountered
in the past.
MST: What kind of problems
has Toolkit saved you from?
Tammy: Well, one particular problem that I remember running
into back in the summer of 2005 was an issue with the Metropolitan
Biosolids Center Project for the City of San Diego. I upgraded
from MicroStation V7 to V8 in the middle of the project and
had to change from International Feet to Survey Feet. The
working unit change caused the proposed work on my drawings
to be off by 12 feet. I was able to quickly fix the problem
with the push of one button with Global File Changer
and solved the problem in one hour verses eight hours. It
was only 30 drawings, but imagine if it were more? Someone
had even explained to me prior how to fix the problem the
long way, which would have had me recreating each drawing
all over again by re-referencing and merging files into each
drawing, which would have taken me at least eight hours to
do.
MST: Where would you
go if you could go anywhere in the world?
Tammy: If I could go anywhere in the world right now, it would
have to be back to where my ancestors came from — Sicily,
Italy. My boys would probably just want to go somewhere where
there's either a lot of snow for snowboarding or big waves
for surfing.
MST: What kinds of activities
do you and your family like to do in California?
Tammy: I love California because of the weather, but I miss
New York because my entire family still resides there. I enjoy
boxing and kickboxing, softball, rollerblading and taking
my boys camping, hiking, snowboarding and to the desert.
My oldest son, Corey, is 14, plays guitar and loves to snowboard,
surf and skateboard. Sergio is nine. He plays the drums and
loves to swim, wakeboard, snowboard and has a purple belt
in karate.
MST: Thank you so much
for your time, Tammy.
Tammy: Thank you so much for yours.
Call now!
For more information on MicroStation
Productivity Toolkit or Global
File Changer contact an Axiom MicroStation Consultant
today! Call 727-442-7774 extension 9476 or e-mail 9497@AxiomInt.com.
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