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Cedric Hider shares how he saves Cobb,
Fendley & Associates $500 per week.
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| Cedric Hider and his son ready
to go to a Dallas Mavericks basketball game! |
HOUSTON, TEXAS, USA
— Cobb, Fendley & Associates are no strangers to
implementing strategies to maximize profits while keeping
costs down. Twice ranked in the University of Houston Small
Business Development Center's Top 100 fastest-growing privately
owned businesses, CFA keeps their focus on providing high-quality
engineering services by adopting time-saving and productivity-boosting
strategies in the design phase of a project.
Cedric Hider, Design and Project Engineer for CFA, took some
time to share with MicroStation Today how he uses Axiom's
RefWriter to save valuable production time and to keep
contributing to the firm's commitment to quality, integrity
and engineering excellence.
MicroStation Today:
Tell us about yourself and your duties.
Cedric: I started out as Design Engineer for Dallas Water
Utilities in 1997. Two years later, I was promoted to Project
Engineer. In the fall of 2000, I accepted a position as Design
and Project Engineer at CFA. As the Design and Project Engineer
in the Utility Coordination Department, I am responsible for
analyzing roadway projects to ensure that the designs of underground
telecommunications conduits and underground utilities are
in strict adherence to our project standards.
MST: We hear you are
quite fond of RefWriter?
Cedric: RefWriter has been a huge time-saver. It would
be rather hard for me to go back to using the Reference Exchange
command now. Without the main drawing (master design file)
being displayed on the reference file when I switch to it,
it becomes difficult to determine how to handle items in the
reference file without overlapping the items in the main design
file. RefWriter maintains all of the view settings
of the main drawing, so that when I'm altering the reference
files, I won't impact the main drawing.
MST: How much money and
time do you think RefWriter saves your company?
Cedric: By using RefWriter, I don't have to open and
re-open drawings and toggle between sheet drawings and reference
files which can take anywhere from two to three minutes per
toggle. Any given day I may toggle between main drawing and
reference drawings 20 or 30 times, depending on the project.
So, we are looking at about an hour per day of toggling. If
a project takes five days worth of work — and the average
rate per hour for an engineer is around $100 — we are
looking at $500 worth of savings per week!
MST: What do you do with your
time when you are not working?
Cedric: I enjoy spending time with friends and family. My
son is one year old and it is a joy just to spend time with
him and watch him play. Also, I am a big fan of music. I play
the saxophone and I usually find myself listening to jazz
when I am relaxing. In addition, I love to work out. I work
out at the neighborhood gym four to five times a week.
MST: Thank you for sharing
your story with us!
Cedric: Thank you very much.
Call now!
For more information on RefManager
contact an Axiom MicroStation Consultant today! Call 727-442-7774
extension 9514 or e-mail 9514@AxiomInt.com.
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