Electrical software is ready for 2005 legislation
An
Amtech Power Software product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Nov 22, 2004
Amtech Power Software has now released the new 2005 version of its electrical design software.
Amtech Power Software has released the 2005 version of its electrical design software.
Steve Gazeley, Amtech's Software Development Manager, said: "When designing a new version, we first go to our customers and ask what they would like".
"This is vital - our customers know our product and they know their business better than anyone".
"We have also had some major changes to legislation affecting the electrical industry".
"At the beginning of 2004, we had the new harmonised cable colours and the new Part P amendment to the Building Regulations will be mandatory from 1st January 2005".
"This is a major change to legislation that will affect thousands of electrical contractors".
"With this new 2005 version we have incorporated all the changes required for Part P".
Amtech has been actively involved in discussions with accredited licensing centres approved by the Government.
As a result, the company's test and inspection software, FastTest, has been upgraded to be fully Part P ready.
FastTest 2005 now includes new NICEIC and British Standards certificates and reports, enabling accredited contractors to comply with the Part P certification and reporting requirements.
This means that users with FastTest 2005 version are ready for the implementation of Part P in January 2005.
Other important enhancements include new management tools for forecasting and advising customers when re-inspections are due, as well as the ability to add documents and images to installations and certificates.
ProDesign, Amtech's electrical design software package, also contains new features and enhancements for 2005.
These include: integration with Protect, Amtech's circuit protection software, giving greater flexibility; the ability to include multiple switchboards and switching arrangements to model different scenarios; plus many new time-saving drawing features.
New switching facilities are now included that can be used to create multiple switchboard projects, and different sources can be included throughout the project as required.
As Gazeley pointed out: "Software development is always ongoing, especially as legislation and technology progresses".
"From a development point of view, it is crucial that the software reflects what the engineer and contractor need".
"We need to make their job as easy as possible, while still giving them flexibility to handle as diverse a range of work as possible".
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