New Product Alert - The TrussFile Storage Solution

The TrussFile is made by Advanced Organizing Systems, Inc. and is now sold by EngineerSupply. The TrussFile is designed for stackable easy access for rolled documents such as blueprints and construction drawings, and provides economical and durable permanent storage of prints, graphics, art, maps, film, and other items. The "trussed interior" forms individual compartments and provides exceptional stacking strength. The label area on the end flap enables easy identification and organization. End access provides easy retrieval of documents when stacked. The modular design allows easy relocation in office, in permanent storage, or in a vehicle. Individual units may be used vertically.
The TrussFile is made from attractive white corrugated cardboard with deep gray lettering. Each TrussFile has 7 large and 2 small triangular compartments and is packaged 2 units per package for a total of 18 compartments. Large compartments store up to 4" rolls and small compartments up to 2.5" rolls. Multiple smaller rolls can be stored in the compartments.

Two Sizes are available (shipped flat):
TrussFile25 — 2/Pkg — (29"W x 6.5"H x 27"D)
TrussFile37 — 2/Pkg — (29"W x 6.5"H x 39"D)

Tumblers Make Great Gifts

I bought some Tumblers with the Virginia Tech logo on them and they are great. Keeps hot stuff hot, and cold stuff cold. Almost indestructible from what I can tell.

Check them out here

I'll get back to discussing Engineering and Surveying Equipment very soon, but thought I'd mention the tumbler find.

Making Something Out of Nothing

Another one of my life lessons...

I've worked for several architectural, engineering, surveying firms in the past, and some firms only handled local projects and were small 20 person companies. Some firms were large with multiple floors of architects and engineering handling very large projects many states away.

When I started working for the first firm as a civil cad tech, which was a large firm, I always had the luxury of having nice aerial photography, localized topos, ability to send field crews back out for additional survey information. One thing that stands out in my mind is the lesson of being able to forge ahead on a project with minimal information. I learned this valuable lesson from a coworker at a smaller engineering firm I was employed at. Being spoiled to the large firms methods, I would easily balk during the startup of a project when I didn't have all the information I thought I needed. A coworker, Mike, taught me that I could forge ahead and continue working on a project with minimal information instead of throwing my hands up and saying "this cannot be done!". We worked on projects, made educated interpolations or would make do until we were able to get better information. We completed projects on time with necessary approval, within budget, and we kept a clean track record by not getting sued by the client or anyone else. The lesson of being able to continue working and make something out of almost minimal information was a valuable lesson to me. It falls right in line with the entrepreneurial spirit and the ability to forge ahead and make something while others will simply say "it cannot be done".

EngineerSupply Adds Construction Lasers to Store

The first week of January 2006, EngineerSupply added Construction Lasers to its webstore.

A construction laser is a level which emits one or more laser beams through its rotating aperture(s) to create a level reference plane. They can be used outdoors or indoors and can greatly reduce the leveling time. Construction Lasers come in all shapes and sizes, and vary with the type of job that one would want to complete. Lasers come in the types of Manual Level Lasers, Self-Leveling Lasers, Split-Beam Lasers, Horizontal Lasers and Rotary Lasers.

EngineerSupply only sells quality namebrand products like Stanley, CST/Berger, and Pacific Laser Systems.