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A SPECIAL ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT TO NEW YORK CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY C O M P O N E N T A S S E M B LY CAS is an innovator – not only in the way it operates its company but also in the way it thinks. CAS has taken the lead in developing and applying new operations and technologies that are transforming the way in which construction professionals approach a project. The ﬁrm has implemented new technology solutions that have increased its productivity, performance and its proﬁtability. Some of CAS’s initiatives have received accolades in the industry from trade and business media. In addition, leading organizations have recognized CAS’ thought leadership and innovation in their publications and in their activities. CAS was honored with Constructech Magazine’s Gold Vision Award in 2006 for ‘having used leading-edge technology to solve a critical business issue.’ The company continues to drive technology initiatives within its operations with its customized applications. CASim (which stands for Component Assembly Systems Information Manager) is an internally built technology platform that allows users to access all information residing within the company, regardless of software application, from a Web-based interface. One driver behind CASim was the need to identify challenges early in the project, giving management a streamlined view of operations and the opportunity to take timely action. The program has over 100 different screen designs linked together in a Web-style drilldown format being accessed by more than 160 users in the ﬁeld and in the ofﬁce. With CASim’s web-based interface, all information is readily A SUPPLEMENT TO CONSTRUCTECH MAGAZINE THE 2006 VISION AWARDS The Constructech Vision Awards honor those in the construction industry that have used leading-edge technology to solve a critical business issue. This year’s winners are profiled on the pages that follow. Reprinted from the October 2007 issue of Constructech Commercial magazine www.constructech.com PRESS accessible at all times, regardless of the software application. CASim communicates with disparate application databases across the organization and delivers the information to users in a timely manner and without compromising the performance of the accounting system. 18 Left: A screenshot of an employee screen in the CASim program, designed and used by Component Assembly Systems.

Component Assembly Systems March 2009

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