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FHWA and GA DOT Select Haestad Methods' Software -- StormCAD is Stormwater Design Tool of Choice for Federal and State Agencies

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WATERBURY, Conn., Jun 29, 2001 -- Haestad Methods, the world's leading provider of hydrologic and hydraulic software, today announced that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) have both purchased Haestad Methods' stormwater software modeling products to analyze and modify their current storm sewer systems.

GDOT selected the Stormwater Suite to model their systems statewide. This comprehensive design and analysis package, which includes StormCAD, PondPack, FlowMaster, and CulvertMaster, will provide the transportation department with an integrated solution to contend with the frequent threat of flooding to Georgia's 114,000 miles of roadways.

After evaluating several other stormwater packages, GDOT elected to purchase Haestad Methods' Stormwater Suite to assist their 200 project engineers with roadway design and improvement projects. GDOT currently handles 60% of these projects in-house, with 40% being distributed to outside consultants.

"The Haestad Methods software [suite] has been selected as one of the standard packages for storm sewer design and analysis for implementation statewide throughout GDOT," says Glenn Williams, GDOT Computer Support Engineer Manager. "The decision to standardize our software was made after a yearlong evaluation of various stormwater packages on the market. We feel that this suite, in conjunction with additional software, will provide a complete solution for our modeling needs."

The recent purchases of Haestad Methods products by Georgia and several other state transportation departments have not gone unnoticed by their federal counterpart. The FHWA, a long time user of Haestad Methods' CulvertMaster and PondPack programs, has most recently added StormCAD to their list of stormwater modeling applications. The FHWA will utilize the software similarly to GDOT by taking advantage of features such as robust GIS integration, Scenario Management, and the automated design tool to model future highway construction projects.

"I believe the FHWA and DOTs are deploying Haestad Methods' Stormwater products because they realize the importance of the hydrologic and hydraulic calculations for their analyses and designs, beyond what a geometric package add-on can give to them," said Jen Patty, Director of DOT Sales at Haestad Methods. "Not to mention our accredited continuing education department, our experienced technical support staff, and the ease of use of our software." Included with the Stormwater Suite are comprehensive software manuals and ClientCare support packages for each product. ClientCare will provide GDOT and FHWA with automatic software upgrades and updates, as well as technical and engineering assistance.

For more information about Haestad Methods software and services visit http://www.haestad.com.

Haestad Methods is the world's leading provider of hydrologic and hydraulic computer modeling applications for the civil engineering industry. Founded in 1979, Haestad Methods provides modeling software, Internet portals, IACET-certified and PDRES-accredited continuing education workshops, and computer-assisted modeling textbooks and publications that empower more than 115,000 engineers in over 170 countries to more efficiently design, map, manage, and plan their projects. For more information, call Haestad Methods at 800-727-6555 (US and Canada) or +1-203-755-1666 (Worldwide), email info@haestad.com, or visit http://www.haestad.com.

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