How Sweet Is It? AEC Building Products Biggest Database > ENGINEERING.com

The number of individual entries in Dodge Data & Analytics’ Sweets database of building products has just surpassed the 100,000 threshold, while the launch of a related app now makes this information accessible during design workflows.

According to Mike Petrullo, CEO of Dodge Data & Analytics, the accumulation of more than 100,000 product entries follows more than 100 years of operation by Sweets, making the database the most comprehensive resource of its kind for the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industries.

“Sweets has been the construction industry’s mainstay building product resource for more than a century,” said Petrullo.

“Since the very beginning, we have aspired to create a comprehensive, efficiency-enhancing product database that provides industry-leading value to the design and build community.

The Sweets app lets users access information on over 100,000 products from within Autodesk Revit or AutoCAD. (Image courtesy of YouTube.)

The Sweets app lets users access information on over 100,000 products from within Autodesk Revit or AutoCAD. (Image courtesy of YouTube.)

“Surpassing the 100,000-product threshold, and having 96 percent of Architectural Record’s top 300 design firms registered, is proof that Sweets is fulfilling its promise.”

Sweets currently has a registered user base of more than 300,000, enabling it to provide the latest product metadata for key brands, including Allegion, Armstrong, CertainTeed, Nystrom and Sloan.

In addition to containing a wide range of product entries, the interactive database also provides detailed information for…

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