What's New at CULTEC
CULTEC Gives Assistance to Haiti Victims
January 21, 2010 - Overwhelmed by the tragedy in Haiti, CULTEC wanted to see how we could help. Company President, Bob DiTullio, Jr. had seen a local news broadcast about Haiti Marycare, a Danbury, CT based-organization, asking for donations and / or volunteers and saw a way we could help out. CULTEC assisted by donating both time coordinating the shipment and covering the freight costs for an overnight air freight shipment of medical supplies from Utah to Florida which would then be shipped to Haiti. "Our experience in logistics gave us the contacts required to ship the supplies needed in a timely manner at no cost to the Haiti Marycare organization," said Mr. DiTullio. To find out more about Haiti Marycare and how you can help, visit www.haitimarycare.org/Donations.htm
CULTEC Stormwater Chambers Included in Bentley Systems' New PondPack V8i Software Application
September 30, 2009 – CULTEC Inc. today announced that it is currently the only stormwater chamber manufacturer whose products are included in Bentley Systems’ new PondPack V8i application for the analysis and design of detention ponds. CULTEC and Bentley partnered to help PondPack V8i users design their hydraulic models with CULTEC chambers faster and more efficiently.
Modelers can now employ PondPack V8i to construct complex arrays of CULTEC storage chambers, which can be further combined with other standard pond components to create a single storage unit to be used in the routing analysis.
“CULTEC reached out to us with the suggestion to include its chambers in PondPack V8i. We agreed that this additional capability will make work easier for our users who include CULTEC chambers in their stormwater management plans,” said Malcolm Sharkey, product manager, stormwater products at Bentley.
PondPack V8i’s engineering libraries contain the parameters of all CULTEC chamber models, including the Contactor® and Recharger® series. The Storage Chamber Library allows users to manage pre-entered CULTEC chambers as well as to customize them in their hydraulic models.
Besides including CULTEC detention chambers, the application features an enhanced graphical user interface, new support for CAD platforms, and support for new hydraulic elements. PondPack V8i’s analysis engine sizes ponds, develops outlet rating curves with tail water effects, accounts for pond infiltration, calculates pond detention times, analyzes channels, performs interconnected pond routing computations and handles divergent (multiple) outfalls. Accepted by the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), PondPack V8i is also on the list of numerical models accepted for use in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
Bentley is the global leader dedicated to providing architects, engineers, constructors, and owner-operators with comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure. Founded in 1984, Bentley has more than 2,700 colleagues and offices in more than 45 countries, had 2008 revenues surpassing $500 million, and, since 1995, has invested more than $1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions. Form more information about Bentley, visit www.bentley.com
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CULTEC Offers New CULTEC StormGenie Automated Drawing Program
May 22, 2009 - The CULTEC StormGenie™ is an AutoCAD® plug-in for designing CULTEC Stormwater Systems. It is used in conjunction with CULTEC's Stormwater Design Calculator to generate project-specific AutoCAD® drawings for CULTEC's Contactor® and Recharger® Retention and Detention Stormwater Systems. The StormGenie™ takes information from the Stormwater Design Calculator and creates square beds based on the client's project input.
No other stormwater product manufacturer has a drawing program like this!
Just another way that CULTEC is making the design phase that much easier.
Benefits of CULTEC StormGenie™
Excellent for creating preliminary system proposals to clients without spending a lot of time
Quick way to draw accurate bed layouts that can be modified into irregular sized beds
Great for contractors and landscape architects to draw systems for review by an engineer or client
Ideal for professional looking drawings for bids, conceptual systems or product substitutions
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CULTEC Offers HydroCAD CULTEC Edition - Free of Charge
March 4, 2009 – CULTEC is offering its customers a free HydroCAD CULTEC edition, available for download here.
This custom edition allows constructing basic watershed models of up to five nodes, including storage, runoff, and routing calculations for the company’s Contactor®, Recharger®, HVLV™, and Field Drain™ models.
HydroCAD CULTEC is used to generate a complete inflow or runoff hydrograph and route it through the pond, calculating water levels attained throughout a rainfall event and any discharge that may occur through outlet devices or infiltration. It models complex storage arrangements, such as combinations of multiple chambers, pipe storage and catch basins. HydroCAD CULTEC also calculates the combined storage for chambers entrenched in a bed of crushed stone at any water surface elevation.
“HydroCAD CULTEC makes it easy for CULTEC’s customers to design and model underground retention and detention systems, especially when they need to determine the combined storage for a configuration of chambers, without resorting to any manual calculations,” said Peter Smart, developer at HydroCAD Software Solutions.
Existing HydroCAD users should obtain a version update to retain the capabilities of their software as CULTEC edition will replace any previous HydroCAD installation. The latest HydroCAD-9 release includes all CULTEC chambers and a new chamber wizard, which simplifies the layout, pricing, and modeling of underground storage systems. To order an update, click here.
CULTEC’s Contactor® series included in HydroCAD are lower profile, lower capacity chambers used primarily for managing stormwater for installations with stringent depth restrictions. The Recharger® series are high profile, high capacity chambers that can be used for retention, detention, recharging, or controlling the flow of on-site stormwater run-off.
HydroCAD is an integrated solution for the analysis, design, and documentation of complete drainage systems using standard hydrograph techniques. It is used for all types of drainage projects, from small runoff studies to complex detention pond designs. For more information, visit HydroCAD's website.
We are able to assist you in your design by performing preliminary calculations and supplying AutoCAD layouts free of charge. | 
