AUTOCAD software has been used by several architectural and construction firms in Hong Kong on some of the territory's best-known infrastructure projects.
Gammon Constructions, for example, has used the software on some of the major landmark projects it has undertaken in the territory over the years.
They include the construction of the Exchange Square complex; the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club clubhouse; the Tsing Ma Bridge; Container Terminal 8; the Yau Ma Tei replacement typhoon shelter; the Peninsula Hotel extension; and the Standard Chartered Bank building.
Gammon data processing manager Alfred Wat said the company used more than 30 copies of AutoCAD in three departments involved in design.
Foremost of the three departments that used AutoCAD was the civil engineering design division, he said. This department handled local internal and external jobs.
The other two major AutoCAD users were the Gammon foundation design department, and the firm's workshop in Sha Tin at which products were designed for internal use.
'Ever since we established our headquarters in Hong Kong in 1958, we have concentrated on developing our expertise in several core areas including design and construction, building, civil engineering and foundation works,' Mr Wat said.