March 18, 2002—ARCAT, Inc., a newly formed company, announced that it has completed a management buyout of all assets of The Architect’s Catalog, Inc. (ARCAT), from Bricsnet NV. Bricsnet NV, a Belgium-based company, has refocused its efforts on the real estate and facilities management market, resulting in the divestiture of its architectural CAD software business in addition to The Architect’s Catalog, Inc.
ARCAT, Inc. will continue to publish the annual ARCAT Directory containing over 1,300 pages of building product catalogs, which is distributed to 40,000 US architects, engineers, and specifiers. Additionally, it will continue its Web site as a comprehensive source of building product information on over 9,000 building product manufacturers. Other features of the site include ARCAT Specs, the largest electronic library of proprietary specifications written in the industry standard CSI 3-Part Format, and ARCAT Details, CAD drawings in .dwg and .dxf formats. Last year, construction professionals visited the site over 1 million times, sourcing and specifying building product information for their construction projects.
