Calculated Industries
Calculated Industries, sometimes referred to as CI, is a company that specializes in industry specific
History
Calculated Industries' first entry into the calculator business came in the later 1970s with The Loan Arranger.[1] It was one of the first Real Estate calculators to simplify the process of calculating a loan payment, breaking away from the traditional financial key labeling of “I”, “PV”, “FV” to more clearly labeled function keys. It also predated the well-known HP12c financial calculator.
With the success of The Loan Arranger the Alexander brothers tried a few other specialty calculators such as the GradeMatic[2] calculator which helped teachers compute student grades, and the Graphic Arts Master. However, the real success of the company came in 1985 with the creation of the Construction Master.[3] According to Mark Bollman,[4] a mathematics and calculator historian and associate professor of mathematics at Albion College, the "Construction Master is the first in a long and profitable line of CI construction calculators". The Construction Master came preprogrammed with common construction calculations, and was a significant move forward for those dealing with construction math (such as angles, stairs, roofing math, pitch, rise, run, etc.). Fine Homebuilding magazine described the calculator as a noteworthy contribution to those in the construction field in an article based on the 25 Years of Milestones that help shape the homebuilding industry.[5] The success of the Construction Master calculator gave the company drive to focus on more construction-related products and has since produced related calculators such as the ElectriCalc,[6] Material Estimator,[7] Heavy Calc, Project Calc,[8] and most recently a Pipe Trades calculator.
While their core business is now mainly focused on the construction industry, CI has developed other specialty products such as a kitchen calculator,[9] a Quilters' calculator (the FabriCalc),[10] and the Time Master,[11] as well as developing a series of cost-effective digital devices to measure blueprint takeoffs.
As of 2010, the company is still developing specialty calculators and won runner-up at the SEMA[12] show for best new product of 2010 for a new Hot Rod Calc which assists with engine modification math.
Calculated Industries has made product under the
Earlier models
Early CI calculator models included:
- The Loan Arranger (1978)
- Financial I (1982)
- GradeMatic: version: 100 (1983)
- Construction Master (1985)
- Pocket Handyman (1985)
- Dimension Calculator (1985)
- Time Master v1.0 (1989)
- Wall Street Wizard (1989)
- Pocket Appariser (1993)
Current CI calculators
Construction related products:
- Construction Master
- Pipe Trades Pro
- PlumbingCalc Pro
- Material Estimator
- ElectricCalc Pro
- ConcreteCalc Pro
- HeavyCalc Pro
- Measure Master Pro
Real estate/mortgage products:
- Qualifier Plus
- Mortgage Qualifier Plus
- Mortgage PaymentCalc
- Real Estate Master
Hobby and other calculators:
- Home ProjectCalc
- Quilter's FabricCalc
- NautiCalc
- KitchenCalc
- ScheduleCalc
- Time Master
- Hot Rod Calc (now under the Mr. G brand)
Measuring / takeoff devices:
- Prexiso X2 Laser Distance Measurer
- DigiRoller Plus
- Scale Master
- Ultra Scale Master Pro
References
- ^ "The Loan Arranger II". Mathcs.albion.edu. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
- ^ "GradeMatic 100". Mathcs.albion.edu. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
- ^ "Construction Master". Mathcs.albion.edu. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
- ^ Mark Bollman. "Mark->'s Calculator Collection". Mathcs.albion.edu. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
- ^ "Fine Home Building" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
- ^ "ElectriCalc 96". Mathcs.albion.edu. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
- ^ "Material Estimator". Mathcs.albion.edu. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
- ^ BuildingOnline. "BuildingOnline eUpdate News: DIY CALCULATOR GETS SEAL OF APPROVAL FROM HANDYMAN CLUB | construction industry news". Buildingonline.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
- ^ "Looking to Scale Down A Recipe? Go Figure". Washingtonpost.com. 2008-08-26. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
- ^ "Quilter's FabriCalc". Mathcs.albion.edu. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
- ^ "Time Master". Mathcs.albion.edu. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
- ^ "January.pdf". Catalog.proemags.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
More on product history
- http://mathcs.albion.edu/~mbollman/CI/index.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100402051217/http://www.devidts.com/be-calc/catalog_C.asc.htm
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110708104404/http://www.buildingonline.com/news/viewnews.pl?id=1778&subcategory=75
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110708104347/http://www.buildingonline.com/news/viewnews.pl?id=494&subcategory=75
- http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20091231/NEWS/912319977/1005&parentprofile=1058
- http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20070820/NEWS01/70820003
- http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-69674130/tech-tools-projectcalc-calculated.html
- HighBeam
- Age Calculator
- http://skillsusa.org/students/scholarships.shtml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110711054108/http://www.fultoncountynews.com/news/2009-09-17/Local_(and)_State/VoTech_Student_Takes_The_Gold.html
- http://mathcs.albion.edu/~mbollman/CI/index.html
- http://www.calculatedindustries.com