December 11	Hi-Cad at Nuclear Power International : December 11 -12, New Orleans, Louisiana, Andrew Bailey from Hi-Cad will present a technical paper addressing the reduction of radioactive dose uptake in the Nuclear Industry through the adoption of laser scanning techniques.
	December 5 - 7	Hi-Cad at DeepGulf 2007 December 5 - 7, Louisiana Focusing on the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico – Hi-Cad will be in Booth 212 at the Hilton on Poydras in New Orleans.
	December 3	Hi-Cad Has has appointed Neil Duke as Manager of Business Development for its US Operations. Neil brings to Hi-Cad over twenty years in project execution, sales and business development experience within the O&G, Energy and Industrial markets. Neil began his career with Brown & Root and formerly has worked for firms such as AMEC, ABB, John Brown Engineers and Kvaerner O&E which included assignments in the UK, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Kazakhstan and Germany. Neil was an important factor in the introduction of close range photogrammetry to the North American Energy & Industrial markets for Kvaerner O&G. Neil will focus on new business development in the US Industrial Markets and can be reached through his email - nduke@hicadamerica.com
	December 3	Hi-Cad Project to be Cover Article of December 2007 issue of Offshore Engineering Magazine. The Thruster Porch Project done for Shell E&P on the Kulluk – a floating drilling unit located in the Beaufort Sea (Arctic Circle) is to be the focus of an article in Offshore Engineering Magazine – the article was originally written and published previously by Spar Point Research (ISSN: 1553-8834; Tuesday, October 16, 2007 Vol. 5, Number 22). The project, to add Thrusters to the Kulluk to make it a Dynamic Positioning Drilling Unit, led to additional work for Shell on the Kulluk for Roger Burger (Roger passed away shortly afterward) and follow-on work with Frontier on the Frontier Driller. Stan Wiggins who was Corporate Planning & Scheduling Manager for the Thruster Porch Project for Frontier (Stan is now with InServ at ConocoPhillips Belle Chase) has used Hi-Cad in the past most notably on BP’s Thunder Horse (Semi-Sub Gulf of Mexico) and Mad Dog (Spar Gulf of Mexico) and Tracy Harris (Engineering Manager for Construction, E&P Projects, Shell Deepwater Development) is planning to use Hi-Cad’s services on another project in Malaysia in 2008. Currently Hi-Cad have a contract with Shell International E&P (SIEP) on the Perdido Regional Spar (Gulf of Mexico) through 2010 and recently provided Laser Scanning Services at ConocoPhillips Belle Chase on the Wet Gas Scrubber Project - Stan Wiggins is currently providing Planning, Scheduling and Cost Control Services for InServ on the project.
	November 21	Hi-Cad at 2007 EPEDC : November 21st - 22nd The Hague, Netherlands Hi-Cad will be exhibiting at stand 15 at the EPEDC conference. Hi-CAD will be showing its’ range of laser scanning and 3D Dimensional Control services to European clients.
	November 6	DOF (Deepwater Operations Forum) 2007 - Tuesday, November 6th through Thursday, November 8th. Galveston, TX at the Moody Gardens Hotel & Convention Center. Hi-Cad will be in booth 210 between BP & Total - please join us for our third year at the conference. One day passes to the show can be obtained by emailing cmoody@hicadamerica.com. www.deepwateroperations.com
	October 22	ISIET (International Symposium for Engineering IT) 2007 – Monday, October 22nd & Tuesday, October 23rd. San Antonio, TX at the Hotel Contessa. Hi-Cad will be showing the latest updates to the LFM Software and will provide demonstrations of sample projects. www.aveva.com/iseit/
	October 16	Hi-Cad has been awarded a four year contract to provide Dimensional Control Management & Services on the BP Operation Canadian Crude Project in the Whiting Indiana Refinery. The project will involve several phases with hundreds of modules and pieces of equipment being Engineered and Designed by several firms including Fluor, Foster Wheeler and Jacobs. Hi-Cad began providing services in the BP Whiting Refinery in 1998 and has provided services on several projects since. Hi-Cad will provide a Dimensional Control Manager (DCM) to instil a "fit first time" DC philosophy as well as provide procedures, review results, liaise between suppliers and projects as well as schedule audits. Hi-Cad have provided similar services in the Chocolate Bayou, TX, Decatur, AL and Texas City, TX Refineries.
	October 9	Hi-Cad at ISEIT 2007 : October 9 - 10, London Hi-Cad will be co-exhibiting with Z+F to show its’ ability to display laser scan data inside PDMS design and review tools. Hi-CAD is a technical partner of Aveva and has worked closely with Aveva and Z+F since 2005 to develop the successful import of laser scan data into Aveva software for design and review purposes.
	September 24	Hi-Cad has been contracted to provide third-party verification services to Gulf Marine Fabricators (owned by Gulf Island Fabricators) and Gulf Island Fabricators on the Chevron Tombua-Landana Compliant Piled Tower Block 14 Angola Project. Hi-Cad have worked for GMF previously on BP's Holstein Spar Platform and at the Gulf Island Fabricators yard for Atlantia on the Neptune TLP. Hi-Cad will provide a two-man team to travel between the sites during construction to provide a third-party review of the dimensional measurement results.
	April 23	Today Hi-Cad announced that it has been awarded a contract with DSME (Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co, Ltd) to provide Dimensional Control Management on the Chevron Tombua-Landana Compliant Piled Tower (Block 14 Angola). The Topsides will be built in DSME's yard and the Tower will be built in two sections - the bottom section in Gulf Marine Fabricators (owned by Gulf Island Fabricators) in Aransas Pass, TX and the top section in Gulf Island Fabricators Houma, LA yard. The tower will be located in 1440' (440m)
	March 26	Hi-Cad at SPAR 2007 : March 26-27, Sugar Land, Houston, Texas
	March 20	Hi-Cad awarded a contract to provide Dimensional Control Management on the Shell Perdido Regional Host Truss Spar Platform More >>>
	March 14	EIConnect (Middle East) 2007 : March 14-15, Sheraton Bahrain Hotel and Towers, Bahrain Hi-Cad will be exhibiting at the EIC Connect Middle East conference which will be held at the Sheraton Bahrain Hotel and Towers on March 14 and 15, 2007. Hi-Cad personnel will be available to discuss recent 3D laser scanning and modelling projects undertaken by Hi-Cad both in the Middle East and globally for both engineering revamp and asset management purposes.