Company History

 

The Keymark Story:

Since its inception in 1975, Keymark has been the leading software innovator for the building and construction industry. Out of the basement of his Chicago home, Keith Dietzen, President of Keymark Enterprises, wrote the original software system that automated calculations and cutting functions for truss manufacturers in both residential and commercial construction. Keith’s goal was to help simplify the building process for customers.

In 1985, Keymark moved to Boulder Colorado, the company’s current headquarters. Now, over thirty-five years later, Keymark has grown to over 60 employees, and has moved well past their mainframe computer software beginning. Keymark is continuing to set the standard for construction industry software. Keymark’s product suite has grown substantially from the initial truss calculation and automation software Keith developed, and is now a complete, integrated solution from whole house design to beam sizing and floor layout.

Over the past thirty-five years, Keymark has experienced solid growth as a company, remained independently owned and continued to expand the software and services offerings as well as their industry experience. In 1984, always at the forefront of the industry, Keymark developed the first software to automate the engineering of Engineered Wood Products and then went on to develop the first whole house design software to automate all the analysis of the gravity and lateral loads from roof to foundation and size members. 

Keymark has over 35 years of experience and over 60 employees, including some of the best software developers and engineers in the industry. Keymark understands the construction industry and knows their customers and their business. Keymark has developed software to help engineers, designers, builders, and materials suppliers to streamline their business processes from start to finish and reduce overall costs.

Keymark now offers a complete, integrated suite of construction industry products and services; all with the same goal of simplifying and automating the building process for their customers. Keymark is dedicated to helping customers gain control of their business and can even help customers recreate their business by automating the building process throughout all of the various stages and steps—from design to construction.

With Keymark, you will find that your designs are more accurate, your predictions for materials and labor are more precise, and that the output is more reliable and of higher quality. Additionally, as a result of the accuracy of the new designs and building processes, wasted time and materials can all be reduced.

At Keymark, it is our ongoing mission to continue leading the industry through innovation and most importantly to continue working with you, our customers, to help you take back your business.