Supporting development and sharing of best-practice approaches for  project delivery and asset operations

July 10, 2018 − Siemens’ Process Industries and Drives and Digital Factories divisions are teaming up with Bentley Systems’ Bentley Institute to establish a Process Industries Academy that will support the companies’ joint vision for cloud services and digital workflows in engineering and operations. The Process Industries Academy will help organizations to better understand and develop an effective digital strategy across all aspects of the asset lifecycle, based on the practical experience and knowledge of the industry’s leading experts.

With recent fluctuations in the oil, gas, and global energy markets, and the subsequent impact on related process manufacturing sectors, established ways of working in the process industries are now being challenged across the entire project lifecycle. Fewer capital investments in greenfield projects, and an increased focus on optimizing productivity, performance and utilization of existing assets, have prompted the process industries to examine new ways to increase competitiveness and operating revenues.

An optimal approach to project delivery and asset performance addresses the interactions and balance between an organization’s capabilities, its people, the underlying business processes and methods, all coupled with the latest technology, to consistently improve its business outcomes.

Based on the experience and knowledge of the industry’s leading experts, the Process Industries Academy will provide sessions focusing on real-world examples of the key aspects of a digital approach to capital project delivery and asset operations. Participants will discover how developing a clear digital strategy for improved collaboration, communication, and coordination between project teams creates an ideal environment to optimize information creation and digital workflows.

Eckard Eberle, CEO, Process Automation, Process Industries and Drives Division, Siemens AG, said, “The Process Industries Academy supports the development of industry best-practice approaches, while respecting the culture and traditions within today’s process industries. Our shared vision for the academy is to offer a practical, effective means for asset owners, decision makers, and program and project managers to understand the interactions and balance between teams, processes, and technologies so they can see improved project delivery and asset performance.”

Alan Lamont, vice president of Digital Advancement Academies for Bentley Systems, said, “The Process Industries Academy will offer industry professionals an environment to learn and share practical insights about business process improvements enabled by technology, so they can educate and equip their teams to be more productive and achieve the best outcomes. With academy sessions, we hope to help participants to develop a better understanding of their role and the benefits across the asset lifecycle, with practical, real-world examples of “Going Digital” to advance capital project delivery and asset operations.”

Process Industries Academies will be situated in the following locations to support the global process industry:

• Karlsruhe, Germany at Siemens’ Process Automation World
• Houston, Texas, U.S. in Bentley’s Digital Advancement Academy
• Shanghai, China at Siemens’ Process Industry Center of Excellence

The first academy session is scheduled for November 14, 2018 in Karlsruhe at Siemens Process Automation World.  A half-day preview of the Process Industries Academy will be featured during Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure 2018 Conference in London on Monday, October 15.

Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a global technology powerhouse that has stood for engineering excellence, innovation, quality, reliability and internationality for 170 years. The company is active around the globe, focusing on the areas of electrification, automation and digitalization. One of the world’s largest producers of energy-efficient, resource-saving technologies, Siemens is a leading supplier of efficient power generation and power transmission solutions and a pioneer in infrastructure solutions as well as automation, drive and software solutions for industry. With its publicly listed subsidiary Siemens Healthineers AG, the company is also a leading provider of medical imaging equipment – such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging systems – and a leader in laboratory diagnostics as well as clinical IT. In fiscal 2017, which ended on September 30, 2017, Siemens generated revenue of €83.0 billion and net income of €6.2 billion. At the end of September 2017, the company had around 377,000 employees worldwide. www.siemens.com

Bentley Institute advances the infrastructure professions by encouraging and supporting going digital. Its initiatives advance and attract current and future infrastructure professionals through continuous learning about technology solutions, as well as project delivery and asset performance best practices. Bentley Institute’s Digital Advancement Academies facilitate an environment and a culture of innovation via awareness sessions, forums, and targeted seminars and working groups, helping to ensure that all project collaborators fully understand the digital processes, standards, and deliverables expected for successful project outcomes. www.bentley.com/learn

Bentley Systems, Incorporated is a global leader dedicated to providing engineers, architects, geospatial professionals, constructors, and owner-operators with comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure. Founded in 1984, Bentley has more than 3,500 colleagues in over 50 countries, and is on track to surpass an annual revenue run rate of $700 million. Since 2012, Bentley has invested more than $1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions. www.bentley.com

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Winners to be Selected and Announced at the Year in Infrastructure 2018 Conference in London

March 8, 2018 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced its call for submissions to the Year in Infrastructure 2018 Awards program. The awards, which are judged by independent juries of industry experts, recognize infrastructure projects for digital innovations that improve project delivery and/or asset performance. The deadline for submissions is April 30, 2018.

The Year in Infrastructure Awards (formerly Be Inspired Awards) are an integral part of Bentley’s annual Year in Infrastructure 2018 Conference, which this year takes place October 15 through 18 in London at the Hilton London Metropole.

Users of Bentley software are invited to enter their projects in the Year in Infrastructure Awards program, no matter which phase the project is in – preconstruction/conceptual, design, construction, or in operations. The three finalists chosen for each awards category win a trip to London to attend the Year in Infrastructure 2018 Conference, as guests of Bentley Systems. The finalists will present their projects as part of the conference before the judges, industry thought leaders, and more than 100 members of the media.

Every project nominated for a Year in Infrastructure Award receives significant and valuable recognition across the global infrastructure community. Through the Year in Infrastructure Awards program, participants:

• gain global recognition by having their infrastructure projects profiled in Bentley’s Infrastructure Yearbook, which is distributed in print and digital formats to nearly 150,000 key media, government, and industry influencers around the world; in addition, all winners’ and finalists’ projects are featured on Bentley’s website
• enhance their competitive edge by demonstrating to existing and potential clients the value they add to projects through their digital innovations
• receive media coverage from global media and support from the Bentley team in marketing and promoting their respective projects to the media

Matthew Simon, vice president, HNTB, said, “Our project being a 2017 winner is a game-changer for HNTB. It shows we are able to take this technology and use it for other projects and other pursuits. It puts HNTB in that trusted advisor position with our clients—to deliver these projects every day.”

The 19 Year in Infrastructure 2018 Awards categories recognize advancements in going digital for the following categories, several of which are new this year:

• Bridges
• Buildings and Campuses
• Communications Networks
• Construction
• Digital Cities
• Environmental Engineering
• Manufacturing
• Mining and Offshore Engineering
• Power Generation
• Project Delivery
• Rail and Transit
• Reality Modeling
• Roads and Highways
• Road and Rail Asset Performance
• Structural Engineering
• Utilities and Industrial Asset Performance
• Utilities Transmission and Distribution
• Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants
• Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Networks

The theme of the Year in Infrastructure 2018 Conference is Going Digital: Advancements in Infrastructure. Presented by Bentley Institute, the conference features plenary keynotes by Bentley executives and guest speakers, including Sir John Armitt, chair of the United Kingdom’s National Infrastructure Commission. In addition, six industry-specific forums will feature keynotes by leading industry experts, interactive workshops, panel discussions, product demonstrations. These forums will focus on:

• Buildings and Campuses
• Digital Cities
• Industrial Infrastructure
• Rail and Transit
• Roads and Bridges
• Utilities and Water

For additional information about the Year in Infrastructure Awards program, or to nominate a project, visit the Year in Infrastructure Awards website.

Watch a one-minute video about the nomination process.

About Bentley Systems’ Year in Infrastructure Conference

Presented by Bentley Institute, the Year in Infrastructure Conference is a global gathering of leading executives in the world of infrastructure design, construction, and operations focused on best practices and technologies for going digital. The conference is globally recognized as the leading forum for addressing the current priorities and opportunities that impact the infrastructure industry. Attendees hear from industry thought leaders, engage in forums and discussions, and learn about technologies and best practices that will shape the future of infrastructure delivery and operations.

About Bentley Systems

Bentley Systems is a global leader in providing engineers, architects, geospatial professionals, constructors, and owner-operators with comprehensive software solutions for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure. Bentley users leverage information mobility across disciplines and throughout the infrastructure lifecycle to deliver better-performing projects and assets. Bentley solutions encompass MicroStation applications for information modeling, ProjectWise collaboration services to deliver integrated projects, and AssetWise operations services to achieve intelligent infrastructure – complemented by comprehensive managed services offered through customized Success Plans.

Founded in 1984, Bentley has more than 3,000 colleagues in over 50 countries, more than $600 million in annual revenues, and since 2011 has invested more than $1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions.

Additional information about Bentley is available at www.bentley.com.

To download the Bentley Infrastructure 500 Top Owners ranking, a unique global compendium of the top public- and private-sector owners of infrastructure based on the value of their cumulative infrastructure investments, visit BI 500.

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EdgeConnect Integrates SD-WAN, WAN Optimisation, routing and a stateful firewall; offering a complete solution to simplify and consolidate branch office infrastructure

Dubai, UAE – March 29, 2017 – Silver Peak, the global leader in broadband and hybrid WAN solutions, today announced a series of new advancements to the Unity EdgeConnect high-performance SD-WAN solution that will enable enterprises to realise the advantages of a thin branch office. With its latest software release, EdgeConnect becomes the industry’s first fully integrated SD-WAN solution to combine high performance SD-WAN, WAN Optimisation, routing and a stateful firewall. These advancements simplify and consolidate branch office infrastructure, shift the WAN edge toward being application-driven and enable secure, direct internet connectivity to SaaS and trusted web-based applications from the branch office. With more than 350 customer deployments and counting, EdgeConnect is fast becoming the preferred SD-WAN solution for geographically distributed enterprises and partners including Clair Global, Bentley Systems, Radial Inc., and Solar Communications Group.

According to Gartner vice president and distinguished analyst Joe Skorupa, “By 2020, more than 50 percent of WAN edge infrastructure refresh initiatives will be based on SD-WAN versus traditional routers.”

SD-WAN powers the thin branch

Silver Peak EdgeConnect liberates enterprises from the cost, complexity and headaches associated with legacy router-centric branch office infrastructure. With a series of new innovations and capabilities, EdgeConnect can power an application-driven WAN edge and enable enterprises, of all sizes, to confidently embrace commodity broadband to connect users directly to applications, whether they are hosted in the cloud or the data centre. By consolidating branch office infrastructure at the WAN edge, enterprises can dramatically simplify operations and lower costs without sacrificing network or application performance.

Granular SaaS and cloud application visibility and control with first-packet iQ

EdgeConnect incorporates a new feature called First-packet iQ that automatically identifies more than 10,000 applications and 300 million web domains based on the first packet received. With granular insight into HTTP/HTTPS traffic, First-packet iQ enables internet breakout automation by steering specific, trusted SaaS and web-based application traffic directly to the internet while directing unknown or suspicious traffic to a regional hub or data centre firewall for further inspection. Direct internet breakout automation optimises SaaS and web application performance, enhancing worker productivity and business agility. First-packet iQ utilizes sophisticated techniques to provide the highest levels of application awareness and intelligence available today. The techniques include a dynamic application data repository based on DNS queries and hosted in the Silver Peak cloud portal, DPI, TCP/UDP port data and IP protocol methods to assure accurate application identification on the first packet.

Integrated stateful firewall for secure Internet breakout

EdgeConnect now integrates a stateful firewall that supports foundational firewall and security capabilities for branch office locations that do not host applications. The integrated stateful firewall allows outbound traffic to exit, but only allows ingress traffic to enter in response to user-initiated sessions providing robust, thin branch security. For applications traffic directed to regional or corporate firewalls, EdgeConnect supports seamless service chaining across its industry-leading technology alliance ecosystem that includes: Check Point Software, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet and zScaler.

Seamless routing interoperability

EdgeConnect now supports industry-standard BGP routing protocols for seamless interoperability between the SD-WAN and legacy WAN architectures. BGP routing protocols facilitate full mesh network configurations and dramatically simplify the addition of local subnets to an SD-WAN, enabling enterprises to transition to an SD-WAN at a comfortable pace. The combination of an integrated stateful firewall and routing interoperability enables progressive enterprises seeking to rapidly integrate acquired companies or consolidate branch office infrastructure to transition to a thin branch without sacrificing the performance, security and reliability of their WAN.

“We’re embarking upon a long overdue revolution of the legacy WAN as enterprise network managers reach a boiling point over the rigidity, complexity and escalating costs associated with router-centric architectures,” said Damon Ennis, senior vice president, products at Silver Peak. “Increasingly, enterprises are seeking to simplify branch and WAN Edge infrastructure with SD-WAN solutions that connect users directly from branch offices to cloud-hosted applications without sacrificing application performance. EdgeConnect enables distributed enterprises to immediately or progressively transform their router-centric WAN infrastructures to an SD-WAN to gain the performance, security, reliability and control they require to keep pace with changing business requirements.”

Solar Communications Group

Solar Communications Group, headquartered in London, is a leading telecommunications reseller that provides businesses with bespoke and flexible communication solutions that help them improve efficiencies and save money.

“Businesses are looking for ways to securely and reliably connect their users to applications using the most cost-effective combination of transports that don’t compromise network or application performance,” said Jason Evans, disruptive technologies director for Solar Communications Group. “Silver Peak provides us with the most comprehensive solution to equip our customers with agile and cost-effective connectivity between their sites. From concept to deployment, Silver Peak provides the full breadth of SD-WAN edge functionality, giving our customers the best-in-class technology available for today, as well as for the future.”

Bentley Systems

Founded in 1984, Bentley Systems is a global leader in comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure. With a global footprint spanning more than 50 countries, the performance and availability of the firm’s network and applications is critical to enabling its more than 3,000 employees, across 90 locations, to design, develop and deliver a complete portfolio of infrastructure lifecycle management software.

“Our managed NaaS-based SD-WAN solution was proving cost prohibitive to scale so we conducted a proof-of-concept and selected Silver Peak EdgeConnect. We selected EdgeConnect for its superior performance, advanced feature-set and ability to cost-effectively scale in line with our business requirements,” said David Craig, network manager, Bentley Systems, Inc. “We put our trust in Silver Peak as the first customer to deploy BGP routing in a production network and we are very satisfied with our ability to easily create a full mesh network and dynamically route traffic between our 15-central hub and 80+ satellite office sites. To date, we’ve realised a 15 percent gain in network and application performance and we’re on track to a three-month ROI that will enable us to save more than $1.4M in connectivity costs over the coming three years.”

Clair Global

Founded in 1966, Clair Global, based in Lititz Pennsylvania, provides its clients with industry-leading production equipment and services for concerts, corporate events and festivals around the world. With a mission to exceed client expectations, the performance of the firm’s network and applications is critical to the overall success of their business.

“To simplify network operations and lower connectivity costs, we evaluated a range of SD-WAN solutions and ultimately selected EdgeConnect for its high performance, advanced features and ease of deployment,” said Ben Harris, lead network administrator, Clair Global. “We deployed the EdgeConnect software, taking advantage of 2-way BGP routing to mesh our global sites together and enable us to simplify router management, embrace commodity broadband and seamlessly connect our employees to the applications that drive our business. From inventory control to VoIP and client data our network and applications are performing better than ever before. More simply put, EdgeConnect has been a game-changer for Clair Global.”

Radial Inc.

Radial Inc., headquartered in King of Prussia Pennsylvania, is the leader in omnichannel commerce technology and operations, enabling brands and retailers to profitably exceed retail customer expectations from ‘behind-the-click’ with advanced order submission, payment authorisation and rapid shipping and fulfilment systems. The firm’s wide area network and applications underpin its continued success and will serve to fuel future growth and expansion.

“Our deployment of the EdgeConnect SD-WAN solution brings us new levels of simplicity and flexibility in connecting our employees to business applications using cost-effective broadband transport,” said Ray Stegmaier, senior director of network operations, Radial Inc. “With new capabilities like BGP routing combined with integrated WAN Optimisation with Unity Boost and advanced application visibility and control with Unity Orchestrator, we’ve regained control of our network and can take full advantage of commodity broadband without compromising network or application performance. EdgeConnect has proven phenomenal for us, the shift has been transparent to employees and we’re well on our way toward reducing our monthly MPLS connectivity costs.”

About Silver Peak

Silver Peak is the global leader in broadband and hybrid WAN solutions. Silver Peak offers a high-performance SD-WAN solution that provides secure and reliable virtual overlays to connect users to applications with the flexibility to use any combination of underlying transport without compromising network or application performance. This results in greater business agility and lower costs. More than 2,000 globally distributed enterprises have deployed Silver Peak broadband and hybrid WAN solutions across 80 countries. Learn more at www.silver-peak.com.

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Bentley Systems announces OpenRoads ConceptStation, a conceptual modeling application that empowers highway engineering professionals to quickly create conceptual road and bridge models in a matter of hours – not days. OpenRoads ConceptStation enables rapid and iterative conceptual and preliminary design, leveraging contextual information obtained through point clouds, reality meshes, GIS, and other sources.

OpenRoads ConceptStation combines engineering drawing tools and project costs to facilitate better decision making in the conceptual design phase of a project. Benefits include increasing design productivity, identifying potential high-risk items, and minimizing project development costs. Once the optimal design is identified, the user can easily upload the model to OpenRoads and OpenBridge to streamline highway and bridge design.

OpenRoads ConceptStation models can be brought forward in their entirety for detailed design work into OpenRoads Designer, ensuring that both the work and the data generated in conceptual design is preserved and progressed as the project moves from concept through construction.

Key capabilities include:

• GeoCoordination services to find, download, import, and georeference contextual information to support 3D design modeling workflows, including point clouds, 3D reality meshes, terrain data, images, and GIS information.
• Engineering sketching tools to create 3D models rapidly and efficiently conceptualize roads, bridges, ramps, guardrails, retaining walls, and other infrastructure designs.
• Automated generation of costs for the design, allowing engineers and planners to identify high-cost items or potential risks in the project, extract quantities, and analyze project costs to facilitate better project decisions.
• Integration of LumenRT (Bentley’s visualization and reality modeling software) enables the production of real-time, realistic scenes without the need for intensive and lengthy pre-rendering, bringing the engineering environment to life through cinematic-quality images and life-like animation.
• Integration of PTV VISSIM to incorporate traffic analysis and planning for OpenRoads conceptual or detailed design.

“OpenRoads ConceptStation allows HNTB to easily assemble existing condition data from different sources in the beginning of a project. From this base information, we are able to create multiple design alternatives for business development, as both an owner-representative or when working collaboratively with our partners. Using OpenRoads ConceptStation, we can identify high-cost items and issues and propose alternative technical concepts when appropriate for our clients. This conceptual design application helps us reduce costs while creating more optimal designs for our clients,” said Mark Urban, senior vice president, design-build projects, HNTB Corporation.

“PTV Vissim is recognized in the US market as the industry-standard software for microscopic traffic simulation. We are continually working on evolving our solution to ensure that we anticipate market requirements. By collaborating closely with Bentley on OpenRoads ConceptStation, customers of both companies benefit. Bentley and PTV Group now offer clients a smooth and convenient workflow process that integrates two of the leading global design and traffic engineering software platforms,” said Miller Crockart, vice president, global sales and marketing, traffic software, PTV Group.

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As a Practicing Road Engineer, Rask Is Able to Share Invaluable Firsthand Knowledge of Advanced Software for Civil Engineering and Transportation with Her Students, Providing a Particularly Engaging Learning Experience

EXTON, Pa., U.S.A. – Dec. 22, 2015 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced that External Associate Professor Marianne Rask of the Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, is the recipient of its 2015 Educator of the Year Award. The award recognizes a member of the academic community who has an outstanding record of achievements and is committed to inspiring students to pursue careers in the infrastructure professions.

George Church, senior vice president, Bentley CONNECT LEARNservices, said, “External Associate Professor Rask, a seasoned road engineer, began teaching in order to share her knowledge of advanced software for civil engineering and transportation with future generations of engineers. Her passion for the industry she serves as an infrastructure professional is reflected in the infectious enthusiasm she exhibits in her classroom lectures and dialogues with students. At the Technical University, she teaches a number of road-related courses, in both Danish and English, as required, and is the course coordinator for the university’s Railway Design and Maintenance course. In her Geometric Road Design course, she features the use of MicroStation and InRoads, mentoring students with absolutely no CAD experience and getting them to the point – in just three weeks – where they can understand comprehensive road design systems and have a basic working knowledge of geometric highway design. She also mentors thesis students in the use of Bentley’s OpenRoads software for multi-discipline engineering projects, and looks forward to including OpenRoads in her course curriculum in the near future.

“External Associate Professor Rask’s students gain valuable experience with our software – the same used by civil engineering teams around the world. As a result, upon graduation, they typically are in high demand by Danish road design companies. Her advanced and engaging approach to teaching results in her classes generally being filled to capacity, and earned her a presentation slot during the Bentley global user conference in 2012.

“We thank Professor Rask for serving as an inspiration to students in the engineering disciplines and for her dedication to providing them with the practical skills they will need for successful careers in civil engineering and transportation. On behalf of my colleagues at Bentley, I congratulate her on being named 2015 Educator of the Year!”

In describing how her unexpected secondary career as a teacher began, Rask said, “I had been working for a long time as a road designer when I ran into one of my former professors at the Technical University of Denmark. I blamed him for teaching the students the wrong kind of software instead of the applications that we were actually using for road design. That conversation developed into my getting hired as a part-time external associate professor at the university, where I started teaching MicroStation and InRoads as well as geometric road design. I have updated the course every year, but I still make my students work hard – after all, they should be prepared for real life as a civil engineer. It makes me proud when I see some of my former students designing roads and railways.”

Commenting on her award, Rask said, “I thank Bentley for choosing me as its 2015 Educator of the Year, and for providing a range of useful civil engineering solutions for designing roads, bridges, and other transportation infrastructure, as well as for teaching future generations of engineers.”

Rask has taught in the department of transport at the Technical University of Denmark since 2005. Her professional experience includes positions of senior consultant and CAD coordinator at Carl Bro (Sweco) from 1993 to 2007 and road engineer and road safety auditor at Roskilde Municipality from 2007 to 2013. Rask was an early adopter of Bentley software, having served on the civil engineering steering committees and contributing to the development and direction of Bentley’s civil products. During the past year she has implemented the new Danish standard for the digital roadway into PowerCivil for Denmark. Rask has a master’s degree in civil engineering, building, and civil works.

For Rask’s Technical University page, click here. For a high-resolution image from the Educator of the Year Award ceremony, click here. For a high-resolution image of Marianne Rask, click here.

About Bentley Systems

Bentley Systems is a global leader in providing architects, engineers, geospatial professionals, constructors, and owner-operators with comprehensive software solutions for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure. Bentley users leverage information mobility across disciplines and throughout the infrastructure lifecycle to deliver better-performing projects and assets. Bentley solutions encompass MicroStation applications for information modeling, ProjectWise collaboration services to deliver integrated projects, and AssetWise operations services to achieve intelligent infrastructure – complemented by worldwide professional services and comprehensive managed services.

Founded in 1984, Bentley has more than 3,000 colleagues in over 50 countries, more than $600 million in annual revenues, and since 2008 has invested more than $1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions.

Additional information about Bentley is available at www.bentley.com and in Bentley’s annual report. For Bentley news as it happens, subscribe to an RSS feed of Bentley press releases and news alerts. Visit The Year in Infrastructure 2015 Conference website for highlights of Bentley’s premier thought-leadership event, held November 3-5, 2015, in London, U.K. To view a searchable collection of innovative infrastructure projects from the annual Be Inspired Awards, access Bentley’s Infrastructure Yearbooks. To access a professional networking site that enables members of the infrastructure community to connect, communicate, and learn from each other, visit Bentley Communities.

To download the Bentley Infrastructure 500 Top Owners ranking, a unique global compendium of the top public- and private-sector owners of infrastructure based on the value of their cumulative infrastructure investments, visit BI 500.

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Global Civil Engineering Software Leader to Integrate Proven and Unique

Site Optimization Technology for BIM Advancement

October  8, 2014 – 2014 ZweigWhite Hot Firm and A/E Industry Awards Conference –  – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, recently announced that it has acquired Charlotte, N.C.-based BLUERIDGE Analytics, Inc., provider of SITEOPS – breakthrough site design optimization “software at your service.” SITEOPS uses cloud-based computing techniques to empower site development professionals to move beyond engineering to optioneering, which enables the exploration of engineering alternatives and their costs. This substantially improves the choices considered for any site development, including commercial, industrial, institutional, campus, and residential projects.

Specifically, SITEOPS enables civil engineering professionals, real estate developers, and land planners to:

• perform site configuration simulations that fully assess millions of layout, parking, grading, and drainage options for a site within hours instead of spending months evaluating a handful of options,
• produce preliminary cost estimates and conceptual designs faster,
• optimize site designs through advanced optioneering, and
• minimize overall costs while ensuring engineering quality.

Among the many users of SITEOPS are Stantec, Horrocks Engineers, Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, Timmons Group, and WSP.

Bentley Systems CEO Greg Bentley said, “On behalf of all our colleagues, I welcome the highly industrious and talented SITEOPS team to Bentley. During the past few years we’ve been tracking SITEOPS technology and its performance in order to authoritatively validate its breakthrough capabilities. Feedback we’ve received from engineering teams and owners has substantiated SITEOPS’ tremendous potential in enabling site development teams to deliver new value to owners. Through the power of site optioneering, owners can be confident that their engineers have considered the best choices and arrived at the most cost-effective solutions for the constraints of their respective sites. Hence, I’ve become convinced that site engineering should no longer be done any other way.”

Mike Detwiler, formerly president and CEO of BLUERIDGE Analytics and now Bentley vice president, SITEOPS product development, said, “To date, the development of SITEOPS technology has focused on continuous improvement to conceptual designs. Now, within Bentley’s comprehensive portfolio, SITEOPS’ BIM advancement can contribute throughout project delivery. Accordingly, an initial priority will be to complete the end-to-end workflows that Bentley is uniquely able to offer – from site development through detailed design and construction modeling.”

What SITEOPS users said the below:

“Working early with SITEOPS was very innovative and beneficial for us in terms of time required to take a site from start to open for business. Each day we saved in this process equated to approximately $100,000 in sales revenue. We were able to save conservatively 10 days per store while opening an average of 140 stores per year. You do the math. SITEOPS not only helped us generate additional revenue, but was also efficient in helping us reduce cost.”– David Shelton, Senior VP (retired), Real Estate, Lowes Home Improvement  

“We looked at what SITEOPS could do on one of our residential subdivisions currently under design. We were amazed at how fast we could perform optimum yield analyses and get initial optimized grading and retaining wall plans and budgets from the software.” – Randy Bauer,Director of Community Development and Acquisitions for the Trilogy Division of Shea Homes

“SITEOPS makes civil engineering fun again. We’ve done SITEOPS demos with dozens of clients to date, and not one has ever left the room without saying ‘Wow!’” – Mark Eisses, P.E., Principal, Map Ltd.

“Using SITEOPS is like having 1,000 engineers and site work estimators on staff, without the overhead cost.” – Steve Thomas, P.E., MESH Consulting

“SITEOPS is an incredible tool and has saved a project more than once. Our clients are amazed by the speed at which we can create the initial design, make modifications and generate associated costs. A recent project almost fell through because of tight cost constraints but we were able to quickly show the client a few options that were within their budget. The project moved forward only because of SITEOPS.” – Steven Lewis, P.E., Pennoni Associates Inc.

About Optioneering

Optioneering enables the systematic exploration of engineering alternatives, especially for assessing tradeoffs from the perspectives of multiple disciplines. This BIM advancement, facilitated by new computational resources, multiplies the value of proven simulation and analytical functionality within information modeling applications. While potentially saving engineering time, optioneering can maximize engineering value through improved asset performance.

About Bentley Systems

Bentley Systems is the global leader dedicated to providing architects, engineers, geospatial professionals, constructors, and owner-operators with comprehensive software solutions for advancingthe design, construction, and operations of infrastructure. Bentley users leverage information mobility across disciplines and throughout the infrastructure lifecycle to deliver better-performing projects and assets. Bentley solutions encompass MicroStation applications for information modeling, ProjectWise collaboration services to deliver integrated projects, and AssetWise operations services to achieve intelligent infrastructure – complemented by worldwide professional services and comprehensive managed services.

Founded in 1984, Bentley has more than 3,000 colleagues in over 50 countries, more than $600 million in annual revenues, and since 2006 has invested more than $1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions.

Additional information about Bentley is available at www.bentley.com

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3D Constructible Models Link Project Design to Field Construction

August 19, 2014– Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) and Bentley Systems recently announced the next advance of information mobility between project design and field construction. Using Bentley’s ProjectWise collaboration servers and services, along with its i-model technologyfor the open exchange of infrastructure information, and Trimble’s Business Center – HCE office software, an integrated workflow for road and site construction is now possible. The U.S. Federal Highway Administration, as part of its “Every Day Counts” vision, has recognized that using 3D models with GPS-enabled heavy equipment for road construction can increase productivity by up to 50 percent. Trimble and Bentley are at the forefront of enabling this vision by joining forces to optimize the transfer of information-rich 3D engineered models to 3D constructible models.

The announcement was made today at the Transportation Research Board AFB80 2014 Summer Committee Meeting.

Bentley’s V8i (SELECTSeries 3) civil engineering software, powered by OpenRoads, generates i-models from detailed designs that are managed by ProjectWise and can be easily transferred to Business Center – HCE for construction preparation and management. Business Center – HCE uses Bentley’s i-models to streamline the creation of 3D constructible models from the final contract drawings. To optimize construction management processes and maximize information transfer, Trimble^® Connected Site^® technology can then be used to send the designs wirelessly to machines and field systems on the construction site.

Design and engineering teams can use Bentley’s ProjectWise to link construction and design offices. Contractors will have the ability to collaborate more effectively with designers on the constructible model by connecting Business Center – HCE directly to ProjectWise, so design information can be retrieved in the i-model. This integrated and managed workflow can enable more efficient bidding and estimating, faster project approvals, reduced change orders and shortened construction timelines.

“Accessing Bentley’s 3D i-models gives users of Trimble construction solutions the ability to optimize design-construct processes, and strengthen collaboration between the engineer and the contractor to reduce project costs and schedules. Optimizing processes between engineered models and constructible models are key for construction project success,” said Roz Buick, vice president and general manager of Trimble’s Heavy Civil Construction Division. “Ultimately, this efficiency can result in significant savings for all stakeholders on the project, including owners.”

“In 2012, Trimble and Bentley announced a strategic alliance to help engineers and contractors work smarter, collaborating together, through advanced information mobility. The ultimate goal was to further the connection and alignment between the virtual and physical environments for infrastructure and site projects, reducing project risk and increasing productivity. The newly announced integrated workflow moves us a step closer to that objective by facilitating information mobility between the design office, construction site and the field,” said Harry Vitelli, vice president, construction and field, Bentley Systems.

The integrated workflow for road and site construction from Trimble and Bentley is expected to be available in the third quarter of 2014.

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