Integrated products for reality capture Bentley Systems is building a significant ecosystem around its ContextCapture products. Over the past two years, Bentley has been showing the building blocks of its reality capture system, which it has been building since its acquisition of Acute3D in 2015. The company has announced partnerships with Siemens and drone maker DJI. At the … [Read more...] about Bentley introduces ContextCapture and ProjectWise ContextShare
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Bentley announces Connect Edition
The focus on mega-projects and infrastructure leads to a new generation of products better able to serve comprehensive project delivery, from initial design to decommission. By Kathleen Maher Bentley Systems is one of the leading companies in software for AEC and BIM, and they’ve created a strong market for themselves by concentrating on the infrastructure industry. The … [Read more...] about Bentley announces Connect Edition
Bentley takes project management to the cloud
New ProjectWise Essentials is pre-configured with industry best practices for AEC information management. Bentley Systems today released a version of its ProjectWise AEC information management software suite as a cloud-based solution. ProjectWise Essentials is a subset of the local server version, designed with smaller workgroups in mind. ProjectWise is currently the … [Read more...] about Bentley takes project management to the cloud
Bentley wraps long arms around SaaS for enterprise AEC
New initiatives in cloud and mobile are the tip of the iceberg for the technically aggressive company. London proves to be a fitting setting for a discussion of infrastructure design and operations. In a wide-ranging briefing for more than 150 members of the press gathered in London, Bentley Systems presented itself on Monday as a global leader in infrastructure design and … [Read more...] about Bentley wraps long arms around SaaS for enterprise AEC
$6 billion Thames Tideway Tunnel project turns to ProjectWise
It is a fixed-cost project; the 50 companies in the construction partnership want to stay on top of the huge amount of data the 23-year project will accumulate. Thames Water, the private utility company responsible for water supply and wastewater treatment across London and the Thames Valley, has launched a massive project to upgrade London’s Victorian-era sewer system to meet … [Read more...] about $6 billion Thames Tideway Tunnel project turns to ProjectWise
DPR Construction adds mobile to the Integrated Project Delivery mix
Bentley ProjectWise is the backbone for massive BIM data exchange, supporting 2,000 employees on more than 80 projects. DPR Construction has gained a reputation as a unique technical construction firm. It specializes in advanced technology, corporate office, health care, and life sciences clients, and it uses state-of-the art building information modeling (BIM) and … [Read more...] about DPR Construction adds mobile to the Integrated Project Delivery mix
Gehry Technologies releases cloud-based AEC project collaboration platform
GTeam could be the web-based project tool the industry wanted 15 years ago. Searching clash reports by time is only one of the novel things it can do. Gehry Technologies today announced a new cloud-based project collaboration platform, GTeam. Available for free testing through October, GTeam is one part AEC 3D viewing, one part social media collaboration, one part secure … [Read more...] about Gehry Technologies releases cloud-based AEC project collaboration platform
Better document management saves Los Angeles Water and Power $800,000 annually
After updating a homegrown system with Bentley ProjectWise, a wide variety of engineering and utility documents are now immediately accessible. When the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) surveyed its many stand-alone engineering data repositories, it saw an opportunity to drastically improve its operating efficiency. With more than 100 years of records stored … [Read more...] about Better document management saves Los Angeles Water and Power $800,000 annually
Bentley acquires Pointools, vows to make point clouds ‘a fundamental data type’
An earlier deal included a right to first refusal if Pointools were up for sale, making today’s deal inevitable. Bentley executives compare the acquisition to a similar acquisition 10 years ago that transformed its geospatial capabilities. Bentley Systems today announced it has acquired Pointools, a UK-based provider of point cloud technology. Bentley says it intends to make … [Read more...] about Bentley acquires Pointools, vows to make point clouds ‘a fundamental data type’
Synchro and Bentley Systems enter technology partnership
The deal will allow Bentley users to more easily integrate Synchro's 4D construction management software into their workflow. Bentley Systems and UK developer Synchro Ltd. have launched a partnership to allow for the coordinated use of their products in construction. Bentley provides a wide range of software for the engineering, design, and operation of capital assets, while … [Read more...] about Synchro and Bentley Systems enter technology partnership