Software Speeds and Simplifies the Capture of Real-world Context
LONDON – The Year in Infrastructure 2015 Conference – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced General Access to its new ContextCapture offering. ContextCapture is Bentley’s first product release of the Acute3D software technology it acquired earlier this year. The software is ideally suited for any organization that could apply 3D models of real-world context to benefit infrastructure design, construction, or operations.
With ContextCapture, users can easily produce high resolution 3D models of existing conditions using photos taken with any digital camera. The software generates a detailed reality mesh incorporating the referenced photography. This results in a navigable 3D model with fine and photo realistic detail, sharp edges, and precise geometric accuracy. These highly detailed models can be of virtually any size or resolution, up to city scale, and created much more quickly than with other technologies.
Bentley also announced General Access to ContextCapture Center for “grid computing” power to dramatically expedite processing time for very large models (typically involving more than 30 gigapixels of imagery).
Taking Acute3D technology to the next level, Bentley’s new ContextCapture offers significant new advantages to users, including:
Pascal Martinez, Bentley Systems director of business development, said, “ContextCapture offers a new and versatile way of capturing reality to serve as context for design, monitoring, inspection, and surveying processes, complementing Bentley Pointools and Bentley Descartes. I’m pleased to say that reality meshes produced by ContextCapture can now be intrinsically integrated throughout Bentley’s common modeling environment, by way of native support within MicroStation CONNECT Edition.”
David Byrne, technical director, AEROmetrex, said, “With ContextCapture, we’re able to automatically construct highly detailed 3D models of virtually any size for our clients, faster and at much less cost than with traditional methods. But what’s most powerful is the amazing context that it provides to facilitate better decisions throughout design, construction, and operations. ContextCapture allows you to create a fully photo-textured, geographically located 3D model, all derived directly from digital photography. And, once the models have been built, they can be quickly and easily viewed on any desktop or mobile device. We think ContextCapture is going to revolutionize the geospatial industry.”
ContextCapture, and digital photography including from UAVs, can provide any infrastructure professional with:
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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, being 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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Bentley, the “B” Bentley logo, Be, ContextCapture, Acute3D, MicroStation, and ProjectWise are either registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks of Bentley Systems, Incorporated or one of its direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiaries. All other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.Software Speeds and Simplifies the Capture of Real-world Context
LONDON – The Year in Infrastructure 2015 Conference – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced General Access to its new ContextCapture offering. ContextCapture is Bentley’s first product release of the Acute3D software technology it acquired earlier this year. The software is ideally suited for any organization that could apply 3D models of real-world context to benefit infrastructure design, construction, or operations.
With ContextCapture, users can easily produce high resolution 3D models of existing conditions using photos taken with any digital camera. The software generates a detailed reality mesh incorporating the referenced photography. This results in a navigable 3D model with fine and photo realistic detail, sharp edges, and precise geometric accuracy. These highly detailed models can be of virtually any size or resolution, up to city scale, and created much more quickly than with other technologies.
Bentley also announced General Access to ContextCapture Center for “grid computing” power to dramatically expedite processing time for very large models (typically involving more than 30 gigapixels of imagery).
Taking Acute3D technology to the next level, Bentley’s new ContextCapture offers significant new advantages to users, including:
Pascal Martinez, Bentley Systems director of business development, said, “ContextCapture offers a new and versatile way of capturing reality to serve as context for design, monitoring, inspection, and surveying processes, complementing Bentley Pointools and Bentley Descartes. I’m pleased to say that reality meshes produced by ContextCapture can now be intrinsically integrated throughout Bentley’s common modeling environment, by way of native support within MicroStation CONNECT Edition.”
David Byrne, technical director, AEROmetrex, said, “With ContextCapture, we’re able to automatically construct highly detailed 3D models of virtually any size for our clients, faster and at much less cost than with traditional methods. But what’s most powerful is the amazing context that it provides to facilitate better decisions throughout design, construction, and operations. ContextCapture allows you to create a fully photo-textured, geographically located 3D model, all derived directly from digital photography. And, once the models have been built, they can be quickly and easily viewed on any desktop or mobile device. We think ContextCapture is going to revolutionize the geospatial industry.”
ContextCapture, and digital photography including from UAVs, can provide any infrastructure professional with:
For additional information:
Follow @bentleysystems and #YII2015 on Twitter. Like Bentley on Facebook.
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, being 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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Bentley, the “B” Bentley logo, Be, ContextCapture, Acute3D, MicroStation, and ProjectWise are either registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks of Bentley Systems, Incorporated or one of its direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiaries. All other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.CONNECT Edition Early Adopters Share Their Enthusiasm
LONDON – The Year in Infrastructure 2015 Conference – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of software solutions for advancing infrastructure, reported today that attendees at its Year in Infrastructure 2015 Conference in London were enthusiastically sharing their experiences and encouragement regarding its new CONNECT Edition software generation. CONNECT Edition provides a common environment for comprehensive project delivery. At this time ProjectWise CONNECT Edition, MicroStation CONNECT Edition, and Navigator CONNECT Edition are all in General Access, and users are starting to take full advantage of advancements.
ProjectWise CONNECT Edition
With ProjectWise CONNECT Edition, this “workhorse for work sharing” advances from Design Integration to collaboration for comprehensive project delivery, adding hybrid cloud services for Deliverables Management, issues resolution, and Engineering Content Management.
What Early Adopters Are Saying
MicroStation CONNECT Edition
MicroStation CONNECT Edition advances Bentley’s common modeling environment for unified support of design modeling, analytical modeling, construction modeling, and reality modeling.
What Early Adopters Are Saying
Navigator CONNECT Edition
The Navigator CONNECT Edition “app-lication” extends the common, connected experience for users from office to site or field. Its advances are highlighted by model-based visual reporting and, with the addition of ProjectWise, issue resolution.
What Early Adopters Are Saying
For additional information:
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, being 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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Bentley, the “B” Bentley logo, Be, MicroStation, InRoads, and ProjectWise are either registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks of Bentley Systems, Incorporated or one of its direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiaries. All other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.CONNECT Edition Early Adopters Share Their Enthusiasm
LONDON – The Year in Infrastructure 2015 Conference – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of software solutions for advancing infrastructure, reported today that attendees at its Year in Infrastructure 2015 Conference in London were enthusiastically sharing their experiences and encouragement regarding its new CONNECT Edition software generation. CONNECT Edition provides a common environment for comprehensive project delivery. At this time ProjectWise CONNECT Edition, MicroStation CONNECT Edition, and Navigator CONNECT Edition are all in General Access, and users are starting to take full advantage of advancements.
ProjectWise CONNECT Edition
With ProjectWise CONNECT Edition, this “workhorse for work sharing” advances from Design Integration to collaboration for comprehensive project delivery, adding hybrid cloud services for Deliverables Management, issues resolution, and Engineering Content Management.
What Early Adopters Are Saying
MicroStation CONNECT Edition
MicroStation CONNECT Edition advances Bentley’s common modeling environment for unified support of design modeling, analytical modeling, construction modeling, and reality modeling.
What Early Adopters Are Saying
Navigator CONNECT Edition
The Navigator CONNECT Edition “app-lication” extends the common, connected experience for users from office to site or field. Its advances are highlighted by model-based visual reporting and, with the addition of ProjectWise, issue resolution.
What Early Adopters Are Saying
For additional information:
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, being 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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Bentley, the “B” Bentley logo, Be, MicroStation, InRoads, and ProjectWise are either registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks of Bentley Systems, Incorporated or one of its direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiaries. All other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.Program Encompasses Comprehensive Range of Bentley Services, Including
ProjectWise CONNECT Edition as a Service
LONDON – The Year in Infrastructure 2015 Conference – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced a new, comprehensive subscription program for cloud-based access to collaboration services and apps, managed services, administration of term licenses, professional services, Bentley Institute LEARNservices, and new CONNECT Edition Cloud Services. With the new Bentley Cloud Services Subscription program, user organizations can subscribe to any or all of these offerings within the framework of a predictable annual budget.
The Bentley Cloud Services Subscription program is designed to be equitable and flexible:
Bentley Systems CEO Greg Bentley said, “Connecting through cloud services is so fundamentally valuable to our users, their projects, and their enterprises that we want to eliminate any commercial deterrent to user organizations’ taking full advantage. As an enterprise user of many cloud services, I think we have worked out how to improve on the vendors’ business models we’ve seen to date. We’re introducing all the benefits of being connected, but with full visibility and accountability for costs, and without headaches or risks to budget. We believe that our Cloud Services Subscription program, like our many commercial innovations that have preceded it, provides our users with the simplest and fairest approach possible.
“Our user organizations will continue their SELECT subscriptions for Bentley software licenses they already own, and our larger accounts will continue with their Enterprise License Subscription at a fixed annual fee. However, our ProjectWise passports, visas, and CONNECT Edition cloud services for collaboration, and our other CONNECT Edition cloud services, will be provided through this new commercial approach so that our incentives directly align with the value users generate from their actual utilization.”
The Cloud Services Subscription is comprehensive. Under this program, project delivery or owner-operator organizations can subscribe to:
The Cloud Services Subscription program offers ProjectWise CONNECT Edition as a service and greatly simplifies ProjectWise licensing. With this program, user organizations will no longer need to pay for, limit, or even keep track of ProjectWise servers – as ProjectWise CONNECT Edition fees are only associated with quarterly passport and visa utilization. Access to ProjectWise services begins with a CONNECTIONS Passport, with more advanced services charged through service-specific visas. User organizations can choose managed (hosted) services, on-premises servers, or any combination, in a hybrid environment. Organizations that wish to use on-premises servers have complete flexibility to deploy any number in whatever architecture best suits their requirements, for optimal performance without additional software cost.
ProjectWise CONNECT Edition (CE) extends the scope of ProjectWise from a “behind the firewall” engineering work sharing solution to an enterprise-wide project delivery environment. ProjectWise CE spans the entire project ecosystem, allowing the extended project team to collaboratively participate throughout the project lifecycle.
ProjectWise CE is availed through Bentley CONNECTIONS Passports and service-specific visas, with actual usage for each logged and settled quarterly:
Among the new CONNECT Edition Cloud Services are Scenario Services and Catalog Services. Scenario Services provides users of Bentley’s analytical modeling applications with access to cloud-based computing power to analyze alternatives and understand and evaluate trade-offs through scenario reporting. The initial analytical modeling applications supported are STAAD and SACS, with more to come. Catalog Services helps project teams manage and deliver access to content. Users can employ Catalog Services to create enterprise-specific, owner-specific, and project-specific catalogs, combining content, specifications, and functional components from Bentley, manufacturers, standards bodies, and more.
In providing commercial access to ProjectWise CONNECT Edition and other CONNECT Edition cloud services, the Bentley Cloud Services Subscription supersedes the notion of “named users.” Organizations will be relieved of the painstaking and impossible task of annually predicting usage requirements for each of their respective users, and escape the inevitable inaccuracies and turnover that result in shelf-ware, underutilized software, or unwarranted fees.
Malcolm Walter, Bentley COO and champion of many of Bentley’s other commercial innovations, said, “It is pretty simple, actually. We have two decades of experience with subscription programs, beginning with our SELECT program. One of the things we’ve learned is that our user organizations want a predictable, annual budget. The other is – and this is perhaps most important of all – they only want to pay for the software and services that they have actually used. Our new Bentley Cloud Services Subscription program hits the mark in each case, enabling our users to take full advantage of all of our collaboration apps and cloud services with no ‘Gotchas!’”
For additional information:
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, being 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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Bentley, the “B” Bentley logo, Be, MicroStation, SELECT, ELS, SACS, STAAD, Bentley Institute, and ProjectWise are either registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks of Bentley Systems, Incorporated or one of its direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiaries. All other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.
Extends ProjectWise adoption through new Bentley Cloud Services Subscription Program
LONDON – The Year in Infrastructure 2015 Conference – AECOM and Bentley Systems today jointly announced that AECOM, which has named Bentley as a strategic partner for project delivery technologies, has extended its ProjectWise corporate commitment to fully include the new Bentley Cloud Services Subscription Program.
AECOM is a longstanding user of Bentley’s ProjectWise, a global project collaboration platform that offers work sharing capabilities with the ability to connect to other Bentley products. Five out of the 54 Be Inspired Awards finalists named by independent jurors and presenting at this year’s Year in Infrastructure Conference are AECOM nominations. AECOM’s finalist nomination for “Innovation in Project Delivery” documented 80 percent savings in project startup from the capabilities offered by Bentley’s Cloud Services Subscription Program.
Under the new enterprise service agreement, AECOM has full access to all of Bentley’s mobile apps and other services including a team of embedded Bentley resources who globally support AECOM employees using ProjectHub, a hybrid ProjectWise system developed in-house at AECOM and used by 20,000 users on thousands of projects. AECOM’s ProjectHub system underscores its steadfast commitment to using technology to grow, differentiate, and innovate its business by ensuring best-in-class delivery of all phases of the project lifecycle. ProjectHub uses seven identical “hubs” placed globally, allowing users to access the system from anywhere in the world and have a consistent experience across projects and geographies. The hub system ensures user access is at local speeds, while maintaining global consistency across projects.
AECOM CIO Tom Peck said, “Bentley’s flexibility, technology portfolio, industry knowledge, and willingness to go above and beyond the typical vendor-client relationship have helped extend AECOM’s market position, complete our client service offerings, and enhance our delivery capabilities. We have a high level of confidence in Bentley’s software and services, which support our goals of mobilizing faster, reducing risk, and implementing the resourcing flexibility required to optimally staff our projects with our widespread domain expertise.”
Bentley Systems COO Malcolm Walter, who is executive sponsor of Bentley’s AECOM relationship, said, “It is so gratifying to work with a firm like AECOM and to be part of enabling it to achieve its objective of becoming the premier fully integrated infrastructure firm. AECOM’s leadership recognizes the tremendous advantage that information technology can afford their organization in serving clients’ dynamic needs on a global basis. We welcome AECOM as among the first to take full advantage of our innovative new Bentley Cloud Services Subscription Program, further enhancing the ability of its teams around the globe to work in a connected environment.”
For additional information about:
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.
About AECOM
AECOM is built to deliver a better world. We design, build, finance and operate infrastructure assets for governments, businesses and organizations in more than 150 countries. As a fully integrated firm, we connect knowledge and experience across our global network of experts to help clients solve their most complex challenges. From high-performance buildings and infrastructure, to resilient communities and environments, to stable and secure nations, our work is transformative, differentiated and vital. A Fortune 500 firm, AECOM companies had revenue of approximately US$19 billion during the 12 months ended June 30, 2015. See how we deliver what others can only imagine at aecom.com and @AECOM.
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Bentley, the “B” Bentley logo, Be, MicroStation, Bentley Cloud Services Subscription, and ProjectWise are either registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks of Bentley Systems, Incorporated or one of its direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiaries. All other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.
Extends ProjectWise adoption through new Bentley Cloud Services Subscription Program
LONDON – The Year in Infrastructure 2015 Conference – AECOM and Bentley Systems today jointly announced that AECOM, which has named Bentley as a strategic partner for project delivery technologies, has extended its ProjectWise corporate commitment to fully include the new Bentley Cloud Services Subscription Program.
AECOM is a longstanding user of Bentley’s ProjectWise, a global project collaboration platform that offers work sharing capabilities with the ability to connect to other Bentley products. Five out of the 54 Be Inspired Awards finalists named by independent jurors and presenting at this year’s Year in Infrastructure Conference are AECOM nominations. AECOM’s finalist nomination for “Innovation in Project Delivery” documented 80 percent savings in project startup from the capabilities offered by Bentley’s Cloud Services Subscription Program.
Under the new enterprise service agreement, AECOM has full access to all of Bentley’s mobile apps and other services including a team of embedded Bentley resources who globally support AECOM employees using ProjectHub, a hybrid ProjectWise system developed in-house at AECOM and used by 20,000 users on thousands of projects. AECOM’s ProjectHub system underscores its steadfast commitment to using technology to grow, differentiate, and innovate its business by ensuring best-in-class delivery of all phases of the project lifecycle. ProjectHub uses seven identical “hubs” placed globally, allowing users to access the system from anywhere in the world and have a consistent experience across projects and geographies. The hub system ensures user access is at local speeds, while maintaining global consistency across projects.
AECOM CIO Tom Peck said, “Bentley’s flexibility, technology portfolio, industry knowledge, and willingness to go above and beyond the typical vendor-client relationship have helped extend AECOM’s market position, complete our client service offerings, and enhance our delivery capabilities. We have a high level of confidence in Bentley’s software and services, which support our goals of mobilizing faster, reducing risk, and implementing the resourcing flexibility required to optimally staff our projects with our widespread domain expertise.”
Bentley Systems COO Malcolm Walter, who is executive sponsor of Bentley’s AECOM relationship, said, “It is so gratifying to work with a firm like AECOM and to be part of enabling it to achieve its objective of becoming the premier fully integrated infrastructure firm. AECOM’s leadership recognizes the tremendous advantage that information technology can afford their organization in serving clients’ dynamic needs on a global basis. We welcome AECOM as among the first to take full advantage of our innovative new Bentley Cloud Services Subscription Program, further enhancing the ability of its teams around the globe to work in a connected environment.”
For additional information about:
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.
About AECOM
AECOM is built to deliver a better world. We design, build, finance and operate infrastructure assets for governments, businesses and organizations in more than 150 countries. As a fully integrated firm, we connect knowledge and experience across our global network of experts to help clients solve their most complex challenges. From high-performance buildings and infrastructure, to resilient communities and environments, to stable and secure nations, our work is transformative, differentiated and vital. A Fortune 500 firm, AECOM companies had revenue of approximately US$19 billion during the 12 months ended June 30, 2015. See how we deliver what others can only imagine at aecom.com and @AECOM.
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Bentley, the “B” Bentley logo, Be, MicroStation, Bentley Cloud Services Subscription, and ProjectWise are either registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks of Bentley Systems, Incorporated or one of its direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiaries. All other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.
The next Galileo launch campaign has begun with the arrival of the latest pair of navigation satellites at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
Meziplanetární sonda ESA Rosetta provedla první měření, během něhož se jí podařilo detekovat molekulární kyslík odpařující se přímo z komety. Jde o překvapující zjištění, které naznačuje, že byl právě molekulární kyslík přítomný při formování komet.
Meziplanetární sonda ESA Rosetta provedla první měření, během něhož se jí podařilo detekovat molekulární kyslík odpařující se přímo z komety. Jde o překvapující zjištění, které naznačuje, že byl právě molekulární kyslík přítomný při formování komet.
With the launch of LPV 200, the European GNSS Agency (GSA) says EGNOS is ready to benefit regional aviation in Europe.
Exhibiting and presenting at the annual European Regions Airline Association (ERA) General Assembly and ERA Operations Group, held October 13-15 in Berlin, the GSA showed more than 50 regional operators and airlines how they can benefit from EGNOS.
According to the GSA, the priority is to focus on small and regional airports where EGNOS can provide the biggest benefits for operators. According to the GSA Market Development Department, currently, many of these small and regional airports cannot afford the necessary ground infrastructure needed for instrument-based landing procedures.
The GSA recently declared the LPV 200 service, the latest iteration of an APV SBAS supported Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance service. This service will benefit operators even more as it provides the same level of operations as CAT I, meaning safer approaches and improved accessibility with no need to install or maintain conventional, ground-based navigation aids.
The new service level enables aircraft approaches that are operationally equivalent to ILS CAT I, providing lateral and angular vertical guidance without the need for visual contact with the ground until a Decision Height (DH) of down to only 200 ft. above the runway.
Also Read: GSA Talks EGNOS and Aviation at Annual Service Provision Workshop
Currently, there are 217 LPV serving 137 airports and 70 runway ends served by EGNOS-enabled APV Baro. By 2018, 440 LPV approaches are planned, with numerous LPV publications expected in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Austria, the Slovak Republic, and Spain – and a significant increase in new plans in Belgium and Germany in the coming years. More so, many popular regional aircraft are also coming EGNOS-ready. For example, the latest editions to the ATR family of regional aircraft, the ATR42-600 and ATR72-600, as well as other turboprop aircraft, are LPV capable.
The GSA notes it is seeing a growing interest in LPV for commercial operators in Scandinavia. “EGNOS enhances the integrity and accuracy of GPS and gives us the possibility to fly approaches following a vertical glide path,” explains Richard Kongsteien, Vice President and COO of Widerøe. “This means improved safety at airports with only a non-precision approach in place, so we are really looking forward to getting APV I coverage in northern Norway.”
Other airlines and operators currently using EGNOS include Air Nostrum, Aurigny Air Services, Hop Airlines and Luxair, among others.
Another regional server benefiting from EGNOS is Aurigny Air Services. The company says EGNOS allows them to operate even in poor weather conditions. At the ERA Operations Group meeting, held during the ERA General Assembly, Captain David Rice of Aurigny presented the company’s use of EGNOS, stressing the stability of the service. He said LPV was more stable than even the ILS approach, and is not affected by deviations in the localizer or glide path caused by other aircraft. He further noted that EGNOS-based approaches reduce the pilot’s workload by removing the need to switch between autopilot modes. As the EGNOS service level increases, Rice said the savings from not having to make ILS maintenance or replacement investments will more than recover any initial investment made in LPV procedures.
The GSA is focused on assisting airspace users and airports in implementing LPV, offering guidance for the approval and implementation process and information on the status of upcoming applicable regulations. The Agency’s objective is to contribute to the harmonisation of PBN implementation at the European level, following ICAO safety global goals. Along this line, the GSA has promoted the development of guidelines intended for Airports/ANSPs and Airspace Users in order to help with the process of implementing LPV, including LPV 200 implementation. Also, technical instructions to obtain RNP APCH operational approval to LPV minima in Europe will be issued in the coming days – which aims to help Regional Operators during the operational approval process.
The EASA PBN IR is an important regulatory milestone at the European level, as it announces deadlines for some PBN specifications, including for APV and RNP1. The GSA is actively looking for an agreed and common position with other stakeholders, including Eurocontrol, CANSO and ESSP, proposing feasible dates for APV implementation mandate. This APV implementation mandate requires APV in all instrument runways where only non-precision approaches are available – benefiting Regional Operators by giving them safer alternatives to non-precision approaches.
The GSA is also funding projects aimed at upgrading the avionics of original operators, such as Air Baltic, Eastern Airways, and Hop Airlines. According to the Agency, the results of the first aviation grants will bring new Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) or upgrade solutions, helping operators upgrade their current fleets. With this developed, it follows that other airlines can upgrade without developing new STC, thus reducing cost and helping to foster EGNOS adoption.
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With the launch of LPV 200, the European GNSS Agency (GSA) says EGNOS is ready to benefit regional aviation in Europe.
Exhibiting and presenting at the annual European Regions Airline Association (ERA) General Assembly and ERA Operations Group, held October 13-15 in Berlin, the GSA showed more than 50 regional operators and airlines how they can benefit from EGNOS.
According to the GSA, the priority is to focus on small and regional airports where EGNOS can provide the biggest benefits for operators. According to the GSA Market Development Department, currently, many of these small and regional airports cannot afford the necessary ground infrastructure needed for instrument-based landing procedures.
The GSA recently declared the LPV 200 service, the latest iteration of an APV SBAS supported Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance service. This service will benefit operators even more as it provides the same level of operations as CAT I, meaning safer approaches and improved accessibility with no need to install or maintain conventional, ground-based navigation aids.
The new service level enables aircraft approaches that are operationally equivalent to ILS CAT I, providing lateral and angular vertical guidance without the need for visual contact with the ground until a Decision Height (DH) of down to only 200 ft. above the runway.
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Currently, there are 217 LPV serving 137 airports and 70 runway ends served by EGNOS-enabled APV Baro. By 2018, 440 LPV approaches are planned, with numerous LPV publications expected in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Austria, the Slovak Republic, and Spain – and a significant increase in new plans in Belgium and Germany in the coming years. More so, many popular regional aircraft are also coming EGNOS-ready. For example, the latest editions to the ATR family of regional aircraft, the ATR42-600 and ATR72-600, as well as other turboprop aircraft, are LPV capable.
The GSA notes it is seeing a growing interest in LPV for commercial operators in Scandinavia. “EGNOS enhances the integrity and accuracy of GPS and gives us the possibility to fly approaches following a vertical glide path,” explains Richard Kongsteien, Vice President and COO of Widerøe. “This means improved safety at airports with only a non-precision approach in place, so we are really looking forward to getting APV I coverage in northern Norway.”
Other airlines and operators currently using EGNOS include Air Nostrum, Aurigny Air Services, Hop Airlines and Luxair, among others.
Another regional server benefiting from EGNOS is Aurigny Air Services. The company says EGNOS allows them to operate even in poor weather conditions. At the ERA Operations Group meeting, held during the ERA General Assembly, Captain David Rice of Aurigny presented the company’s use of EGNOS, stressing the stability of the service. He said LPV was more stable than even the ILS approach, and is not affected by deviations in the localizer or glide path caused by other aircraft. He further noted that EGNOS-based approaches reduce the pilot’s workload by removing the need to switch between autopilot modes. As the EGNOS service level increases, Rice said the savings from not having to make ILS maintenance or replacement investments will more than recover any initial investment made in LPV procedures.
The GSA is focused on assisting airspace users and airports in implementing LPV, offering guidance for the approval and implementation process and information on the status of upcoming applicable regulations. The Agency’s objective is to contribute to the harmonisation of PBN implementation at the European level, following ICAO safety global goals. Along this line, the GSA has promoted the development of guidelines intended for Airports/ANSPs and Airspace Users in order to help with the process of implementing LPV, including LPV 200 implementation. Also, technical instructions to obtain RNP APCH operational approval to LPV minima in Europe will be issued in the coming days – which aims to help Regional Operators during the operational approval process.
The EASA PBN IR is an important regulatory milestone at the European level, as it announces deadlines for some PBN specifications, including for APV and RNP1. The GSA is actively looking for an agreed and common position with other stakeholders, including Eurocontrol and ESSP, proposing feasible dates for APV implementation mandate. This APV implementation mandate requires APV in all instrument runways where only non-precision approaches are available – benefiting Regional Operators by giving them safer alternatives to non-precision approaches.
The GSA is also funding projects aimed at upgrading the avionics of original operators, such as Air Baltic, Eastern Airways, and Hop Airlines. According to the Agency, the results of the first aviation grants will bring new Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) or upgrade solutions, helping operators upgrade their current fleets. With this developed, it follows that other airlines can upgrade without developing new STC, thus reducing cost and helping to foster EGNOS adoption.
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DROMAS
Trvání projektu: 2013 až 2015
Vedoucí projektu: Luboš Kučera
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