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LONDON – The Year in Infrastructure 2016 Conference – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced the winners of the 2016 Be Inspired Awards. The awards honor the extraordinary work of Bentley users improving the world’s infrastructure. At a ceremony and gala last night here at The Year in Infrastructure 2016 Conference, 18 Be Inspired Awards winners and eight Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards winners were acknowledged.
The Year in Infrastructure Conference is a global gathering of leading executives in the world of infrastructure design, construction, and operations. It features presentations and interactive sessions exploring the intersection of technology and business drivers, and how they are shaping the future of infrastructure delivery and investment returns. The 2016 event was also attended by more than 120 members of the press from leading publications around the globe who met with Bentley executives on Monday for the company’s annual Media Briefing. The agenda also included presentations by finalists in the Be Inspired Awards program, culminating in the selection of the winning projects.
This year, 10 independent panels of jurors, comprising distinguished industry experts, selected the 18 Be Inspired Awards winners from 54 project finalists. These finalists had been previously chosen from over 300 submissions by organizations in 80 countries.
Candidates for Bentley’s Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards were selected by the jurors from the top finalist projects as well as other exemplary nominations. This selection was based on the projects’ uniquely innovative and visionary achievements that transcend the narrower focus of the standing Be Inspired Awards categories. The nominees were then reviewed by a panel of Bentley executives, who evaluated them based on the criteria established for each award.
Bentley Systems CEO Greg Bentley said, “The achievements of our users—the architects, engineers, constructors, and operations professionals around the world—are exemplified by the extraordinary Be Inspired Award-winning projects we celebrated last night. I heartily congratulate the organizations that were instrumental in the delivery or operations of these truly inspiring projects. Moreover, I applaud all of the project nominees in this year’s awards program for their contributions to improving quality of life around the globe.
“It has also been a year of major achievements for Bentley Systems as Bentley’s CONNECT Edition was completed through AssetWise CONNECT Edition—enabling the CONNECT Editions of AssetWise and ProjectWise to share a connected data environment. We are also very pleased to report that reality modeling is visibly going mainstream, as is evident from its proliferation across users’ projects and across Bentley’s software portfolio.”
The Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards winners for 2016 are as follows:
Advancing Asset Performance Modeling
Advancement in Conceptioneering
Advancing Construction Collaboration
Advancing Energy Infrastructure
Advancing Comprehensive BIM Playbooks
Advancing Construction Management
Comprehensive Success Plan
Infrastructure Hero Award
The Be Inspired Awards winners for 2016 are as follows:
Innovation in Asset Performance
Innovation in Bridges
Innovation in Building
Innovation in Construction
Innovation in Government
Innovation in Land Development
Innovation in Manufacturing
Innovation in Mining
Innovation in Offshore
Innovation in Power Generation
Innovation in Project Delivery
Innovation in Rail and Transit
Innovation in Reality Modeling
Innovation in Roads
Innovation in Structures
Innovation in Utilities and Communications
Innovation in Water Network Analysis
Innovation in Water Treatment Plants
Bentley Systems has posted highlights of this year’s winning projects on its website. It will include more detailed descriptions of all nominated projects in the print and digital versions of its 2016 Infrastructure Yearbook, which will be published after the first of the year. To review the past 12 editions of this publication, which together feature more than 2,500 world-class projects recognized in the Be Inspired Awards program since 2004, access Bentley’s Infrastructure Yearbooks.
About the Be Inspired Awards Program and The Year in Infrastructure Conference
Since 2004, the Be Inspired Awards program has showcased excellence and innovation in the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure projects around the world. The Be Inspired Awards program is unique – the only competition of its kind that is global in scope and comprehensive in categories covered, encompassing all types of infrastructure projects. In the awards program, which is open to all users of Bentley software, independent panels of industry experts select finalists for each category. For additional information, visit www.bentley.com/BeInspired.
Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure 2016 Conference is a global gathering of leading executives in the world of infrastructure design, construction, and operations. The conference features a series of presentations and interactive workshops exploring the intersection of technology and business drivers, and how they are shaping the future of infrastructure project delivery and asset performance.
The Year in Infrastructure Conference is a global gathering of leading executives in the world of infrastructure design, construction, and operations. This year’s conference included:
The Year in Infrastructure 2016 Conference Sponsors include:
For more details and a complete list of sponsors, including Silver level, 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 2009 has invested more than $1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions.
Additional information about Bentley is available at www.bentley.com. For Bentley news as it happens, subscribe to an RSS feed of Bentley press releases and news alerts. Visit The Year in Infrastructure Conference website for information on Bentley’s premier thought-leadership event. 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, AssetWise, 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.
Download Related Images on Bentley Systems flickr site:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bentleysystems/albums/72157675980403706
LONDON – The Year in Infrastructure 2016 Conference – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced the winners of the 2016 Be Inspired Awards. The awards honor the extraordinary work of Bentley users improving the world’s infrastructure. At a ceremony and gala last night here at The Year in Infrastructure 2016 Conference, 18 Be Inspired Awards winners and eight Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards winners were acknowledged.
The Year in Infrastructure Conference is a global gathering of leading executives in the world of infrastructure design, construction, and operations. It features presentations and interactive sessions exploring the intersection of technology and business drivers, and how they are shaping the future of infrastructure delivery and investment returns. The 2016 event was also attended by more than 120 members of the press from leading publications around the globe who met with Bentley executives on Monday for the company’s annual Media Briefing. The agenda also included presentations by finalists in the Be Inspired Awards program, culminating in the selection of the winning projects.
This year, 10 independent panels of jurors, comprising distinguished industry experts, selected the 18 Be Inspired Awards winners from 54 project finalists. These finalists had been previously chosen from over 300 submissions by organizations in 80 countries.
Candidates for Bentley’s Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards were selected by the jurors from the top finalist projects as well as other exemplary nominations. This selection was based on the projects’ uniquely innovative and visionary achievements that transcend the narrower focus of the standing Be Inspired Awards categories. The nominees were then reviewed by a panel of Bentley executives, who evaluated them based on the criteria established for each award.
Bentley Systems CEO Greg Bentley said, “The achievements of our users—the architects, engineers, constructors, and operations professionals around the world—are exemplified by the extraordinary Be Inspired Award-winning projects we celebrated last night. I heartily congratulate the organizations that were instrumental in the delivery or operations of these truly inspiring projects. Moreover, I applaud all of the project nominees in this year’s awards program for their contributions to improving quality of life around the globe.
“It has also been a year of major achievements for Bentley Systems as Bentley’s CONNECT Edition was completed through AssetWise CONNECT Edition—enabling the CONNECT Editions of AssetWise and ProjectWise to share a connected data environment. We are also very pleased to report that reality modeling is visibly going mainstream, as is evident from its proliferation across users’ projects and across Bentley’s software portfolio.”
The Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards winners for 2016 are as follows:
Advancing Asset Performance Modeling
Advancement in Conceptioneering
Advancing Construction Collaboration
Advancing Comprehensive BIM Playbooks
Advancing Construction Management
Comprehensive Success Plan
Infrastructure Hero Award
The Be Inspired Awards winners for 2016 are as follows:
Innovation in Asset Performance
Innovation in Bridges
Innovation in Building
Innovation in Construction
Innovation in Government
Innovation in Land Development
Innovation in Manufacturing
Innovation in Mining
Innovation in Offshore
Innovation in Power Generation
Innovation in Project Delivery
Innovation in Rail and Transit
Innovation in Reality Modeling
Innovation in Roads
Innovation in Structures
Innovation in Utilities and Communications
Innovation in Water Network Analysis
Innovation in Water Treatment Plants
Bentley Systems has posted highlights of this year’s winning projects on its website. It will include more detailed descriptions of all nominated projects in the print and digital versions of its 2016 Infrastructure Yearbook, which will be published after the first of the year. To review the past 12 editions of this publication, which together feature more than 2,500 world-class projects recognized in the Be Inspired Awards program since 2004, access Bentley’s Infrastructure Yearbooks.
About the Be Inspired Awards Program and The Year in Infrastructure Conference
Since 2004, the Be Inspired Awards program has showcased excellence and innovation in the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure projects around the world. The Be Inspired Awards program is unique – the only competition of its kind that is global in scope and comprehensive in categories covered, encompassing all types of infrastructure projects. In the awards program, which is open to all users of Bentley software, independent panels of industry experts select finalists for each category. For additional information, visit www.bentley.com/BeInspired.
Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure 2016 Conference is a global gathering of leading executives in the world of infrastructure design, construction, and operations. The conference features a series of presentations and interactive workshops exploring the intersection of technology and business drivers, and how they are shaping the future of infrastructure project delivery and asset performance.
The Year in Infrastructure Conference is a global gathering of leading executives in the world of infrastructure design, construction, and operations. This year’s conference included:
The Year in Infrastructure 2016 Conference Sponsors include:
For more details and a complete list of sponsors, including Silver level, 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 2009 has invested more than $1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions.
Additional information about Bentley is available at www.bentley.com. For Bentley news as it happens, subscribe to an RSS feed of Bentley press releases and news alerts. Visit The Year in Infrastructure Conference website for information on Bentley’s premier thought-leadership event. 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, AssetWise, 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.
Download Related Images on Bentley Systems flickr site:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bentleysystems/albums/72157675980403706
Nové snímky ve vysokém rozlišení pořízené průzkumnou sondou NASA ukazují v barvě části výsadkového modulu Schiaparelli mise ExoMars na Rudé planetě.
Nové snímky ve vysokém rozlišení pořízené průzkumnou sondou NASA ukazují v barvě části výsadkového modulu Schiaparelli mise ExoMars na Rudé planetě.
Největší konference pro odborníky GIS v ČR i letos nabízí bohatý program. Její 25. ročník již tradičně zahájil Ing. Petr Seidl, CSc., který předal ocenění za nasazení technologií GIS městu Jihlava. Hosty v hlavním bloku byli RNDr. Taťána Míková, RNDr. Radim Tolasz, Ph.D., Mgr. Zdeněk Venera, Ph.D., a prof. Ing. Zdeněk Žalud, Ph.D., kteří se věnovali tématu klimatické změny v ČR.
Odpolední blok zahájil Jack Dangermond, zakladatel a prezident společnosti Esri, s přednáškou věnovanou významu GIS v reálném světě, zachování udržitelného rozvoje a zapojení GIS při řešení problémů, kterým svět čelí.
Druhá část odpoledne byla již ve znamení technologií, kdy byly představeny novinky ze světa ArcGIS a podvečerní workshop se věnoval vektorovým dlaždicím. Uživatelské přednášky zahájila sekce eGovernmentu a diváci mohli shlédnout prezentace řečníků z Ministerstva vnitra, města Brna, Zeměměřického úřadu a přednášku zahraničního hosta z Esri Schweiz.
Ani letošní konference není ochuzena o bohatý doprovodný program. K vidění je výstava dětských prací ze soutěže Barbary Petchenik, výstava posterů OSN a výstava starých map. Již tradičně probíhá i soutěžní výstava posterů, kde o hlasy odborné poroty i návštěvníků soutěží 43 projektů. Před budovou Kongresového centra je k vidění armádní hydrometeorologické vozidlo Blesk.
Accelerating ContextCapture Adoption Spurs Conceptioneering, Constructioneering, and Inspectioneering; Hybrid Inputs Now Embrace Scans as well as Photos
LONDON – The Year in Infrastructure 2016 Conference – At this annual conference for infrastructure thought leaders, CEO Greg Bentley made the case in his Keynote that since Bentley Systems’ acquisition and assimilation of ContextCapture software in 2015, the proliferation of reality modeling across users’ projects—and across Bentley’s software portfolio—assures that it will become a mainstream contributor to infrastructure project delivery and asset performance. Reality modeling describes the potentially continuous capture of infrastructure assets’ as-operated conditions for processing into engineering-ready reality meshes, and their “enlivening” for immersive interaction.
To date, reality modeling has processed digital photos acquired from ground-level and/or aerial photography, and in particular from the burgeoning industrial use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). At the Conference, Bentley announced a significant breakthrough in ContextCapture planned to be available next month: available point-clouds from laser scanning can now be combined with available photos, as “hybrid inputs,” for reconstruction into a reality mesh. The advantages of reality modeling—in the case of laser scanning, the superior engineering-ready mesh result, compared to the bulky and unintelligent point-clouds themselves—are now compelling in every circumstance, across the range of scanner or camera devices, of asset characteristics, and of capture conditions.
Cited by Bentley for the mainstream embrace of reality modeling were the following observations:
Bentley Systems’ software developments to broaden reality modeling workflows that were demonstrated at the Conference include:
Finally, new joint opportunities spurred by reality modeling were demonstrated by executives of other major technology companies serving infrastructure engineering organizations:
Greg Bentley said, “I thank the many constituents among users and our industry partners who have demonstrated here at The Year in Infrastructure 2016 the benefits they have realized so far, and their auspicious expectations, as reality modeling goes mainstream. I believe we will go on to see reality modeling answering the question as to how drones, mixed reality devices, the industrial Internet of Things—and in fact, “digital natives”—will converge to advance infrastructure engineers, project delivery, and asset performance.”
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Image 1 Caption: Descartes CONNECT Edition simplifies the extraction of existing ground surfaces from both point clouds and reality meshes to make them suitable for use in engineering workflows.
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 2009 has invested more than $1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions.
Additional information about Bentley is available at www.bentley.com. For Bentley news as it happens, subscribe to an RSS feed of Bentley press releases and news alerts. Visit The Year in Infrastructure Conference website for information on Bentley’s premier thought-leadership event. 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.
# # #
Bentley, the “B” Bentley logo, MicroStation, Be, ContextCapture, Descartes, OpenRoads Designer, 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.
On Friday, December 2nd and Saturday 3rd, the GSA Headquarters in Prague will be open to the public for the 2nd year in a row, and give an unique opportunity to get an inside look at European GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) services and the people behind them.
During our Open Days, you will travel between Space and business in the Czech Republic.
This is also a unique opportunity to listen to presentations by our Czech partners that have participated in R&D projects! You will learn about what the European Union is doing in space, especially in satellite navigation, the work of the GSA and how satellite navigation impacts all of our daily lives.
The programme also includes exciting seminars, competitions, exhibitions, animations for families with children, programmes for school visits and other fun activities!
Come visit us to see models of one of Galileo satellites in various configurations, take pictures in space, experiment with landing using satellite technology, and win prizes!
A draft of the full programme can be found here.
If you want to visit us as a school, please send us a message to gsaopendays@gsa.europa.eu.
We look forward to welcoming you to our Prague Headquarters.
On Twitter, follow @EU_GNSS for regular updates about the OPEN DAYS.
Use the hashtag #GSAOpendays to tweet about the OPEN DAYS.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).
26 October was a momentous day for the European space sector with the adoption of the first truly comprehensive Space Strategy for Europe by the European Commission. The strategy sets out an ambitious vison for the future of space activities in Europe with its underlining message that ‘Space matters for Europe’. To celebrate this event a launch ceremony was held in the European Space Expo in Brussels, which has just completed a four-year tour around Europe.
European Commission Vice President Maroš Šefčovič opened the high level event stressing that “Space is important for Europe and for European citizens.” He was pleased to see so many people celebrating the new EU Space Strategy and said that it gave new momentum to the whole space sector.
European Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, Elżbieta Bieńkowska, noted that this was the first time that the EU had developed such a comprehensive strategy for space. She said that the policy “builds on our respective strengths and strategies” and stressed the simple message that “space matters” for all of us.
The Space Strategy for Europe responds to growing global competition, increasing private sector involvement and major technological shifts. The Commission strategy proposes a range of actions to allow Europeans to fully seize the benefits offered by space, create the right ecosystem for space start-ups to grow, promote Europe's leadership in space and increase its share on the world space markets. The strategy will foster a competitive and innovative European space sector and maintain Europe's strategic autonomy while strengthening its global role in space.
In particular with the Galileo and Copernicus programmes becoming operational, there was a need to shift to concrete applications based on space data said Commissioner Bieńkowska. It was essential that the EU’s world class space industry remained competitive and that we are able to maximise the benefits from space for the whole of society.
Of course the European GNSS Agency (GSA) has a major role to play in delivering and implementing the new Space Strategy across its four main priorities and in particular in terms of maximising the benefits of space for society and the EU economy, and fostering a globally competitive and innovative European space sector.
“The GSA welcomes and fully supports the new European Space Strategy,” said Carlo des Dorides, Executive Director of the GSA. “The Commission has confirmed the continuity of the systems and their operations, including the development of a third generation of EGNOS and a second generation of Galileo. With the imminent declaration of Galileo Initial Services by the Commission, and the provision of EGNOS Services since 2014, the GSA is working hard to ensure end-to-end GNSS service provision. Through this we ensure that the EU’s investment in space is realised and available for the benefit of European society as a whole.”
Both members of the Commission recognised the contributions and collaboration of the European Space Agency (ESA). ESA Director General Johann-Dietrich Wörner said that the strategy represented the “start of a future journey for Europe.” He looked forward to a “United Space in Europe” where the added-value in space-based solutions can be demonstrated to benefit the whole of society.
The implications of the new space strategy were discussed by a panel of representatives of the European aerospace industry large and small.
Luigi Pasquali, of Telespazio said that the strategy was an important framework for his company and the emphasis on delivery was essential. Stéphane Israël, of Arianespace agreed. For him the strategy was exhaustive and succeeded in bring space down to earth. It had the “right vision and new ambitions.” In particular he thought that autonomous access to space was essential for competitiveness.
Three entrepreneurs voiced the views of the dynamic SME segment in the space sector. John Smedegaard of Fieldsense, Winner of the Copernicus Masters competition in 2014 described himself as a “child of EU and ESA support” and said that the strategy with its increased focus on innovation inspires him to continue.
Rafael Olmedo from Geko Navsat, who has won the GSA Special Topic Prize in the European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC aka the Galileo Masters) twice, also completely identified with the strategy, seeing it as an opportunity to create business innovation. Finally Enrique Martinez of Sincratech, winner of the ESNC in 2014 also liked the strategy saying that its publication had resolved many outstanding doubts.
Wrapping up proceedings, Vice President Šefčovič thanked the contributors for their strong sense of support and team spirit for cooperation on space. Commissioner Bieńkowksa said the strategy showed the way ahead and she looked forward to working together to implement and deliver the policies.
“A perfect day” is how Jean-Yves Le Gall, who wears many hats as President of the French Space Agency (CNES), co-Chair of the ESA Council, and newly elected Chair of the GSA Administrative Board, commented on the event. He praised the personal commitments of the commissioners to the Space Strategy and said that its “priorities are matched to needs of the space sector” and the “result is a model of balance and clarity.” He looked forward to joint efforts in the future that would demonstrate that “space is Europe’s best achievement.”
To complete the event, a certificate was presented to the millionth visitor to the European Space Expo: Laura Simon. The milestone had been achieved during the Expo’s last opening in Brussels. The European Space Expo visited 32 European cities during its four-year tour and presented its fascinating interactive exhibits to citizens in 19 different languages.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).
26 October was a momentous day for the European space sector with the adoption of the first truly comprehensive Space Strategy for Europe by the European Commission. The strategy sets out an ambitious vison for the future of space activities in Europe with its underlining message that ‘Space matters for Europe’. To celebrate this event a launch ceremony was held in the European Space Expo in Brussels, which has just completed a four-year tour around Europe.
European Commission Vice President Maroš Šefčovič opened the high level event stressing that “Space is important for Europe and for European citizens.” He was pleased to see so many people celebrating the new EU Space Strategy and said that it gave new momentum to the whole space sector.
European Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, Elżbieta Bieńkowska, noted that this was the first time that the EU had developed such a comprehensive strategy for space. She said that the policy “builds on our respective strengths and strategies” and stressed the simple message that “space matters” for all of us.
The Space Strategy for Europe responds to growing global competition, increasing private sector involvement and major technological shifts. The Commission strategy proposes a range of actions to allow Europeans to fully seize the benefits offered by space, create the right ecosystem for space start-ups to grow, promote Europe's leadership in space and increase its share on the world space markets. The strategy will foster a competitive and innovative European space sector and maintain Europe's strategic autonomy while strengthening its global role in space.
In particular with the Galileo and Copernicus programmes becoming operational, there was a need to shift to concrete applications based on space data said Commissioner Bieńkowska. It was essential that the EU’s world class space industry remained competitive and that we are able to maximise the benefits from space for the whole of society.
Of course the European GNSS Agency (GSA) has a major role to play in delivering and implementing the new Space Strategy across its four main priorities and in particular in terms of maximising the benefits of space for society and the EU economy, and fostering a globally competitive and innovative European space sector.
“The GSA welcomes and fully supports the new European Space Strategy,” said Carlo des Dorides, Executive Director of the GSA. “The Commission has confirmed the continuity of the systems and their operations, including the development of a third generation of EGNOS and a second generation of Galileo. With the imminent declaration of Galileo Initial Services by the Commission, and the provision of EGNOS Services since 2014, the GSA is working hard to ensure end-to-end GNSS service provision. Through this we ensure that the EU’s investment in space is realised and available for the benefit of European society as a whole.”
Both members of the Commission recognised the contributions and collaboration of the European Space Agency (ESA). ESA Director General Johann-Dietrich Wörner said that the strategy represented the “start of a future journey for Europe.” He looked forward to a “United Space in Europe” where the added-value in space-based solutions can be demonstrated to benefit the whole of society.
The implications of the new space strategy were discussed by a panel of representatives of the European aerospace industry large and small.
Luigi Pasquali, of Telespazio said that the strategy was an important framework for his company and the emphasis on delivery was essential. Stéphane Israël, of Arianespace agreed. For him the strategy was exhaustive and succeeded in bring space down to earth. It had the “right vision and new ambitions.” In particular he thought that autonomous access to space was essential for competitiveness.
Three entrepreneurs voiced the views of the dynamic SME segment in the space sector. John Smedegaard of Fieldsense, Winner of the Copernicus Masters competition in 2014 described himself as a “child of EU and ESA support” and said that the strategy with its increased focus on innovation inspires him to continue.
Rafael Olmedo from Geko Navsat, who has won the GSA Special Topic Prize in the European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC aka the Galileo Masters) twice, also completely identified with the strategy, seeing it as an opportunity to create business innovation. Finally Enrique Martinez of Sincratech, winner of the ESNC in 2014 also liked the strategy saying that its publication had resolved many outstanding doubts.
Wrapping up proceedings, Vice President Šefčovič thanked the contributors for their strong sense of support and team spirit for cooperation on space. Commissioner Bieńkowksa said the strategy showed the way ahead and she looked forward to working together to implement and deliver the policies.
“A perfect day” is how Jean-Yves Le Gall, who wears many hats as President of the French Space Agency (CNES), co-Chair of the ESA Council, and newly elected Chair of the GSA Administrative Board, commented on the event. He praised the personal commitments of the commissioners to the Space Strategy and said that its “priorities are matched to needs of the space sector” and the “result is a model of balance and clarity.” He looked forward to joint efforts in the future that would demonstrate that “space is Europe’s best achievement.”
To complete the event, a certificate was presented to the millionth visitor to the European Space Expo: Laura Simon. The milestone had been achieved during the Expo’s last opening in Brussels. The European Space Expo visited 32 European cities during its four-year tour and presented its fascinating interactive exhibits to citizens in 19 different languages.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).
26 October was a momentous day for the European space sector with the adoption of the first truly comprehensive Space Strategy for Europe by the European Commission. The strategy sets out an ambitious vison for the future of space activities in Europe with its underlining message that ‘Space matters for Europe’. To celebrate this event a launch ceremony was held in the European Space Expo in Brussels, which has just completed a four-year tour around Europe.
European Commission Vice President Maroš Šefčovič opened the high level event stressing that “Space is important for Europe and for European citizens.” He was pleased to see so many people celebrating the new EU Space Strategy and said that it gave new momentum to the whole space sector.
European Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, Elżbieta Bieńkowska, noted that this was the first time that the EU had developed such a comprehensive strategy for space. She said that the policy “builds on our respective strengths and strategies” and stressed the simple message that “space matters” for all of us.
The Space Strategy for Europe responds to growing global competition, increasing private sector involvement and major technological shifts. The Commission strategy proposes a range of actions to allow Europeans to fully seize the benefits offered by space, create the right ecosystem for space start-ups to grow, promote Europe's leadership in space and increase its share on the world space markets. The strategy will foster a competitive and innovative European space sector and maintain Europe's strategic autonomy while strengthening its global role in space.
In particular with the Galileo and Copernicus programmes becoming operational, there was a need to shift to concrete applications based on space data said Commissioner Bieńkowska. It was essential that the EU’s world class space industry remained competitive and that we are able to maximise the benefits from space for the whole of society.
Of course the European GNSS Agency (GSA) has a major role to play in delivering and implementing the new Space Strategy across its four main priorities and in particular in terms of maximising the benefits of space for society and the EU economy, and fostering a globally competitive and innovative European space sector.
“The GSA welcomes and fully supports the new European Space Strategy,” said Carlo des Dorides, Executive Director of the GSA. “The Commission has confirmed the continuity of the systems and their operations, including the development of a third generation of EGNOS and a second generation of Galileo. With the imminent declaration of Galileo Initial Services by the Commission, and the provision of EGNOS Services since 2014, the GSA is working hard to ensure end-to-end GNSS service provision. Through this we ensure that the EU’s investment in space is realised and available for the benefit of European society as a whole.”
Both members of the Commission recognised the contributions and collaboration of the European Space Agency (ESA). ESA Director General Johann-Dietrich Wörner said that the strategy represented the “start of a future journey for Europe.” He looked forward to a “United Space in Europe” where the added-value in space-based solutions can be demonstrated to benefit the whole of society.
The implications of the new space strategy were discussed by a panel of representatives of the European aerospace industry large and small.
Luigi Pasquali, of Telespazio said that the strategy was an important framework for his company and the emphasis on delivery was essential. Stéphane Israël, of Arianespace agreed. For him the strategy was exhaustive and succeeded in bring space down to earth. It had the “right vision and new ambitions.” In particular he thought that autonomous access to space was essential for competitiveness.
Three entrepreneurs voiced the views of the dynamic SME segment in the space sector. John Smedegaard of Fieldsense, Winner of the Copernicus Masters competition in 2014 described himself as a “child of EU and ESA support” and said that the strategy with its increased focus on innovation inspires him to continue.
Rafael Olmedo from Geko Navsat, who has won the GSA Special Topic Prize in the European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC aka the Galileo Masters) twice, also completely identified with the strategy, seeing it as an opportunity to create business innovation. Finally Enrique Martinez of Sincratech, winner of the ESNC in 2014 also liked the strategy saying that its publication had resolved many outstanding doubts.
Wrapping up proceedings, Vice President Šefčovič thanked the contributors for their strong sense of support and team spirit for cooperation on space. Commissioner Bieńkowksa said the strategy showed the way ahead and she looked forward to working together to implement and deliver the policies.
“A perfect day” is how Jean-Yves Le Gall, who wears many hats as President of the French Space Agency (CNES), co-Chair of the ESA Council, and newly elected Chair of the GSA Administrative Board, commented on the event. He praised the personal commitments of the commissioners to the Space Strategy and said that its “priorities are matched to needs of the space sector” and the “result is a model of balance and clarity.” He looked forward to joint efforts in the future that would demonstrate that “space is Europe’s best achievement.”
To complete the event, a certificate was presented to the millionth visitor to the European Space Expo: Laura Simon. The milestone had been achieved during the Expo’s last opening in Brussels. The European Space Expo visited 32 European cities during its four-year tour and presented its fascinating interactive exhibits to citizens in 19 different languages.
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Systém hodný kosmického věku pro detekování dronů si odváží velkou cenu z letošního klání ESNC (European Satellite Navigation Competition), zatímco cena ESA putovala ze chytrým cyklistickým navigačním zvonkem.
Systém hodný kosmického věku pro detekování dronů si odváží velkou cenu z letošního klání ESNC (European Satellite Navigation Competition), zatímco cena ESA putovala ze chytrým cyklistickým navigačním zvonkem.
Engineers’ connected data environments will span survey and construction processes for comprehensive project delivery benefits
LONDON – The Year in Infrastructure 2016 Conference – Topcon Positioning Group, a world leader in positioning instruments for survey and construction, and Bentley Systems, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced their joint intentions to connect cloud services for constructioneering. During the keynote presentations, the companies’ CEOs presented new construction workflows designed to increase efficiency and productivity with enhanced integration between their respective cloud services.
Each company will bring to market cloud-based solution offerings, which include services of both and provide construction workflows not previously possible. Initially, Bentley Systems will offer its ProjectWise CONNECT Edition users seamless connectivity with MAGNET Enterprise, and Topcon will incorporate ContextCapture image processing for its mass data collection via unmanned aerial systems (UAS).
“Topcon and Bentley share a vision about the advancements we can achieve through what I call the continuous representation of reality,” said Ray O’Connor, president and CEO, Topcon Positioning Group. “We also share a commitment to rolling up our sleeves and working together to make possible tangible results and real benefits for our customers as we advance constructioneering. I believe that our strategic collaboration will continue to integrate surveying, engineering, and construction, improving outcomes for project delivery.”
Greg Bentley, CEO, Bentley Systems, said, “To date, surveying, engineering, and construction industries have separately advanced to 3D technologies. But unbelievably, until now, 3D models have been recreated—rather than reused—at each phase. It’s been exciting to work with Topcon to introduce constructioneering so that our engineering users can start from the reality-captured survey context and leverage and update their digital engineering models through the construction process. Our joint cloud service innovations for constructing and improving roadways, including as-built capture, are enabling the highest level of workflow automation. I believe that Topcon will continue to pioneer new positioning devices to take advantage of every emerging opportunity, and we are enthusiastic about working with them to advance constructioneering into the mainstream for infrastructure projects around the world.”
Compared to traditional workflows between design and construction in which data from survey and digital engineering models can be lost and inefficiently recreated, constructioneering empowers engineers to extend their role within both surveying and construction.
Cloud services first bring the construction site conditions to the engineers so their work starts with an accurate model of the current 3D context—as captured by Topcon UAS photogrammetry and laser scanners—and then processed into engineering-ready 3D reality meshes by Bentley’s ContextCapture software. Cloud services subsequently convey the engineers’ work directly to construction processes in the field. This automation process—achieved through the connection between Topcon MAGNETcloud service and Bentley’s ProjectWise CONNECT Edition cloud services—improves project delivery, with design performed in context, and the resulting digital engineering models feeding the 3D machine control that guides the construction machinery.
Topcon and Bentley expect to expand the constructioneering workflow to further applications for infrastructure services.
About Topcon Positioning Group
Topcon Positioning Group is headquartered in Livermore, California, USA (topconpositioning.com). Its European head office is in Capelle a/d IJssel, the Netherlands (topconpositioning.eu). Topcon Positioning Group designs, manufactures, and distributes precise positioning products and solutions for the global surveying, construction, agriculture, civil engineering, BIM, mapping and GIS, asset management, and mobile control markets. Its brands include Topcon, Sokkia, Tierra, Wachendorff Elektronik, Digi-Star, RDS Technology, and NORAC. Topcon Corporation (topcon.com), founded in 1932, is traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (7732).
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 2009 has invested more than $1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions.
Additional information about Bentley is available at www.bentley.com. For Bentley news as it happens, subscribe to an RSS feed of Bentley press releases and news alerts. Visit The Year in Infrastructure Conference website for information on Bentley’s premier thought-leadership event. 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, Bentley Institute, MicroStation, AssetWise, 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.Azure and Bentley Success Plans Accelerate “Going Digital”!
LONDON – The Year in Infrastructure 2016 Conference – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced that Bentley’s new AssetWise CONNECT Edition (introduced at the Conference) and ProjectWise CONNECT Edition (introduced at Year in Infrastructure 2015) uniquely support hybrid computing environments across desktops, mobile devices, and in-house servers. And together, ProjectWise CONNECT Edition and AssetWise CONNECT Edition leverage Microsoft’s Azure cloud services to advance beyond common data environments to connected data environments.
During Conference keynotes, Bentley and Microsoft discussed the advancements made possible through their partnership and some of their future priorities working together. CEO Greg Bentley offered user organizations Bentley’s Success Plans for “Going Digital” through Azure to ensure that “BIM potential” created through digital engineering models can be fully realized in infrastructure project delivery and asset performance. The Azure-provisioned connected data environment experiences and benefits realized by Crossrail, Shell, Maryland State Highway Administration, and Mott MacDonald were cited.
The next step for connected data environments is to enable business- and operational-intelligence analytics to have open and live access to information within digital engineering models in order that “ET” (engineering technologies) can be brought to bear with “IT” and “OT” (operational technologies) to improve the throughput, safety, and reliability of infrastructure asset performance.
David Epp, director, global ISV alliances, Microsoft Corporation, described Microsoft’s advancements and potential contributions. Epp said, “One of Microsoft’s key priorities is supporting our partners. We are pleased that Azure is a core component of Bentley Systems’ connected data environment for infrastructure engineering organizations “going digital.” Specific cases such as Crossrail, Shell, Maryland SHA, and Mott MacDonald illustrate this active collaboration. We consider Bentley a leader in technical software, taking full advantage of our growing set of Azure services. We currently record over 100 trillion objects in Azure Storage. We are leveraging this power as well as other capabilities to help Bentley enhance connected data environments to deliver more value through new technologies and innovations. Through our newest Cognitive Services—from PowerBI to Cortana analytics and deep learning—we hope to help accelerate the realization of the ‘BIM potential’ for Bentley users’ digital engineering models. We are proud that Azure can play a strategic role in the advancement of infrastructure project delivery and asset performance through advanced Bentley solutions.”
Azure and Bentley Success Plans
Azure underlies Bentley’s Success Plans for user organizations. Azure and CONNECT Edition hybrid environments enable engineering organizations to virtualize their talent—with work-sharing for project delivery and through innovations such as inspectioneering for asset performance. By the same token, Azure cloud service connections enable Bentley Systems to virtualize the contributions of its own professionals anywhere in the world to users’ environments and projects. Enterprise Success Plans can make ProjectWise and/or AssetWise systems administration and ongoing project provisioning the responsibility of dedicated Bentley experts. Project (or Business Unit) Success Plans can virtually embed Bentley engineering-credentialed application experts within major projects or business units to introduce and propagate best-practice BIM advancements, through shared resources including Automation Center, Components Center, and Optioneering Center. With service levels responsive to an organization’s business objectives and project outcomes, Success Plans accelerate “Going Digital.”
Crossrail
Crossrail is Europe’s largest construction project, now completing its tunneling and stations under and across London on time and within budget. Crossrail’s “connected data environment,” based on Bentley’s eB technology, manages its engineering and asset information and provides a complete, federated view of its “digital railway.” Designed in a BIM virtual environment integrating over 1 million assets, it connects documents and drawings with Bentley’s comprehensive modeling software. In June of this year, to ensure continuity from construction to operations, Bentley upgraded Crossrail’s AssetWise environment to an Azure cloud service. Crossrail’s BIM successes are regarded in the United Kingdom as an exemplary case study in “going digital.”
Shell
Shell, with a Finalist project—Visibility into the Path of Construction for Prelude FLNG—in the Innovation in Construction category, is leading the energy industry in developing innovative ways to improve the affordability of capital projects. Shell selected ProjectWise ConstructSim to enhance its ability to visually plan and execute work safely, to ensure more effective “engineering readiness” through the application of advanced work packaging to improve constructability, and to improve field productivity. Shell chose to provide ConstructSim to its supply chain through an Azure-provisioned cloud service to help its EPCs, implementing the Construction Industry Institute’s Advanced Work Packaging recommendations, in “going digital.”
A Special Recognition Award Winner in Advancing Asset Performance Modeling, the Maryland State Highway Administration’s Motor Carrier Division benefits from a Bentley Success Plan for its Maryland One System for the statewide management and issuance of Oversize/Overweight permits to carriers moving loads through the state. Bentley’s Success Plan provides a reliable, high-performance environment, limits infrastructure costs while enabling continuous improvement, and allows Bentley implementation experts to directly manage the system. About the advancements of “going digital,” Tina Sanders, technical support manager, Maryland State Highway Administration, Motor Carrier Division, said, “Our new Bentley Maryland One System allows carriers anywhere in the world to use any device and browser to apply for Oversize/Overweight permits 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and have them routed, analyzed, and automatically system-issued up to configurable thresholds. We are confident that all clearances are checked, every bridge crossed over is structurally analyzed, and all temporary conditions are considered. This is now done across the state, regardless of jurisdiction, through one single application, while still giving each agency total responsibility and flexibility to manage their road and bridge assets and review processes.”
Mott MacDonald
Mott MacDonald, with two finalist projects this year—a water sector project in the United Kingdom in the Innovation in Project Delivery category, and the FLO JV Northern Line Extension project in London in the Innovation in Rail and Transit category—is advancing its strategy through Bentley’s ProjectWise CONNECT Edition and Azure.
Mott MacDonald is taking advantage of Bentley Systems’ Cloud Services Subscription program at enterprise level. Key to Mott MacDonald’s GoDigital strategy is connecting its people through Bentley’s connected data environment in which Bentley and Microsoft are cooperating. Mott MacDonald is working with Bentley, Microsoft, and Deltek as partners for its enterprise-wide GoDigital strategy.
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 2009 has invested more than $1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions.
Additional information about Bentley is available at www.bentley.com. For Bentley news as it happens, subscribe to an RSS feed of Bentley press releases and news alerts. Visit The Year in Infrastructure Conference website for information on Bentley’s premier thought-leadership event. 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, eB, ConstructSim, 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.Leading Software for Infrastructure Requirements Management to be Expanded through a Connected Data Environment for Infrastructure Project Delivery and Asset Performance
LONDON – The Year in Infrastructure 2016 Conference – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced that it has acquired the assets, colleagues, and services underlying ComplyPro, leading provider of UK-based managed services for requirements management of infrastructure capital projects. The new ComplyPro team at Bentley Systems will be led by its founder, Chris Rolison. Development of software and services will continue in Birmingham, UK, and sales activities will be merged into Bentley Systems’ offices worldwide. Existing ComplyPro users can be confident of continuously broadened functionality, with progressive assurance a valuable new capability within the Connected Data Environment shared by Bentley’s ProjectWise and AssetWise offerings.
Chris Rolison launched ComplyPro in 2005 and brings to Bentley Systems decades of experience in improving project assurance and compliance functions. In addition to his ComplyPro responsibilities, Chris is joining Bentley’s OpenRail Task Force to help bring to digital railway programs progressive assurance benefits, from systems-engineering-based conception through operations. ComplyPro users will benefit from the expanded scope of resources and integration across CAPEX and now additionally OPEX asset lifecycles. About the acquisition, Comply Serve founder Chris Rolison, said, “My ComplyPro colleagues and I are excited to join Bentley Systems. I have long regarded Bentley’s comprehensive approach to software provision for advancing infrastructure to be where the potential for progressive assurance can be most effectively and timely realized.”
Bhupinder Singh, Bentley’s chief product officer, said, “Users we share with ComplyPro, such as Crossrail, have stressed to us the potential benefits to asset program owners that could result from the integration of their requirements management and compliance management functions within Bentley’s project delivery and asset performance solutions. Now we can continue to learn from the cumulative and ongoing experience of existing ComplyPro users, as they further apply cloud services across their TOTEX lifecycles. As AssetWise CONNECT Edition now joins ProjectWise CONNECT Edition, this provides the ideal opportunity for us to implement the full scope of progressive assurance advancing, through digital engineering models, to asset performance modeling. We welcome Chris Rolison and our new colleagues from ComplyPro to contribute to the continuous realization of this new BIM advancement for our Connected Data Environment.”
About ComplyPro
ComplyPro is a leading software service for tracking and management of requirements compliance within many industries including rail, aviation, and energy. The ComplyPro cloud service spans long and complex supply chains and geographically dispersed teams. ComplyPro is used for some of the world’s largest infrastructure projects including London’s Crossrail, Qatar Rail’s Doha Metro and Lusail Light Rail programs, and the Banedanmark Signalling & Electrification programs in Denmark. The Build News 2016 Infrastructure Awards recognized ComplyPro for “Best Infrastructure Project Compliance & Assurance” in the United Kingdom.
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 2009 has invested more than $1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions.
Additional information about Bentley is available at www.bentley.com. For Bentley news as it happens, subscribe to an RSS feed of Bentley press releases and news alerts. Visit The Year in Infrastructure Conference website for information on Bentley’s premier thought-leadership event. 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, OpenRail, 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.Press Coverage
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