HONOLULU--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced that ProjectWise V8i and Bentley Navigator V8i have each won a commercial 2012 Constructech Top Products award in the “Trusted Products” category. The award honors technology solutions that have demonstrated the greatest innovations geared toward the construction market. Products and solutions eligible for the Trusted Products category comprise core technology offerings that have been on the market for at least three years. The winning products are selected by the magazine’s editorial team based on criteria that include the product’s overall usefulness and uniqueness to the construction industry as well as customer growth rate during the past few years for the particular product.
“The Constructech Top Products award winners represent companies that help firms implement new technology initiatives and maintain existing ones, and Bentley certainly does both,” said Peggy Smedley, editorial director, Constructech magazine. “Its ProjectWise and Navigator are tried-and-true software products that offer great advantages and are continually enhanced to meet the ever-changing needs of the marketplace. Constructech editors like how Bentley continues to update these offerings – as well as partner with technology providers – to facilitate data exchange across products in the construction industry. I am pleased that our editorial staff has recognized the great work Bentley accomplishes by providing its users with products of the highest quality.”
Huw Roberts, Bentley vice president, Core Marketing, said, “It is particularly gratifying to win these awards given that the construction industry is a priority for Bentley, and the two products honored play such an important role in establishing the collaborative workflows that are crucial during this stage of the infrastructure lifecycle. ProjectWise provides our users with a trusted and secure environment in which to manage and share information as it moves across all project phases and among multidisciplined project teams. Moreover, users have come to rely on Bentley Navigator to help them achieve greater project insight and avoid costly on-site errors through its dynamic collaborative review capabilities.
“On behalf of all my colleagues at Bentley, I want to thank the editors of Constructech for this recognition, as well as for their diligence in advocating for the advancement of innovative technology throughout the construction industry.”
For additional information about the Constructech Top Products Awards, visit www.constructech.com.
About ProjectWise
ProjectWise is a system of collaboration servers and services for AECO information for the design and construction of infrastructure projects while the work is in progress. The system provides secure and managed work sharing, content reuse, and dynamic feedback capabilities including review, mark-up, clash resolution, visualization, automated publishing, and more. Deployed in 92 countries, ProjectWise is the system of choice for 44 of the ENR Top 50 Global Design Firms, 72 of the ENR Top 100 Global Design Firms, 29 of the ENR Top 50 Design-Build Firms, 234 of the Bentley Infrastructure 500 Top Owners, and half of the U.S. state departments of transportation. For additional information about ProjectWise, visit www.bentley.com/ProjectWise.
About Bentley Navigator
Bentley Navigator V8i empowers users to dynamically navigate, view, and mark up models for design review and coordination. With highly versatile viewing capabilities, Bentley Navigator delivers a more intuitive user experience and improves the interactive quality of information. This alone enables greater project insight and helps avoid costly on-site errors. In addition, teams can analyze projects virtually, to detect and resolve clashes and to simulate project schedules; augment data by registering comments in i-models (containers for open infrastructure information exchange); and produce 2D and 3D PDFs for consumption by a wider audience. For more information, visit www.bentley.com/Navigator.
About Constructech Magazine
As the technology advocate for the construction industry, Constructech magazine helps builders, contractors, and corporate owners make informed decisions about software and systems for the office and the field. Constructech continues to be a highly respected and trusted resource for construction technology for almost 15 years, providing unbiased opinions and informative news on software, hardware, automation, and service. For additional information, visit www.constructech.com.
About Bentley Systems, Incorporated
Bentley is the global leader dedicated to providing architects, engineers, geospatial professionals, constructors, and owner-operators with comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure. Bentley’s mission is to empower its users to leverage information modeling through integrated projects for high-performing intelligent infrastructure. Its solutions encompass the MicroStation platform for infrastructure design and modeling, the ProjectWise platform for infrastructure project team collaboration and work sharing, and the AssetWise platform for infrastructure asset operations – all supporting a broad portfolio of interoperable applications and complemented by worldwide professional services. Founded in 1984, Bentley has grown to nearly 3,000 colleagues in more than 45 countries and over $500 million in annual revenues. Since 2003, the company 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. To view a searchable collection of innovative infrastructure projects from the annual Be Inspired Awards, access Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure publications. To access a professional networking site that enables members of the infrastructure community to connect, communicate, and learn from each other, visit Be 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 www.bentley.com/500.
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