Bentley Navigator V8i Wins 2011 Constructech Top Products Award
Honored for Technology That Demonstrated the Greatest Innovations Geared Toward the Construction Market
AGC's 92nd Annual Convention / 2011 CONEXPO - CON/AGG –Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, recently announced that Bentley Navigator V8i has won a 2011 Constructech Top Products Award in the "Trusted Product" category. The awards honor technology solutions that have demonstrated the greatest innovations geared toward the construction market. Products and solutions eligible for these awards 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 utility and uniqueness to the construction industry, as well as the user growth rate over the past year.
"The Constructech Top Products Award winners represent companies that continued to develop groundbreaking solutions and products regardless of the state of the economy, and Bentley certainly achieved that," said Peggy Smedley, editorial director, Constructech magazine. "The current marketplace is demanding evolution, collaboration, and strong IT strategies, attributes that Bentley Navigator V8i exemplifies. This software for iterative project review can be used by infrastructure teams to interactively view, analyze, and simulate project information. I congratulate Bentley on its commitment to excellence in developing high-quality products for its users."
Commenting on receiving the award, Harry Vitelli, Bentley vice president, Collaboration Product Group, said, "On behalf of all my colleagues at Bentley, I want to thank the editors of Constructech for recognizing Bentley Navigator V8i as a Top Product. We are particularly proud of this dynamic collaboration software and are gratified that in the past year it has been rapidly adopted by tens of thousands of users, driven by the need to dynamically review work-in-progress project information. Being selected for this honor by the editors of Constructech underscores this early market success."
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About Bentley Navigator V8i
Bentley Navigator V8i is used by infrastructure teams to review and analyze project information. 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
Constructech magazine is the technology advocate for the construction industry, helping builders, contractors, and corporate owners make educated decisions on software and systems, both in the office and in the field. With unbiased opinions and informative news on software, hardware, automation, and services, Constructech has been a highly respected and trusted resource in the industry for more than 10 years. For more 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 $500M in annual revenues. Since 2001, the company has invested more than $1B in research, development, and acquisitions.
Additional information about Bentley is available at www.bentley.com and in Bentley's annual report. 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.
SOURCE: Bentley Systems, Incorporated