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Awards Underscore Bentley's Leadership in Software for Construction

PARIS – 9 September 2013 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced that its AECOsim Building Designer and ProjectWise offerings have each been named a premier “Professionally Voted Public Works and Civil Engineering Product.” The awards, which were judged by construction professionals across France, were presented by Sageret, France’s leading directory of building and public works organizations and sponsor of the competition. Both products were recognized in the Services to Businesses/Companies category during a ceremony held at the Grand Hôtel Intercontinental Opéra in Paris.

Alan Lamont, Bentley vice president, said, “It is an honor to have our AECOsim Building Designer and ProjectWise offerings selected for this prestigious recognition within the community of construction professionals. We will display our ‘Professionally Voted Public Works and Civil Engineering Product’ award insignias with pride. Both of these products significantly contribute to Bentley’s leadership in software for construction. Our AECOsim products are emerging pacesetters in the architectural, engineering, construction, and operations marketplace. They enable best practices in integrated building systems design and performance simulation, and result in simulations that rigorously incorporate design specifications and accurately predict the performance of the delivered building. Our ProjectWise system of collaboration servers and services provides scalable, secure, and managed work sharing, content reuse, and dynamic feedback capabilities that are ideal for integrated projects requiring highly collaborative workflows. On behalf of my colleagues at Bentley, I thank Sageret and the many construction professionals who selected our products for this distinction.”

Sageret invited professionals from more than 250,000 construction firms to help select the best products in seven general categories:

• Services to Businesses/Companies
• Structures, Masonry Facades
• Carpentry, Fastening/Locking
• Interiors Design
• Technical Equipment
• Landscaping
• Construction Material

The judges evaluated each of the products based on the following criteria: innovation, performance/quality, industry adoption, and sustainable development. For more information on the competition results, visit http://lesproduitsdubtp.com/résultats-2013.

About AECOsim Building Designer

AECOsim Building Designer provides information-rich multi-discipline models for the design, simulation, analysis, and documentation of buildings. This single, integrated application includes capabilities for architectural, structural, mechanical and electrical systems design, and for construction documentation. Its innovative capabilities help users lower project costs, save time, reduce project risk, and enhance overall project quality – while providing owner-operators with higher returns on their investments.

AECOsim Building Designer fully supports large, complex, distributed projects, empowering teams to deliver bigger and more finely detailed projects taking full advantage of information modeling’s potential. In addition, by virtue of Bentley’s comprehensive platform and applications portfolio, AECOsim Building Designer can incorporate the context of related disciplines to support better design decisions, resulting in better-performing buildings and projects. For additional information about AECOsim Building Designer, visit www.bentley.com/AECOsim.

About ProjectWise

ProjectWise is a system of collaboration servers and services for AECO information in 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 a large percentage of the world’s leading design and construction firms, including 24 of the ENR Top 25 Design Firms, 234 of the Bentley Infrastructure 500 Top Owners around the globe, and the majority of U.S. state departments of transportation. For additional information about ProjectWise, visit www.bentley.com/ProjectWise.

About Sageret

Sageret specializes in promoting public works and civil engineering. With a database of more than 450,000 qualified companies, Sageret offers many services to professionals in the construction sector, including: the 20-80 Pareto Distribution rule, products and services guide, news flashes, company identity files (for direct marketing purposes), starred products, listings, product library, videos, and more. The label “Professionally Voted Public Works and Civil Engineering Product” was created by Sageret. For additional information about Sageret, visit www.sageret.fr.

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 Systems applies information mobility to improve asset performance by leveraging information modeling through integrated projects for 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 more than 3,000 colleagues in 50 countries, more than $500 million in annual revenues, and since 2005 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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