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SpatialNews Press Release
Bentley Advances to Number Two in Plant Creation Software
With Success of Bentley’s MicroStation, PlantSpace and Viecon Technology, Daratech
Ranks Bentley as Number Two Vendor
Houston, TX, Daratech Plant - January 30, 2001 - Bentley Systems, Incorporated
(Exton, PA) announced today that market-leading growth in plant-related revenues
advanced Bentley to the number two plant creation software vendor in Daratech’s
latest rankings, based on user spending in 2000, in the categories of conceptual
design, physical design and overall plant creation. Bentley attributes this advance
to the compelling user benefits that result from the integration of its
MicroStation® and PlantSpace® portfolio with its engineering information management
(EIM) technology.
Daratech also estimates that Bentley’s 2001 plant creation revenue growth will
again lead the market. The complete market-share tables can be found at
www.daratechplant.com.
The flagship PDS product range of the number-one plant creation vendor, Intergraph
Corporation, is also primarily MicroStation-based. Intergraph is Bentley’s largest
shareholder, and the companies earlier this month announced the completion of
Intergraph’s $40 million sale to Bentley of its civil engineering, plotting and
raster-conversion software businesses.
Bentley’s Viecon line of EIM servers and clients provide capabilities for
information management, integration, and collaboration throughout the most complex
engineering, construction and operations (E/C/O) networks. Bentley’s engineering
information creation products, MicroStation and PlantSpace applications, provide
capabilities for creating intelligent 3D facility models. These solutions power the
world’s largest, mission-critical E/C/O projects.
PlantSpace products and 3D technology are producing remarkable results for users.
For example, a recent project at BASF Corporation (Mt. Olive, NJ) was the most
complex that it has ever performed internally, involving more than 900 process
lines, 25,000 piping components and almost 200 pieces of equipment. Designing each
line, BASF was able to improve and refine the design with many more iterations than
usual, while spending 30% fewer hours per line than the industry norm. The project
was constructed on time and on budget.
Similarly, Bentley’s Viecon and ProjectWise® EIM technology provides great
advantages for users in the plant market. Bentley Systems Pty, Ltd., has just
announced that Brunei Shell Petroleum, one of the world’s leading oil producers,
will use ProjectWise extranet servers for the largest engineering project it has
ever undertaken. The $300 million (USD) project is the revitalization of the
Ampa-Fairley offshore petroleum facilities. ProjectWise most closely met the
project’s requirements for an extensive, secure and controlled communication
connection between project participants, located throughout Brunei Darussalam and
Southeast Asia.
At the Daratech 2001 Plant conference, Bentley also announced that it is
collaborating with a consortium of Japanese governmental, academic and plant
industry leaders, led by Hitachi, Ltd., to bring the work of Japan’s Plant
Electronic Commerce (Plant EC) initiative forward into the Plant Working Group of
the aecXML organization within the International Alliance for Interoperability
(IAI). These efforts have resulted in an XML schema for the electronic exchange and
communication of plant life-cycle information. The goal is to have these standards
adopted as a PlantXML Schema under the Plant Working Group of the aecXML
organization within the International Alliance for Interoperability (IAI).
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