Bentley Systems - Software for Plant Engineering, Construction and Operations

Bentley Systems, Incorporated provides software for the lifecycle of the world's infrastructure. The company's comprehensive portfolio for the building, plant, civil, and geospatial verticals spans Architecture, Engineering, Construction (AEC) and operations. With 2005 revenues of $336 million and more than 2,000 colleagues around the world, Bentley is the leading provider of AEC software to the Engineering News-Record Top 500 Design Firms and major owner-operators and was named the world's No. 2 provider of GIS/geospatial software solutions in a recent Datatech research study.

OFFSHORE PLANT ENGINEERING

Bentley Plant serves owner operators, their Engineering / Procurement Contractors (EPCs), and their supply chain across the entire process industry, including the offshore oil and gas sector. In this sector our users include BP, ChevronTexaco, ConocoPhillips, KBR, Technip, Bechtel, Wood Group, Petrobras, PEMEX, Worley Parsons, York, and APL.

PLANT DESIGN WITH DIGITALPLANT

In this era where engineering resources are in short supply owners and EPCs have no choice but to distribute work globally to complete projects. Bentley's DigitalPlant provides comprehensive solutions for the distributed enterprise through:

• A comprehensive set of engineering tools
• Interoperability and openness supporting teams working together on different systems
• Scalable and flexible to fit any size organization or project
• Globally distributed workflows ensuring best use is made of the available resources wherever they are located
• Management of change reducing risks and project costs
• Evolving / adaptable information model that keeps your information current across the lifecycle
• Ease of deployment globally through comprehensive training and support programmes
• Re-use of data and support for repeatable workflows so you never discard any of your valuable engineering information

3D MODELLING BASED ON MICROSTATION V8

Bentley's offerings span and integrate conceptual design, engineering design and analysis, commissioning, operations, and maintenance - the entire lifecycle of the plant.

DigitalPlant products include MicroStation-based PlantSpace and AutoCAD-based AutoPLANT for 2D and 3D plant design, Axsys. Process for conceptual design, AutoPipe and Staad.Pro for pipe stress and structural analysis, and the ProjectWise suite of servers for engineering data and document management.