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Bentley system: Innovating reality modelsBy: Benget Besalicto sT

“We connect reality and virtual reality,” said Greg Bentley,

the Chief Operating Officer (CEO) of Bentley System, when addressing

the opening ceremony of the annual event of Year in Infrastructure Conference organized by Bentley System, the world’s leading provider of software solutions, in London from Nov. 3 to 5, 2015.

The 3-day international event, which has been organized by Bentley System since 2004, was attended by hundreds of companies’ executives, government officials, technological observers and experts, as well as

Bentley’s top executives and participans of the Year in infrastructure 2015

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media from around the world. It was dedicated for discussions on how to provide accurate data through the software solutions that will help users to better manage their assets, projects and infrastructure units.

Greg Bentley said that engineering data and information are increasingly connected with the virtual technologies like augmented reality and high quality visualization systems. Such connection will allow users to see their assets or projects better and enable them to make any

necessary decision for approvals, corrections, or improvements without having to visit the real assets or projects on site. They can just see them through a reality modeling system in a laptop while having a discussion with other colleagues in a meeting room far away from the projects or infrastructure units.

Greg Bentley mentioned his companies’ acquisitions, integrations and improvements of several software products during 2015 as part of its efforts to provide better software solutions for companies in designing, constructing, and managing their infrastructure units and assets, Prominent among them was its new ContextCapture, which was Bentley’s first product release of the Acute3D software technology acquired earlier last year. The software can be adjusted to meet the need of any organization which can apply 3D models of real-world context.

The ContextCapture, and digital photography including from unmanned aerial vehicles ( UAVs), can produce a detailed reality mesh with a combination of the referenced photography. It will enable users to easily produce high resolution 3D models of any existing condition by using photos taken with any digital camera. That means users can use the software to produce a navigable 3D model with fine and photorealistic detail, sharp edges, and precise geometric accuracy. These highly detailed models can be made of any size or resolution, from the size of a gate up to a city scale, much faster than with other technologies.

Greg Bentley cited the detailed reality model of Philadelphia city

provided for all decision makers and organizations which involved in preparations of the visit by Pope Francis to the city in September 2015. Such detailed reality model had provided all necessary data, and had helped them in making virtual simulations of everything they want before making any decision regarding the preparations and implementation of the Papal visit.

During the Year in Infrastructure 2015 Conference, Bentley also announced General Access to ContextCapture Center for “grid computing” power to dramatically expedite processing time for very large models.

Taking Acute3D technology to the next level, Bentley’s new ContextCapture offers significant new advantages to users, including a new multi-platform browser plug-in and desktop viewer that supports multitouch and allows users to easily and consistently share reality meshes on desktop and mobile devices, even for models of entire cities.

“ContextCapture offers a new and versatile way of capturing reality to serve as context for design, monitoring, inspection, and surveying processes, complementing Bentley Pointools and Bentley Descartes. I’m pleased to say that reality meshes produced by ContextCapture can now be intrinsically integrated throughout Bentley’s common modeling environment, by way of native support within MicroStation CONNECT Edition,” Pascal Martinez, Bentley Systems’ Director of Business Development, said during the conference,

David Byrne, technical director, AEROmetrex, confirmed that the ContextCapture has enabled his

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company to construct highly detailed 3D models of virtually any size for clients, faster and at much less cost than with traditional methods. “But what’s most powerful is the amazing context that it provides to facilitate better decisions throughout design, construction, and operations. ContextCapture allows you to create a fully photo-textured, geographically located 3D model, all derived directly from digital photography. And, once the models have been built, they can be quickly and easily viewed on any desktop or mobile device. We think ContextCapture is going to revolutionize the geospatial industry,” he said.

To further improve and integrate its software solutions, during 2015 Bentley had acquired UK.-based C3global, which is the provider of web-based Amulet software for operational analytics; the France-based Acute3D, which is the provider of Smart3DCapture software for reality modeling; California-based EADOC LLC, which is the provider of construction management cloud services; and e-on software, which is a leader in the creation, simulation, and integration of natural 3D environments, with software development based in Paris, France,

A day before the infrastructure conference 2015, Bentley Systems and AECOM jointly announced that AECOM, which has named Bentley as a strategic partner for project delivery technologies, has extended its ProjectWise corporate commitment to fully include the new Bentley Cloud Services Subscription Program.

Another prominent software product is its asset performance management software called

the AssetWise APM. The Asset performance management helps owner-operators to sustain their infrastructure assets and maximize their returns on investment over the operating life of the assets. Improving the reliability and performance of an organization’s assets reduces risk and has a direct positive effect on safety, operational efficiency, production predictability, and overall profitability. It serves as a single source of truth for asset information, inspection, performance, reliability, and maintenance of infrastructure assets. It includes 3D and 2D visual navigation of assets with links to engineering information, and ensures change management and document control.

The system can provide users a dashboard view of the current health of their assets, infrastructure units, and projects and allow them to predict any potential failure and, therefore, mitigate the consequences of asset failure. Risk-based strategies provide the technical basis for an asset’s inspection and reliability and integrity management program. Strategies include reliability-centered maintenance (RCM2), risk-based inspection (RBI) analysis in particular for structural, piping, pressure vessels, maintenance task analysis (MTA), and current practices review (CPR) as a quick start in automating existing paper check sheets.

A subset of the software runs on mobile and remote devices so that inspectors in the field can monitor assets and have ready access to asset and work history. Real-time condition data is collected, consolidated, and analyzed in AssetWise APM’s inspection data management system. The system recommends corrective

work that needs to be done to ensure asset integrity, reliability, and performance.

Simulation and optimization techniques include reliability-centered design analysis, maintenance plan optimization, availability simulation, failure data analysis, and lifecycle cost analysis to generate data-driven insights towards replacement strategies. i-model planning packages support decisions on where to inspect by integrating quantitative risk-based inspection calculations with 2D and 3D models to help the engineers better visualize and understand, for example, where corrosion loops are, which specific corrosion measurement locations are required, how to access hard-to-reach areas.

Greg Bentley also mentioned a new, comprehensive subscription program for cloud-based access to collaboration services and apps, managed services, administration of term licenses, professional services, Bentley Institute LEARNservices, and new CONNECT Edition Cloud Services. With the new Bentley Cloud Services Subscription program, user organizations can subscribe to any or all of these offerings within the framework of a predictable annual budget.

“Connecting through cloud services is so fundamentally valuable to our users, their projects, and their enterprises that we want to eliminate any commercial deterrent to user organizations’ taking full advantage. As an enterprise user of many cloud services, I think we have worked out how to improve on the vendors’ business models we’ve seen to date. We’re introducing all the benefits of being connected, but with full

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visibility and accountability for costs, and without headaches or risks to budget. We believe that our Cloud Services Subscription program, like our many commercial innovations that have preceded it, provides our users with the simplest and fairest approach possible,” he said.

AwardsAlong with its annual

Infrastructure conference, Bentley also invited all of users companies to participate in its yearly held unique competition called Be Inspired Awards. During the Year in Infrastructure 2015 conference, Bentley Systems Inc announced 18

winners of the 2015 Be Inspired Awards, and five winners of the 2015 Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards. They were awarded for their extraordinary work in creatively applying the software solutions in managing infrastructure units.

The winners were selected by 10 independent panels of jurors, comprising distinguished industry experts, from 54 project finalists, who had been previously shortlisted from over 360 submissions by organizations in 66 countries. The candidates for the Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards were selected by the jurors from the top finalist projects as well as other

exemplary nominations. This selection was based on the projects’ uniquely innovative and visionary achievements that transcend the narrower focus of the standing Be Inspired Awards categories. The nominees were then reviewed by a panel of Bentley executives, who evaluated them based on the criteria established for each award.

“This has been a year of major achievements for Bentley Systems that include the introduction of our CONNECT Edition infrastructure engineering software, providing a common environment for comprehensive project delivery. But the achievements that my colleagues

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and I are most proud of are those of our users. For while our goal at Bentley is advancing infrastructure, we can only accomplish it through the vision, talent, and dedication of the architects, engineers, constructors, and operations professionals who creatively apply our technology in pursuit of effective strategies for achieving new levels of project or infrastructure asset performance,” he said.

“Such achievements are exemplified by the extraordinary Be Inspired Award-winning projects we celebrated. I heartily congratulate the organizations that were instrumental

in the delivery or operations of these truly inspiring projects. Moreover, I applaud all of the project nominees in this year’s awards program for their contributions to improving quality of life around the globe,” he said.

The Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards winners for 2015 are as follows: 1. Morphosis Architects – Bill &

Melinda Gates Hall from Ithaca, New York, the US, for advancing collaborative BIM.

2. Hatch Ltd – KeeyaskHydroelectric Generating Station Project in Nelson River,

Manitoba, Canada, for advancing comprehensive BIM Playbooks.

3. Jacobs – NAG Project in Baytown,Texas, the US for advancing construction modeling.

4. Western Power Distribution, EMUfor iPad, from Exeter, the UK, for advancing information mobility in operations.

5. HDR, Union Station to Oak CliffStreetcar TIGER Design-Build Project in Dallas, Texas, the US, for advancing the integrated projects.

Among the winners of the Be Inspired Awards 2015 are as

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follows: 1. MWH Global, Tyseley Resource

Recovery Centre in Birmingham, West Midland, the UK, for innovation in power generation.

2. Keystone Engineering Inc, BlockIsland Wind Farm in Block Island, Rhode Island, the US for innovation in offshore.

3. Tetra Tech Proteus, KvanefjeldRare Earth, Uranium Project in Narsaq, Kujalleq of Greenland for innovation in mining.

4. AECOM, Global ProjectCollaboration in a Design-build-finance-operate (DBFO) for innovation in project delivery.

5. Pacific Gas and ElectricCompany, Engineering Contractor Collaboration Solution Using ProjectWise and Bentley Substation in San Ramon, California, the US for innovation in utilities and communications.

6. SA Water, Predictive andOperational Analytics Tools, Adelaide Metro Water Distribution Network in Adelaide, South Australia, for innovation in asset performance management.

7. Singapore Land Authority,Mapping Singapore in 3D in Singapore for innovation in government.

8. Tata Consulting EngineersLtd, detailed design of utility infrastructure in Dharampur, Gujarat, India for innovation in land development.

ChallengesDuring panel discussions,

Amanda Clack, Partner EY and Head of Infrastructure (Advisory) of RICS highlighted the growingly convergence between the IT and technology. “The Information

Technology (IT) and the technology are getting more integrated. A convergence of the two is under way,” she said.

But Ed Morrow, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Independent Project Analysis (IPA) suggested, “We’re over-engineering and really need more standardization. Standards lead to standard performance expectations,” he said.

According to him, adoption of technology has been slow among industries. “The public sector has embraced technology better than the industry,” he said.

Rowan Steele, Network Operations Modelling Engineer, South Australia Water concurred with Morrow, saying that “most of clients are ambivalent about using new technologies in operations.”

David Coplin, Chief Envisioning Officer of Microsoft also confirmed about the slow adoption of new technologies among industries. “ Most people have better technology at home than they do at work. We’ve got technology the wrong way around. We need to unbox our inbox,” he said.

He mentioned the fact that human being is the huge data creator but do not use it all, or know how to use it. “In practice we have the data, but do we know our infrastructure operations better?,” he asked.

Clack suggested that critical thinking skills are the key factor to understanding data and analyzing assets’ performance. “More awareness and improved education would go a long way to improving the situation,” she said.

Apparently, the annual infrastructure conference has become the right forum to increase such awareness and educate the industries

on the software solutions they need to enable them to better manage their assets and infrastructure projects. Through the annual conference, participants have the chances to follow presentations of Bentley’s users and panel discussions on how they will be empowered in their respective business operations through the applications of the software solutions.

Greg Bentley noted that his company will continue to better connecting the reality and virtuality, by continually pursuing the improvement and integration of its software solutions. Greg Bentley’s statement reflected his company’s commitment since its establishment in 1984, to better bridge between the reality of assets, infrastructure, or projects and virtual reality through the improvement of its continual and integrated software solutions. The company has expanded its software business in over 50 countries with more than 3,000 workers. Having an annual income of US$ 600 million, the company has invested more than US$ 1 billion since 2006 for research and development, and acquisitions. During last year alone, the company managed to integrate a number of products, through acquisitions, which are expected to better serve the needs of users in designing, constructing, and managing their assets and infrastructure projects.

“We are providing better depth of modeling with greater mobility of information. Key to these advancements is the ability to provide “advancement in analytical modeling, through to visualization and simulation,” Greg Bentley concluded.