Bentley Systems has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with investors led by Accel-KKR to acquire Seequent—a specialist in software for geological and geophysical modeling, geotechnical stability, and cloud services for geodata management, visibility, and collaboration—for $900 million in cash, subject to adjustment, plus 3,141,361 BSY Class B shares.

Bentley Systems has announced the availability of OpenGround Cloud, a new cloud service that enables geotechnical professionals to access reliable geotechnical data for better engineering decision support and to improve collaboration across the entire supply chain.

Bentley Systems has announced it has opened up its LEGION Simulator and OpenBuildings Station Designer software, including waiving new subscription fees through September 30, 2020, for facilities managers to incorporate pedestrian simulation methodologies across their planning, design, and operations teams.   

Connected data environments don’t just talk the talk but also walk the walk on your construction projects, and because of this, they can help to solve many engineering challenges. By Mark Coates, Director of Strategic Industry Engagements at Bentley Systems

The winners of the 2016 Be Inspired Awards have been announced by Bentley Systems, honouring the work of Bentley users improving the world’s infrastructure. The ceremony and gala at The Year in Infrastructure 2016 Conference, saw 18 Be Inspired Awards winners and eight Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards winners acknowledged.

Bentley Systems has acquired French company Acute3D, provider of Smart3DCapture software for reality modeling. Through reality modeling, observations of existing conditions are processed into representations for contextual alignment within design and construction modeling environments. Advancements in scanning and photography, especially the use of drones for these purposes, are making the capture of such observations broadly and continuousl...