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Bentley Systems<\/a> has acquired GroupBC<\/a> to better serve engineers, contractors, and owners and to advance CDEs through digital twins<\/h2>\n

For over twenty years, GroupBC\u2019s and Bentley\u2019s software solutions have been deployed for complementary purposes to improve project and asset information management.<\/p>\n

The acquisition results from GroupBC\u2019s expansion agenda and Bentley\u2019s investment appetite<\/a> for international growth opportunities stemming from the UK\u2019s national initiatives for major infrastructure investment and towards infrastructure digital twins.<\/p>\n

GroupBC\u2019s CDE solutions<\/a>, BC Projects and BC Enterprise+, have been widely applied in the UK for information management respectively across construction and asset estates. CDEs have become increasingly availed globally in \u2018going digital\u2019 for capital projects and resulting assets. In 2019, the UK\u2019s (BS 1192) construction project information management guidelines were largely adopted within the global standard ISO 19650.<\/p>\n

Also in 2019, in its inaugural study, ARC Advisory Group ranked Bentley\u2019s ProjectWise<\/a> system as #1 worldwide.<\/p>\n

Boost digital collaboration<\/h3>\n

The new opportunity is to build on ISO 19650 and GroupBC\u2019s UK information management experience, to advance collaborative BIM, through \u2018evergreen\u2019 digital twins<\/a>, to span infrastructure lifecycles.<\/p>\n

In combination, Bentley\u2019s iTwin Services will now be leveraged to connect GroupBC CDEs and ProjectWise CDEs. Through semantic alignment and change synchronisation, the resulting digital twins cloud services will securely federate \u2013 fully enabling 4D mixed reality and analytics visibility \u2013 previously separate CDEs for construction and engineering.<\/p>\n

Keith Bentley, chief technology officer for Bentley Systems, said: \u201cOur iTwin cloud services, taking advantage of iModel-based solutions for interoperability, are ideal for federating CDEs. This enables us to assure that the users of our BC SaaS services will benefit from further extending the value of their project and asset information through digital twins.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the help of our new GroupBC colleagues, we will now be able to better serve engineers, contractors, and owners by bringing together their collective IT (information management), OT (operational technologies including reality modelling), and ET (engineering models).<\/p>\n

\u201cI am confident that the resulting improvements in project and asset performance will be consistent with the UK\u2019s demanding but welcome expectations for new ROI breakthroughs from digital twins.\u201d<\/p>\n

Advance CDEs through digital twins<\/h3>\n

Simon Horsley, UK regional executive for Bentley Systems, commented: \u201cOur many UK users, projects, and owners in common with GroupBC will gain a lot from our joining forces to advance CDEs through digital twins.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been tasked by Bentley management to help the UK to continue to lead the world in going digital for infrastructure advancement, and our new offerings and colleagues from GroupBC bring essential momentum as we pool resources to meet our market\u2019s expanded \u2018infrastructure revolution\u2019 requirements.<\/p>\n

\u201cI particularly welcome to Bentley Systems GroupBC\u2019s co-founders Sanjeev Shah and Stephen Crompton, and CEO Wes Simmons.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sanjeev Shah, co-founder of GroupBC, said: \u201cThis is a hugely exciting day for our shared accounts and for both our workforces moving forward. The opportunities which arise from bringing our two companies and their respective product portfolios together are enormous, as is the global reach which Bentley can now add for us.<\/p>\n

\u201cWorking together we will be even better able to support, through \u2018going digital,\u2019 construction and asset lifecycles.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stephen Crompton, CPO and co-founder of GroupBC, added: \u201cBentley is going to provide a great new home for our products to thrive in.<\/p>\n

\u201cGroupBC have always promoted an integrated, best-of-breed approach, and being able to complement our leading software solutions with existing best-of-breed products from Bentley presents a uniquely exciting opportunity for us and our user organisations, opening the door for unparalleled integration between our solutions and bridging the gaps between design, construction and ongoing asset information management.\u201d<\/p>\n

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