ADD Inc Selects Bentley and MicroStation TriForma as Its Enterprise Architectural Solution.PALM SPRINGS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 17, 1997--Proactive Engineering Symposium-- Opting for More Sophisticated Software Capabilities, Large Architectural Firm An architectural firm is a company which employs one or more licensed architects and practices the profession of architecture. History Architects (master builders) have existed since early in recorded history. The earliest recorded architects include Imhotep (c. Standardizes on Bentley Bentley Systems Bentley Systems, Incorporated, provides software for the "Design, construction and operation of the world's infrastructure". The company’s software serves the building, plant, civil, and geospatial vertical markets in the areas of architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) , Inc.(Exton, PA), today announced that the award-winning architectural firm ADD Inc (Cambridge, MA, and San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , CA) has selected Bentley products as their new standard architectural software. Upon rigorous product evaluation, the firm determined that MicroStation(R) and MicroStation(R) TriForma(TM) delivered the best enterprise-wide 2D and 3D architectural solution. ADD Inc will begin shifting to as many as 60 seats of MicroStation over the next eighteen months. The upgrade to a more powerful and sophisticated Bentley software solution, including 3D modeling, will enable ADD Inc to better manage their building information and improve communication among architects, engineers and owners. With over 110 employees, ADD Inc is known for its architectural and interior design of commercial and large-scale retail developments. Their projects include 3Com Corporation, Oracle, and Hewlett-Packard complexes. "To remain a leader in architecture and interior design, we must be able to offer the most reliable and sophisticated architectural solutions," comments Jill Rothenberg, IS director at ADD Inc. "Our evaluation clearly showed that Bentley is the software partner that will enable us to offer greater productivity and collaboration through the entire building process. We were especially compelled by the Bentley Continuum Continuum (pl. -tinua or -tinuums) can refer to:
Bentley will provide ADD Inc with project assistance in the transition to MicroStation and MicroStation TriForma. Other products evaluated include AutoCAD from Autodesk (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ADSK ADSK Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ stock symbol) ) and ArchiCAD. ADD Inc also plans to utilize the Bentley SELECT(SM) technology and service subscription program for "continuous improvement" of their system. More on ADD Inc The architectural firm of ADD Inc, located in both Cambridge, MA, and San Francisco, CA, has over 110 employees in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Founded 25 years ago, ADD Inc has cultivated cultivated, n in herbal medicine, used to describe plants that are commercially farmed rather than collected from the wild. a diverse architectural practice with combined experience to guide new and renovated projects for institutional, commercial and retail development, including over one million square feet for professional service firms. ADD Inc is currently providing conceptual masterplanning services for the expansion of Reebok's 200,000-square-foot corporate headquarters into a new 750,000-square-foot, six-building corporate campus. ADD Inc has completed masterplanning of 1.2M square feet for the east coast campus of 3Com Corporation. They are currently providing design and documentation services for phase one of this project which includes four buildings and 525K square feet for research and manufacturing. In 1996, ADD Inc was awarded The Boston Society of Architects (BSA 1. BSA - Business Software Alliance. 2. BSA - Bidouilleurs Sans Argent. )/(AIA AIA - Application Integration Architecture ) Honor Award for Excellence in Architectural Design This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. for their exceptional skill in designs for Boston Edison Company, The Prudential Prudential is the name of two different companies and buildings named after them: Companies:
For more information on MicroStation TriForma, please contact Bentley at 1-800-BENTLEY, +1 610-458-5000 (Americas), +31 23-556-0560 (Europe, Middle East, Africa), +61 3-9699-8699 (Asia/Pacific), through E-mail at jen.mcwilliams@bentley.com, or through http://www.bentley.com. The Bentley Wire automatically delivers company press releases through E-mail within minutes of being issued. To subscribe, click http://www.bentley.com/news/bwire/ More on Bentley Bentley Systems, Inc., is a worldwide leader in engineering software and user services. The Bentley Continuum is the company's comprehensive engineering IT strategy comprising products, services, and strategic affiliations. The company now serves over 250,000 professionals in building/plant engineering, geoengineering, and mechanical engineering. With revenues now over $150M annually, Bentley was listed as the second largest privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. on the 1997 Softletter 100. Bentley's MicroStation desktop and ModelServer(TM) Internet/intranet/extranet-based products are used at over 70% of the largest U.S. engineering firms. They form the software foundation of well-known buildings, roadways, machines, and industrial plants around the world. The Bentley SELECT technology and service subscription program now reaches over 135,000 users. -0- MicroStation is a registered trademark; Bentley, TriForma, and ModelServer are trademarks; and Bentley SELECT is a service mark of Bentley Systems, Incorporated. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: Boston Communications Lynne Taylor, 617/912-1100 ltaylor@bcomm.com |
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