Bentley Announces the 2001 Success Awards Winners.

Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

EXTON, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 17, 2001

Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced the winners of its 2001 Success Awards.

Users of Bentley software solutions engage in some of the finest engineering and architectural work in the world. Each year Bentley honors this extraordinary work with the Success Awards.

"For the last four years, the Success Awards program has highlighted the most innovative and technologically advanced projects in the world," commented Bentley CEO Greg Bentley. "Receiving a Success Award is a unique distinction that recognizes their project as the very best in the business, among their peers, clients, and customers." This year Bentley received a record number of entries in 15 categories. The following is a list of the winners by category:

      --  AE Firm:
        Jacobs Facilities, Inc. - Model-Centric Design Project

      --  Architectural firm:
        NBBJ - US Courthouse, Seattle

      --  Civil Design:
        CH2M HILL - I-75/M-59 Interchange Feasibility Study

      --  Engineering Consultant:
        Oscar Faber - 30 Gresham Street

      --  EPC Firm:
          HeNan Electric Power Survey & Design Institute (HEPSDI) - Xin
        Yang 2x300, 000 KW Electric Power Plant

      --  Facility Owner:
          United States Army Pacific, Deputy Chief of Staff, Engineer
        (USARPAC DCENG) - The Pro-Active Real Property Installation
        Space Management System/Management Command & Control
        (PRISMS/MC2)

      --  Government:
          Danish Department of Transportation - LAGIS (Land Acquisition
        GIS)

      --  Plant Owner/Operator:
          BASF - Geismar Louisiana Plant Expansion

      --  ProjectBank Implementation:
          LJB, Inc. - ProjectBank at LJB, Inc.

      --  ProjectWise(R): Mace Ltd - Mb1

      --  Telecommunications:
          KPN Network Construction - Project CORBULO

      --  Transportation Operations and Maintenance:
          ZSR Stredisko Informatiky - Rail Publisher

      --  Utility:
          TransGrid - EDMS Solution

      --  Viecon:
          Indiana Department of Transportation - Viecon implementation
        at INDOT

      --  Visualization:
          Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann Associates - Small Victorian Town

For more information on the winning firms and their projects visit, www.bentley.com/successawards.

About Bentley

Bentley Systems, Incorporated provides the most comprehensive portfolio of solutions and professional services to the leading infrastructure engineering organizations around the world, including the majority of the ENR Top 500 Design Firms.

Since 1984, architects, engineers, builders and owner/operators have relied on these focused industry solutions that build upon Bentley MicroStation(R) to help them effectively create, manage and publish engineering information critical to the profitable construction and management of complex assets.

One of the largest software companies in the world, Bentley's reach spans the globe, serving more than 300,000 professionals and more than 20,000 companies and organizations. For more information, call Bentley at 610/458-5000, or visit www.bentley.com.

Bentley, the "B" logo, ProjectWise and MicroStation are registered trademarks; Viecon is a trademark; and Bentley SELECT is a registered service mark of Bentley Systems, Incorporated or Bentley Software, Inc. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.