Bentley First to Extend Building Information Modeling to Retail; Acquires Quantum Leap Consultancy, Provider of Retail Configuration System.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Bentley International User Conference BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 2003 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) , Incorporated today announced it has extended its building information modeling (BIM BIM Building Information Modeling BIM Building Information Model BIM Bord Iascaigh Mhara (Irish Sea Fisheries Board) BIM Brussels Instituut voor Milieubeheer (Belgium) BIM Bharathidasan Institute of Management ) capabilities to retail. Specifically, Bentley completed the acquisition of Quantum Leap quantum leap n. An abrupt change or step, especially in method, information, or knowledge: "War was going to take a quantum leap; it would never be the same" Garry Wills. Consultancy - combining its retail design configuration systems for real estate and property professionals with Bentley's BIM solution. Using this system, retailers and their suppliers spend less time on store design and configuration, cutting design time as much as 85 percent. For 15 years, Quantum Leap Consultancy has provided technology and consulting solutions for building projects, helping retailers to optimize the store design process and manage multiple projects simultaneously. "Our acquisition of Quantum Leap Consultancy now allows Bentley to deliver a BIM-based configuration system to retailers," said Brad Workman, vice president of Bentley Building. "The combination is ideal for the challenges that global retailers and their suppliers face in efficiently managing store design and construction projects and operations." By working from standard store configurations, retail designers can create highly accurate designs that are produced faster and can streamline the retail building supply chain. This greatly speeds time to revenue, and for global retailers, the resulting ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). can be millions of dollars annually. Quantum Leap Consultancy user Woolworths Supermarkets, which operates nearly 700 supermarkets and generated Australian $20.7 billion in sales last fiscal year, has deployed Quantum Leap's retail configuration system to shorten the design cycle by as much as 85 percent in new store construction, renovation, and renewal. Using the system results in significant additional revenue for Woolworths and the ability to process more stores. Quantum Leap Consultancy's customized retail application allows retail designers to create and save standard store configurations and modify designs to fit specific parameters and maximize store performance. Because the application enables extensive collaboration between designers and project managers, delays are minimized and designs are rapidly brought to completion. The application automatically generates a bill of construction materials that can be linked to existing ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. systems to streamline purchasing. "Integrating Bentley solutions into our users' retail design configuration systems has been a top competitive advantage for Quantum Leap Consultancy, and we are thrilled that this acquisition will enable us to extend our consulting practice into a total life cycle approach for their facilities and assets on a global basis," said Marc Forestieri, global director of retail business development at Bentley and former managing director of Quantum Leap Consultancy. "We are glad to become part of the successful team at Bentley." Incorporated in Sydney, Australia in 1988, Quantum Leap Consultancy has served clients in Australia, India, Korea, Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , Singapore, and 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. . Its services have been used in project management, asset management and tracking, property maintenance, lease management, space planning, job costing Job versus Process Costing Job costing (also called job order costing) is a fundamental part of managerial accounting. It differs from Process costing in that the flow of costs is traced by job instead of by process. , computer-aided design computer-aided design (CAD) or computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), form of automation that helps designers prepare drawings, specifications, parts lists, and other design-related elements using special graphics- and calculations-intensive , and 3D building and data modeling. About BIM Bentley is a market leader in building information modeling (BIM). A superset A group of commands or functions that exceed the capabilities of the original specification. Software or hardware components designed for the original specification will also operate with the superset product. However, components designed for the superset will not work with the original. of CAD, BIM captures essential building concepts and information beyond drawings and provides a managed environment for building projects and operations. Bentley's BIM solution encompasses 20 enabling BIM technologies, is based on the proven and scalable MicroStation(R) platform, and offers a unique ramp to BIM so users can run mixed projects and realize BIM via evolution versus revolution. Overall, BIM is upgrading the way that architects, engineers, contractors and facility managers work and collaborate. About Bentley Bentley Systems, Inc., a global software vendor founded in 1984, provides software solutions to create, manage, and publish architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC AEC US Atomic Energy Commission Noun 1. AEC - a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States Atomic Energy Commission ) content. Bentley enables leading AEC firms and owners to design, build, and operate facilities, industrial plants, roadways, and other essential infrastructure assets. Bentley delivers integrated building design, plant design, civil engineering, and geospatial solutions for transportation, process and discrete manufacturing Fabricating products by assembling components and subsystems into larger systems. The automated assembly line is the prime example of discrete manufacturing such as in the making of automobiles, household appliances and computer systems. , government and public works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. , building, and utilities. Bentley's 2002 revenues reached $230 million. Bentley software plays a mission-critical role in over two-thirds of the work of the Engineering News-Record Top 500 Design Firms. For more information, call 800/BENTLEY or visit us on the Web at www.bentley.com. Bentley, the "B" logo and MicroStation are registered trademarks of Bentley Systems, Incorporated or Bentley Software, Inc. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. |
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