Bentley Launches Digital Edition of BE Magazine.

EXTON, Pa. -- Dedicated to Bentley Users and Their Work Improving the World's Infrastructure; Filled With User Stories, How-To Features, AEC News, Tech Tips, Commentary, More

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, today launched its digital edition of BE Magazine, a quarterly publication dedicated to Bentley users and their work improving the world's infrastructure and increasing quality of life.

BE Magazine joins the BE Conference, BE Newsletter, BE Awards, and BE Meetings under one unified program. BE, which stands for "Bentley Empowered," is about what Bentley users do, how Bentley can help them, and the common vision and causes Bentley and users share.

"The customer involvement in Bentley's new publication is impressive," says Bruce Jenkins, managing partner and senior analyst, Spar Point Research LLC. "The market stories show good global representation, and the content focuses not just on the tools used, but the real problems encountered and how they were solved."

Each issue of BE Magazine will be filled with inspiring user success stories; how-to articles that help architecture, engineering, and construction professionals and owner-operators become better connected and more productive; a global roundup of AEC news; a comprehensive calendar of Bentley user events; practical technical notes and tips; commentary on issues critical to the AEC community; and much more.

The debut digital issue of BE Magazine, which was distributed to more than 160,000 readers, focuses on BE Conference 2004, Bentley's premier training event that drew AEC professionals and owner-operators from 50 countries and more than 1,100 organizations to Orlando. It brings readers the best of BE Conference 2004 in both text and multimedia. Included are keynote addresses by Bentley executives, a look at the philosophy behind the 400+ training courses and technology updates that were the backbone of the conference, and highlights of the 21 extraordinary projects that won BE Awards of Excellence, including:

--Moscow Medical Center, NBBJ 

--Beijing National Swimming Centre, Arup

--Capital Development Project, Dallas/Fort Worth Airport

--University of Connecticut Information Technology Building, Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann Associates, Inc.

--The Pentagon Renovation Project, M. C. Dean

--Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Rail Link Engineering

--Rockfall Protection for Chapman's Peak, Vela VKE Consulting Engineers (PTY) Ltd.

--P069: Road Design/Project Delivery, Minnesota Department of Transportation 

--Virgin Arch Bridge, State Route 9, Utah Department of Transportation

--Designing a Managed Environment, New York State Department of Transportation

--Environmental Protection Management Project, Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council

--3D Topographic Mapping, City of Toronto

--Urban Planning, Gdansk Municipal GIS, Gdansk Development Agency

--Sistema Unificado de Registro (SURE), Proyecto de Administracion de Tierras de Honduras (PATH)

--3D Helsinki, City of Helsinki, City Survey Division

--MEAG Plant Wansley/JEA Brandy Branch, Utility Engineering Corporation

--Replacement Research Reactor Project, INVAP 

--Patnow Power Plant Unit "A" 460 MWe, Energoprojekt-Katowice S.A.

--Flue Gas Desulphurisation Plant, RAFAKO S.A.

--OneSteel Whyalla Blast Furnace Reline, Hatch Associates Pty. Ltd.

--and Virtual Signalized Intersection, McCormick Taylor Inc.

To experience BE Magazine's first digital issue and become a subscriber, go to www.be.org. To contribute to the editorial content of future issues, submit success stories, feature articles, news items, commentary, and/or letters to [e-mail]. To pre-register for BE Conference 2005, go to www.be.org.

About Bentley

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, provides software for the lifecycle of the world's infrastructure. The company's comprehensive portfolio for the building, plant, civil, and geospatial vertical markets spans architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) and operations. With 2003 revenues reaching $260 million, Bentley is the leading provider of AEC software to the Engineering News-Record Design 500 and major owner-operators.

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