City of Trois-Rivieres Selects Bentley Water Resources Software To Integrate Data From Diverse Networks.EXTON, Pa. -- WaterGEMS' and SewerGEMS' Interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. Eliminates Software Incompatibility The inability of a Husband and Wife to cohabit in a marital relationship. incompatibility n. the state of a marriage in which the spouses no longer have the mutual desire to live together and/or stay married, and is thus a ground for divorce Problems While Maintaining Data Integrity 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 that the City of Trois-Rivieres, Canada, has selected Bentley's water resources modeling software to support the operation and management of the city's newly consolidated infrastructure. Due to recent mergers among six municipalities in Quebec This is a list of all local municipalities in Quebec. Description of list Source Data are taken from the database of municipalities of the Ministère des Affaires régionales et municipales. , the water, sewer, and storm drainage networks of the City of Trois-Rivieres encompass nearly 2,000 kilometers of piping. To successfully operate and manage these independently designed networks as a single massive network, the city needed to: --Seamlessly integrate the data from three separate network models and diverse databases --Develop accurate hydraulic models of the networks in order to meet the new water management requirements imposed by Quebec's Environment Quality Act "To effectively develop the hydraulic models the Environment Quality Act requires, the city needed a water resources modeling solution capable of interoperating with MicroStation, ArcGIS, and AutoCAD," said Jerome Lavoie, head of technical services, City of Trois-Rivieres. "After an extensive evaluation, we determined that Bentley's WaterGEMS and SewerGEMS are the only solutions available that can integrate with all the city's software applications without losing the integrity of the data." The city also chose WaterGEMS and SewerGEMS because of their ability to efficiently evaluate potential rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. and expansion scenarios. The extensive scenario management capabilities of these products will help the city prioritize pri·or·i·tize v. pri·or·i·tized, pri·or·i·tiz·ing, pri·or·i·tiz·es Usage Problem v.tr. To arrange or deal with in order of importance. v.intr. its infrastructure spending, improve levels of service, and prevent overflows in the city's sanitary and combined sewers A combined sewer is a type of sewer system which provides partially separated channels for sanitary sewage and stormwater runoff. This allows the sanitary sewer system to provide backup capacity for the runoff sewer when runoff volumes are unusually high, but it is an antiquated . City of Trois-Rivieres Founded in 1634, the City of Trois-Rivieres rapidly grew with the establishment of iron and carpentry industries. Today, the city has a population of 126,000 and is a diverse industrial center that offers its citizens extensive education, research, administration, professional, and health care services. For more information about the City of Trois-Rivieres, visit www.v3r.net. 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 verticals spans architecture, engineering, 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 ) and operations. With 2005 revenues of $336 million, Bentley is the leading provider of AEC software to the Engineering News-Record Engineering News-Record (widely known as ENR) is a weekly magazine that provides news, analysis, data and opinion for the construction industry worldwide. It has been published since 1874. It is owned by The McGraw-Hill Companies. Design 500 and major owner-operators. To receive Bentley press releases as they are issued, visit www.bentley.com/bentleywire. For more information, visit www.bentley.com. To view a copy of Bentley's June 2005 Annual Report online, go to www.bentley.com/june2005annualreport. Bentley, the "B" logo, MicroStation, WaterGEMS, and SewerGEMS are either registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks of Bentley Systems, Incorporated or one of its direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. |
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