MicroStation selected over AutoCAD at Shepley; One of oldest architectural firms in U.S. standardizes on Bentley and MicroStation, will also begin full evaluation of new MicroStation TriForma.EXTON, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 1996-- Bentley Systems, Inc. today announced that the architectural firm Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott (SBRA SBRA Smart Bomb Rack Assembly SBRA Scenario-Based Reliability Analysis ) of Boston has selected the MicroStation(R) range of products as their new standard for 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 . Founded in 1874, the firm is the oldest and among the most distinguished in the United States. SBRA's decision to move to MicroStation comes in the same period that the upgraded MicroStation 95 product was shipped and the new MicroStation TriForma(TM) architectural modeling product was announced. The selection of MicroStation is based on several months of intense evaluation alongside other systems, including AutoCAD from Autodesk Corporation. SBRA wished to fully modernize their existing design automation while retaining ease-of-use for their architects and cross-platform compatibilities for their support group. The evaluation considered the total-solution needs of the firm's staff of over 100 architects and 180 employees. Ron Finiw, project manager at SBRA, comments, "This decision was very strategic for us. Our evaluation, therefore, considered today's products and also the provider's overall vision and ability to consistently make us more productive and successful in the long-term." He adds, "We believe that Bentley and MicroStation are the clear choices for our firm." SBRA will immediately begin using MicroStation 95 and MicroStation Masterpiece(TM), the Bentley photorealistic Having the image quality of a photograph. visualization product. The firm's plans also call for full evaluation of the just-announced MicroStation TriForma, enrollment in the MicroStation Institute user training program, and subscription to MicroStationCSP(SM), Bentley's comprehensive support program. For more information on MicroStation 95, MicroStation MasterPiece, MicroStation TriForma, or Bentley, please call 1-800-BENTLEY, +1 610-458-5000 (US), +31 2356-85588 (Europe), +61 3-9699-8699 (Asia), via e-mail at jen.mcwilliams@bentley.com, or through the World Wide Web at http://www.bentley.com/. More on Bentley Bentley Systems, Inc. is a worldwide leader in engineering software products and user services. The company now serves over 200,000 professionals in building engineering, GeoEngineering, and mechanical engineering. Its MicroStation products are proven at over 70% of the largest U.S. engineering firms and are the software foundation behind the engineering of well-known buildings, airports, hospitals, highways, machines, bridges, and industrial plants throughout the world. Founded in 1984, Bentley has now become one of the world's fastest growing software companies. More on Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott The firm of Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott was founded in Boston in 1874 by Henry Hobson Richardson, a major early influence in American architectural design. The firm has always been distinguished by the depth and diversity of its practice. Early work included Trinity Church in Boston, the original campus of Stanford University, the Chicago Public Library and over 120 projects for Harvard University. Current and recent clients include: Case Western Reserve University, Cincinnati Public Library, Columbia University, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Emory University, Fidelity Properties, General Electric Company, University of Chicago, New England Medical Center, University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission , Tufts University, and Yale New Haven Hospital. In 1973, the American Institute of Architects The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Organized in 1857, the Institute conducts various activities and programs to support the profession and enhance its public image, including periodically awarding the AIA bestowed its highest honor, the AIA AIA - Application Integration Architecture Firm Award, to SBRA, citing it as "a firm which has...produced consistently distinguished architecture since its beginnings..." Since then the firm has won a number of major design awards for its work, including: McKim Building renovations at Boston Public Library Boston Public Library, founded in 1852, chiefly through the gift of Joshua Bates. It is the oldest free public city library supported by taxation in the world. Its present building on Copley Square, designed by McKim, Mead, and White, was completed in 1895. , Van Wylen Library at Hope College in Michigan; Smithsonian Institution's Quadrangle quadrangle Rectangular open space completely or partially enclosed by buildings of an academic or civic character. The grounds of a quadrangle are often grassy or landscaped. Museums Project in Washington, D.C., Cornell University Kroch Library in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Deaconess dea·con·ess n. 1. A Protestant woman who assists the minister in various functions. 2. Used as a title prefixed to the surname of such a woman: Deaconess Brown. Noun 1. Hospital in Boston. -0- MicroStation is a registered trademark; Bentley, MicroStation TriForma and MicroStation MasterPiece are trademarks; and MicroStationCSP is a service mark of Bentley Systems, Inc. Other products and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. 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