PARIS – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced that its AECOsim Building Designer and ProjectWise offerings have each been named a premier “Professionally Voted Public Works and Civil Engineering Product.” The awards, which were judged by construction professionals across France, were presented by Sageret, France’s leading directory of building and public works organizations and sponsor of the competition. Both products were recognized in the Services to Businesses/Companies category during a ceremony held at the Grand Hôtel Intercontinental Opéra in Paris.

Alan Lamont, Bentley vice president, said, “It is an honor to have our AECOsim Building Designer and ProjectWise offerings selected for this prestigious recognition within the community of construction professionals. We will display our ‘Professionally Voted Public Works and Civil Engineering Product’ award insignias with pride. Both of these products significantly contribute to Bentley’s leadership in software for construction. Our AECOsim products are emerging pacesetters in the architectural, engineering, construction, and operations marketplace. They enable best practices in integrated building systems design and performance simulation, and result in simulations that rigorously incorporate design specifications and accurately predict the performance of the delivered building. Our ProjectWise system of collaboration servers and services provides scalable, secure, and managed work sharing, content reuse, and dynamic feedback capabilities that are ideal for integrated projects requiring highly collaborative workflows. On behalf of my colleagues at Bentley, I thank Sageretand the many construction professionals who selected our products for this distinction.”

Sageret invited professionals from more than 250,000 construction firms to help select the best products in seven general categories:

• Services to Businesses/Companies
• Structures, Masonry Facades
• Carpentry, Fastening/Locking
• Interiors Design
• Technical Equipment
• Landscaping
• Construction Material

The judges evaluated each of the products based on the following criteria: innovation, performance/quality, industry adoption, and sustainable development. For more information on the competition results, visit http://lesproduitsdubtp.com/résultats-2013.