Bentley to Sponsor Reception Honoring ENR's Top Design Firms, NIST Address on Software Interoperability at daratechPLANT2005
Events Take Place January 24, 2005, at Wyndham Greenspoint Hotel in Houston, Texas
Exton, Pa. - January 19, 2005 - Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced that it will sponsor two special events at daratechPLANT2005 in Houston, Texas: a reception honoring ENR's Top 500 Design Firms and Top 200 International Design Firms, and a presentation by Dr. James Hill, director of the Building and Fire Safety Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), on the high cost of inadequate software interoperability in the U.S. capital facilities industry.
Immediately prior to the Bentley/ENR reception on Monday, January 24, Bentley will host a cocktail hour beginning at 5 p.m. Special guests at this event will include Dr. Hill and Tom Sawyer, ENR associate editor. Mr. Sawyer will speak during the reception on his experiences as an embedded reporter with the Engineer Brigade of the U.S. Army's Third Infantry Division in Iraq.
The reception, which will take place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Raphael Ballroom, honors each of the firms in attendance at daratechPLANT2005 that's in the elite group of Engineering News-Record's Top 500 Design Firms and Top 200 International Design Firms. It will be co-hosted by Jay McGraw, group publisher, McGraw-Hill Construction Publications, and Bentley's CEO, Greg Bentley.
NIST Address
Resolving data incompatibility is a major theme at daratechPLANT2005. During a Bentley-sponsored luncheon on Monday, attendees will learn from Dr. Hill how costly this problem can be for those who don't address it. In his talk, Dr. Hill will discuss NIST's recent study that identified efficiency losses in the U.S. capital facilities industry totaling almost $16 billion annually from "inadequate interoperability among computer-aided design, engineering, and software systems." Following his presentation, Dr. Hill will participate in a question-and-answer session moderated by Dr. Jeff Hollings, senior vice president of Bentley Plant.
About daratechPLANT2005
This year's daratechPLANT will be held January 24-26 at the Wyndham Greenspoint Hotel in Houston, Texas. In its 12th year, daratechPLANT has grown to be the largest conference focused on owner-operator and EPC business and work process advancements. For more information, visit www.daratech.com.
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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.
