RITES Wins BE Award For Detailed Engineering Study

Kashmir Railway Project in India saves almost $13 Million on one 12-kilometer section of railway with help of 3D design and visualization

EXTON, Pa. � April 3, 2007 � RITES Ltd., a leading multidisciplinary consultancy in the fields of transport, infrastructure, and related technologies, has won a BE Award for its detailed engineering study for the Kashmir Railway project in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India. The award category was �Civil: Rail Design.�

The BE Awards of Excellence, which are judged by an independent panel of industry experts and presented at an evening ceremony during the annual BE Conference, honor the extraordinary work of Bentley users improving the world�s infrastructure. These projects set benchmarks and showcase the imagination and technical mastery of the organizations that created them.

The $2.5 billion Kashmir Railway project will connect the state of Jammu and Kashmir with the Indian Railway and provide an important link to the rest of India. Among the project route�s many design and construction challenges is a 142-kilometer stretch of rugged, mountainous terrain that will require the construction of 118 bridges and 65 tunnels.

By helping RITES develop alternative routes, establish their feasibility, and optimize them, Bentley MXRAIL and its 3D visualizations have saved millions of dollars in construction costs as well as substantial time. For example, on one 12-kilometer section of railway, use of Bentley MXRAIL saved almost $13 million and shortened the construction time by six months.

Said RITES Chief Project Manager, Track and Survey, A. Jha, �Our use of Bentley MXRAIL enabled an integrated approach to this complex project, with a single database seamlessly managing various stages of project development. It facilitated collaborative work across disciplines, including track design, geology, and geo-technology as well as bridge and tunnel designs, and helped us quickly develop and examine alternative proposals before recommending the best alternative for adoption. In one instance, the software was able to triangulate a model containing more than eight million points and more than 13.5 million triangles in one go.�

The design process started with digitization of topography and elevation details from available maps. A tentative alignment was designed with alternatives to freeze the corridor for detailed study. Aerial photography, followed by photogrammetric study, was conducted for the frozen corridor, and the data generated from this process was used for the detailed design of alignment.

For more information on RITES� winning project and all of the other BE Award projects, visit www.be.org/awards. For more information on the Bentley products used in this project, visit www.bentley.com/civil

About RITES Ltd.

RITES Ltd., a Government of India enterprise, is a multidisciplinary consultancy organization in the fields of transport, infrastructure, and related technologies. It provides a comprehensive array of services under a single roof and believes in the transfer of technology to client organizations. In overseas projects, RITES actively pursues and develops cooperative links with local consultants/firms as a means of maximizing utilization of local resources and as an effective instrument for sharing its expertise.

RITES is internationally recognized as a leading consultant with operational experience in more than 55 countries in Africa, South East Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. RITES employs more than 2000 staff including more than 1200 specialists of high professional standing in the fields of engineering, management, and planning. For more information, visit www.rites.com/web/index.php

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) and operations. With revenues now surpassing $400 million annually, and more than 2400 colleagues globally, Bentley is the leading provider of AEC software to the Engineering News-Record Top Design Firms and major owner-operators, and was named the world�s No. 2 provider of GIS/geospatial software solutions in a recent Daratech research study.

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