Bentley Acquires InspectTech Systems

By DE Editors

Bentley Systems has acquired InspectTech Systems, a Pittsburgh-based provider of field inspection applications and asset management services for bridges and other transportation assets. Among current InspectTech users are federal and state departments of transportation, major transit agencies, toll authorities, counties, cities, and national and local consultants across the United States, as well as a major roadway authority in Australia.

The InspectTech software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution helps asset owners streamline the process of planning inspections, collecting and managing inspection data, and complying with government reporting requirements. Benefits include a disciplined and systematic process, automated compliance reporting, reduced cost of inspections, and the ability to make better, more-informed decisions, leading to increased transportation safety. Bentleys goal is to exploit the capabilities for information mobility to enhance asset management by integrating information modeling with inspection processes.

We will together be able to associate observed conditions and designed conditions through 3D as-built models" now readily available through point-cloud scans, managed and streamed through ProjectWise Point-cloud Services by way of hypermodels" linking surveyed and digital assets," Bentley CEO Greg Bentley said. "By incorporating InspectTech services within our AssetWise platform, we will be uniquely able to fully serve bridge and other transportation owners with Bentleys bridge information modeling (BrIM) benefits including, for example, Exor linear referencing and incident management, and SUPERLOAD permitting. In addition, through InspectTechs ongoing role in developing for AASHTO (American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials) its PONTIS BRIDGEWare software, we look forward to working more directly with the departments of transportation to meet their bridge planning priorities.

For more information, visit Bentley Systems and InspectTech.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.