Case study

Now we can plan anddeliver infrastructure
projects faster
How Bentley Systems uses location to improvesafety, lower costs and minimize disruption

Bentley Systems needed detailed,accurate and continuously
updated street-level data
to build its digital twins
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HERE delivered
thousands of km of
up-to-date Lidar data
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Bentley Systems estimates that its
customers will gain savings of 30%
on maintenance, reduced roadclosures and improved safety
Read moreBentley Systems needed detailed, accurate and continuously
updated street-level data to build its digital twins
Bentley Systems is a world leader in infrastructure engineering softwarefrom planning to operations and maintenance.
Engineers spend an estimated 35% of their time searchingfor information. Bentley Systems puts all this information
together in the form of 3D models known as digital twins. Digital
twins allow architects, engineers, planners, governments andpublic agencies to access what they need in one place.
One the biggest challenges for all these professionals is collecting,managing and updating the vast amounts of data they need forinfrastructure projects. The average department of transportation in theUnited States, for example, may be responsible for thousands of milesof data and assets. These can include roads, bridges, railway networks
and utilities such as power lines, all of which are constantly changing.
Identifying all these assets and assessing their condition has
historically been difficult, often involving road closures as employees
physically visit the site. Information has been siloed by different
departments, making it hard when people need to work together.
In the real world, conditions change all the time. Vegetation grows
over power lines, roads crumble and harsh weather can cause
cracks in infrastructure. If a structure collapses, the consequences
can be a matter of life or death. Therefore, public agencies need
information which is highly accurate and as up-to-date as possible.

See how Lidar data comes to life as a digital twin of our physical environment“HERE removes the barriers that our customers havebeen grappling with for the last four to five years. It
has taken away the hard part of the equation. “Dustin Parkman, Vice President, Mobility, Bentley Systems

About Bentley Systems
Bentley Systems isthe infrastructureengineering software
company. We provide
innovative software
to advance theworld’s infrastructure– sustaining both
the global economy
and environment.
Our industry-leading
software solutions areused by professionals,
and organizationsof every size, for thedesign, construction,and operations ofroads and bridges, rail
and transit, water andwastewater, public works
and utilities, buildings
and campuses, mining,
and industrial facilities.

W hy HE R E?
Innovation
Both companies have thesame drive to break newground.

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Excellent support
HERE committed resourcesto accompany and support
customers & partners withstrong technical and industry
expertise.

Quick & easy integration
Bentley can easily plugin HERE technology thanks toits open platform and location
services.

Completeness#1 location platform forcompleteness - including track& trace capabilities and ETAfeatures.

Joint expertise
Customers can get all thelocation intelligence andprocesses they need with
one solution.

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HERE delivered thousands of km of up-to-date Lidar data
HERE captures the world’s road networks and urban environments with its fleet of Lidar and 360°
camera-equipped vehicles. HERE Lidar Data enables customers to identify and locate fixed assets withhigh geospatial accuracy, as well as measure, extract and report on those features.
Bentley Systems layers that information into digital twins for teams to visualize it and collaborate
in one place.
Customers can access the digital twin through Bentley Systems’ Orbit GT 3DM software or their own digital
tools. They can add their own layers of data on top of that, or order bespoke datasets from HERE or otherproviders. Documents with geospatial data can be added to the digital twin – creating a single version ofreality that can be used for colleagues around the world to work from in real time.

The HERE pathway to digital innovation
HERE enjoys engagements with leading companies in a full range of industries around the world. Insights
into best practices and innovation from across industries is applied to specific customer engagements. Witha powerful location platform that combines enterprise-grade location data, services and tooling, HERE looks
for ways to help its customers innovate. Then, HERE offers the development support that allows for easy
integration of HERE data with customer data to deliver applications that impact end-users in meaningful ways.
Bentley Systems’ Orbit GT 3DM was delivered in this way.

“You need two things for digital
twins: the data, and the software andtechnology that allows for effective
consumption of that data. This is aperfect marriage of the two. It is agame-changer.”
Dustin Parkman, Vice President, Mobility, Bentley Systems

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Bentley Systems estimates that its customers will gain savings of 30%
on maintenance, reduced road closures and improved safety
Orbit GT 3DM can also help reduce risk and litigation on construction projects as it makes liability clearerfrom the start.
Bentley Systems’ software has changed the way engineers and architects, constructors and owner-operators candeliver infrastructure projects. Those assets can then be managed in a safer and more efficient way.

“When you have this very visualcommunication tool, it substantially reduces
the risk in design and construction projects,
because the outcome you want to achieve
is so much clearer to the ecosystem ofpeople who actually have to do the work.”
Dustin Parkman, Vice President, Mobility, Bentley Systems
Since the pandemic, teams have realized it is possible to work remotely – and they can make hugesavings when they do. “It could really change the way assets are managed, as well as designed andconstructed,” said Dustin Parkman, Vice President, Mobility at Bentley Systems.

T he re s ul ts

30% savings

asset management costs
dramatically reduced

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15-20% fewer road closures

Fewer site visits means much lessdisruption to the economy and society

Improved safety

Risk of accidents is minimized when crews
can avoid dangerous visits to the site

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About HERE Technologies

HERE, a location data and technology platform, moves people, businesses and cities forward by harnessing the power of location. Byleveraging our open platform, we empower our customers to achieve better outcomes – from helping a city manage its infrastructure ora business optimize its assets to guiding drivers to their destination safely. To learn more about HERE, including our new generation ofcloud-based location platform services, visit 360.here.com and www.here.com.

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