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Issue Date: October 2004

Bentley acquires Haestad Methods

1 October 2004

In an exciting move, Bentley Systems announced in August that it has acquired Haestad Methods, an international provider of water resources solutions. "Not only does this expand our already superb range of solutions to the African market, but it adds Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town City Councils to our client list," says Tex van Deventer, managing director of Bentley Systems South Africa. "And with water quality being one of the most pressing issues in Africa, it strengthens Bentley's position as a valuable local vendor."
Haestad solutions provides for design, analysis and management of water distribution supply, municipal sanitary sewers, urban stormwater collection, roadway and civil site drainage, and flood control. These products are the leading choice of municipalities, transportation agencies, consulting engineers, and contracting firms. Bentley anticipates expanded international adoption of the Haestad Methods' product line as a result of Bentley's extensive global operations.
"From its founding by John Haestad 25 years ago, Haestad Methods has been an amazing success story," says Bentley CEO Greg Bentley. "As most experts and practitioners in hydrology and related fields know, Haestad Methods has literally written the book for applying information technology in water systems. Along the way, its profitable growth to more than 100 colleagues and over $16 million in annual revenues has been consistent and entirely self-financed."
"I have met the Bentley team and studied their technology portfolio. The opportunities here are astounding," says John Haestad, president and CEO of Haestad Methods. "The Bentley vision and direction are irresistibly compelling, and will forever elevate the way that civil engineers produce and collaborate. This is an ideal match of culture and technology."
As water quality has become a critical issue worldwide, water-quality engineering is now a significant growth area in AEC (architecture, engineering and construction).
In serving this market, Bentley and the Haestad team will continue to upgrade and extend Haestad's products and move to integrate them more directly into the AEC lifecycle spanning design, construction, and operations. These plans include supporting Haestad Methods' functionality on Bentley's MicroStation, the standard design platform for 47 of the 50 state departments of transportation; connecting to Bentley ProjectWise, the company's collaboration servers; and remaining steadfastly committed to users' choice of platforms.
Haestad solutions run as standalone applications as well as on the AutoCAD and ESRI platforms. Existing Bentley support for these platforms includes MX, from its acquisition of Infrasoft, and AutoPLANT, from Rebis, running on AutoCAD; MicroStation V8 native support of the Autodesk DWG format as well as Bentley's DGN format; and the Bentley Connector for ArcGIS software supporting workflows spanning AEC and GIS environments.
For more information contact Bentley Systems SA, 011 462 5811, www.bentley.com


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