Topcon Positioning Systems and Bentley have joined to launch a new, jointly owned company that they say will help “industrialize” construction.
The company, Digital Construction Works, includes a staff of digital construction experts contributed by the two partners. It will provide “digital automation, integration, and “twinning” services around a portfolio of fit-for-purpose software and cloud services, from Topcon, Bentley, and other software vendors,” according to a press release.
The two technology companies began partnering with the integration of MAGNET and ProjectWise cloud services to integrate construction workflows. Other joint projects have followed.
“What Topcon and Bentley Systems initiated in recent years was done in the spirit of changing mindsets and processes on how we approach construction, and that collaboration has led to the development of this joint venture,” said Topcon president/CEO Ray O’Connor in a prepared statement. “The creation of Digital Construction Works perfectly aligns with our focus of helping the industry succeed in meeting infrastructure demands through technological innovations. Through the new organization, companies will have the opportunity to integrate hardware and software capabilities to more quickly and efficiently adopt new technology for more rapid productivity improvements. With customized services to address the individual needs of an organization, widespread adoption and technology improvements can be more readily realized. We are excited to take this journey with Bentley Systems in moving the industry forward.”
Greg Bentley, CEO of Bentley Systems, said in a statement:
“When we and Topcon recognized the opportunity for constructioneering to finally industrialize capital project delivery, we committed respectively to completing its software requirements. Indeed, our new software capabilities make possible construction digital twins—converging digital context, digital components, and digital chronology. What remains, in going digital for infrastructure construction, is for constructors’ people and processes to take advantage of the technology. We and Topcon have now in turn committed many of our best resources, professionals experienced in both construction and software, to serve shoulder-to-shoulder, in virtual hardhats, to innovatively advance the required digital integration. The Digital Construction Works joint venture has the full management and capital commitments of both our companies, multiplying its unique strengths for helping to realize constructioneering’s potential to close the world’s infrastructure gap.”
Digital Construction Works experts will be embedded within clients’ major project teams to advance and optimize constructioneering processes for delivering better design-build outcomes, according to the company. Through its digital integration services, it will work to connect and automate clients’ existing processes with constructioneering.
At the same time, experiences gained by Digital Construction Works will help guide Bentley Systems and Topcon in prioritizing their constructioneering software development investments.
Digital Construction Works is led by CEO Ted Lamboo, previously senior VP of strategic partnerships for Bentley Systems, and COO Jason Hallett, formerly VP of digital construction and business development for Topcon.
Source: Bentley & Topcon
