Stealing the show. Bentley Systems held its annual Year in Infrastructure in 2017 at the Marina Bay Sands resort, which includes the hotel, the second most expensive building in the world and arguably the most distinctive. Its “sky park,” 57 stories above street level juts 65 meters off the front, makes it the biggest cantilevered public structures, according to Arup, the firm that analyzed it.
Bentley Systems held its Year in Infrastructure (YII) in Singapore and invited 128 members of the media, the biggest number ever. While modest in size as CAD companies go—Bentley has 3,000 employees, about a third of Autodesk—the company has a lock on some of the biggest engineering firms responsible for many of the most impressive engineering projects in the world. In the United States, almost every Department of Transportation uses Bentley software.
Annual revenue is stated as “more than $600 million” in the stack of announcements the company made available. A private company, Bentley has no obligation to report its revenue, though it usually does with an annual report, missing in this year’s conference.
Chief Technology Officer Keith Bentley delivers the technology keynote at YII2017 in Singapore after a three-year absence. CEO Greg Bentley looks on.
The Bentley brothers can be credited for the company’s success. On stage were Chief Executive Officer Greg and Chief Technology Officer Keith Bentley. At least a couple more Bentleys hold positions at…