Bentley Teams Up with Microsoft to “Industrialize” BIM Workflow
Emily Pollock posted on October 16, 2018 |
The new browser-based collaborative PDF review and markup capability in ProjectWise makes it easier for reviewers to submit and respond to comments and markups quickly. (Image courtesy of Bentley.)
On October 15th, Bentley announced the integration of their ProjectWise collaboration software with Microsoft 365.
ProjectWise 365 Services lets teams of AEC professionals coordinate their workflows and ensure that they hold on to important documents and information throughout them. Microsoft 365 contains collaborative applications like Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Flow, along with analytic software like Microsoft Power BI.
“The extended integration between ProjectWise and Microsoft Office 365 helps project delivery organizations in going digital, empowering their organizations to improve project productivity and deliver better outcomes,” said Ron Markezich, corporate vice president of Microsoft Office 365.
One of the outcomes of the integration is that Microsoft 365’s software can be used to improve workflows on ProjectBoard. According to Bentley executives, the integration will allow users to “industrialize” project delivery—essentially, it will let them standardize not just the outcome, but the process it takes to create it.
The integration combines ProjectWise’s Project Insights—which helps users identify trends that could cause problems…