LONDON & SAN RAFAEL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 20, 2012--
Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, and Autodesk,
Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK), a world leader in 3D design, engineering and
entertainment software, have signed a three year, $12M agreement that
will help Balfour Beatty expand its adoption of Building
Information Modelling (BIM). The agreement, one of the first of its
kind and size in the infrastructure industry, will enable Balfour Beatty
to better serve customers across the world through increased use of BIM,
an intelligent model–based process that provides insight for creating
and managing building and infrastructure projects faster, more
economically, and with less environmental impact. The UK
Government will mandate the use of BIM on public building projects
beginning in 2016.
Ian Tyler, Chief Executive of Balfour Beatty, commented, “Innovation and
efficiency are at the heart of our strategy and this agreement sets
Balfour Beatty apart from its competitors. It extends across all of our
capabilities and markets, from infrastructure investment and
professional services to construction and on-going built asset
management. We will be able to provide our clients with a wealth of new
information about the infrastructure we are building and managing on
their behalf.”
Balfour Beatty has already used Autodesk BIM on a number of high profile
projects including the San Francisco Bay Bridge, the widening of the M25
outside London, and design and construction for the replacement of
Terminal 2 at London Heathrow International Airport. For the new
Terminal 2B, the largest ever airside project at Heathrow, the use of
BIM helped the company coordinate over 30 active stakeholders through 13
interfacing projects and enabled a peak workforce of 1600 to complete
work, including a 2K diaphragm wall, the largest in Europe, ahead of
schedule.
“Moving to BIM is about more than implementing new technology – to fully
realize its benefits requires a process change. Through this
comprehensive agreement, Balfour Beatty is demonstrating their
commitment to this change and Autodesk is excited to work with them and
help extend the value of BIM to their clients around the world,” said
Roland Zelles, Vice President, Worldwide Sales, Autodesk Architecture
Engineering and Construction.
Through the agreement, thousands of Balfour Beatty users across all
international operations will have access to a range of Autodesk BIM
solutions including Autodesk
Revit software products, AutoCAD
Civil 3D software, Autodesk
Navisworks software products, AutoCAD
software and Autodesk
3ds Max Design software. Autodesk will provide significant training,
support and strategic consultancy through Autodesk Consulting to help
Balfour Beatty maximize their use BIM.
About Autodesk BIM Solutions
Building Information Modeling is an intelligent model–based process that
provides insight for creating and managing building and infrastructure
projects faster, more economically and with less environmental impact.
Autodesk BIM solutions for building and infrastructure lifecycles are
based on intelligent models created with Autodesk Revit software
products and AutoCAD Civil 3D software. Helping to expand the benefits
of BIM is a powerful set of complementary solutions for visualizing and
simulating projects virtually, documentation and professional drafting,
and data management and collaboration. The Autodesk Building Design and
Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suites offer a comprehensive set of tools
to support BIM workflows in a single, cost-effective package.
About Balfour Beatty
Balfour Beatty (www.balfourbeatty.com)
is a world-class infrastructure group with capabilities in professional
services, construction services, support services and infrastructure
investments. We work in partnership with our customers principally in
the UK, continental Europe, the US, South-East Asia, Australia and the
Middle East, who value the highest levels of quality, safety and
technical expertise. Key infrastructure markets include transportation
(roads, rail and airports); social infrastructure (education, specialist
healthcare, and various types of accommodation); utilities (water, gas
and power transmission and generation) and commercial (offices, leisure
and retail). The Group delivers services essential to the development,
creation and care of these infrastructure assets including project
design, financing and management, engineering and construction, and
facilities management services. Balfour Beatty employs 50,000 people
around the world.
About Autodesk
Autodesk, Inc., is a leader in 3D
design, engineering and entertainment software. Customers across the
manufacturing, architecture, building, construction, and media and
entertainment industries -- including the last 17 Academy Award winners
for Best Visual Effects -- use Autodesk software to design, visualize
and simulate their ideas. Since its introduction of AutoCAD software in
1982, Autodesk continues to develop the broadest portfolio of
state-of-the-art software for global markets. For additional information
about Autodesk, visit www.autodesk.com.
Autodesk, AutoCAD, Navisworks, Revit, Civil 3D and 3ds Max are
registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its
subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries.
Academy Award is a registered trademark of the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences. All other brand names, product names or trademarks
belong to their respective holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter
product and services offerings, and specifications and pricing at any
time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or
graphical errors that may appear in this document.
© 2012 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.
Source: Autodesk, Inc.
Autodesk, Inc.
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noah.cole@autodesk.com