In a trend toward integration and connectivity of its products, Bentley Systems Inc. said on Nov. 1 that OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition soon will become available to its early-access users—succeeding its civil engineering design brands InRoads, GEOPAK, MX and Power Civil. The infrastructure software solutions provider announced the development at its Year in Infrastructure conference in London.
Bentley and Topcon Positioning Group also announced plans Nov. 2 to connect their cloud services platforms, allowing development of a seamless workflow between their respective products where reality-captured survey data will inform engineering design, then return to the site to control graders or other equipment and then send back in real-time as-built measurements of work put in place.