Bentley Acquires LEAP Software, Inc., Expanding Portfolio of Software for Analysis and Design of Concrete Bridges

Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced that it has acquired
LEAP Software, Inc., a leading provider of analysis and design
products for concrete bridges. The LEAP bridge solutions are the
industry standard across North America, used by 37 U.S. state
departments of transportation, the U.S. Federal Highway
Administration, a large number of city and county agencies, and top
bridge engineering consultants. The flagship product, LEAP Bridge, is
an analysis, design, and load-rating application that integrates all
bridge design components into one application with a single user
interface. The LEAP products complement and strengthen Bentley´s
end-to-end bridge design and management solution, which includes
Bentley Bridge RM for cable-stayed, suspension, and segmental bridges;
Bentley BridgeModeler and Bentley LARS for bridge load-rating
calculation, analysis, and analytical modeling; GEOPAK Bridge; InRoads
Bridge; Bentley Rebar; Bentley PowerRebar; and many other products.

Commenting on this latest Bentley acquisition, Gabriel Norona,
Bentley senior vice president, said, "LEAP software is a critical
addition to Bentley´s bridge portfolio as we focus our efforts on
bridge information modeling (BrIM). Through a concerted BrIM
initiative, we will leverage intra-operations across these
industry-leading solutions, enabling delivery of safer,
better-engineered bridges and opening a door to improved deployment
models for bridge construction, maintenance, operation, and
rehabilitation."

Added Bhupinder Singh, senior vice president, Bentley Software,
"The need for a more comprehensive and systematic approach to bridge
planning, design, construction, operations, and maintenance has never
been more critical. Our world faces the incredible challenge of
repairing aging infrastructure in developed transportation networks
and meeting the extraordinary demand for new transportation networks
in developing economies.

"By adding the LEAP analysis and design software to our rapidly
growing portfolio of integrated bridge products, Bentley advances its
commitment to helping users create new bridges and maintain and
upgrade existing bridges more efficiently and cost-effectively. On
behalf of all Bentley colleagues, I welcome LEAP Software users around
the world to the Bentley user community and LEAP Software colleagues
to the Bentley team."

Lee Tanase, former president and CEO of LEAP Software, now a
Bentley vice president, said, "All of us at LEAP Software are pleased
to join the Bentley team charged with developing innovative solutions
that provide the functionality infrastructure professionals need to
sustain the world´s bridges. Bentley´s vision of providing a
comprehensive and integrated portfolio of bridge products to address
the lifecycle of bridge infrastructure is exactly what our users - and
the world - need."

About LEAP Products and Services

LEAP software for the structural engineering community features a
comprehensive range of easy-to-use analysis and design capabilities
that deliver accurate results. The line includes integrated analysis
and design products for concrete bridges and buildings.

LEAP Bridge integrates all bridge design components into one
product with a single user interface. All bridge geometry,
substructure, and superstructure analysis, design, and load rating are
completed in one powerful application with a central project database
for parametric design. Component design modules address:

-- Design, analysis, and load-rating for simple- and multi-span
precast/prestressed bridge beams

-- Analysis and design of post-tensioned and cast-in-place
reinforced concrete box girder and slab bridges constructed on
falsework

-- Design of longer prestressed/post-tensioned bridge spans using
spliced prefabricated girders

-- Analysis and design of reinforced concrete bridge piers and
foundations

For more information about Bentley´s LEAP line of products and
services, visit www.bentley.com/LEAPsoft.

About Bentley

Bentley Systems, Incorporated provides software for the lifecycle
of the world´s infrastructure. The company´s comprehensive portfolio
for the building, plant, civil, and geospatial verticals spans
architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) and operations. With
revenues now surpassing $400 million annually, and more than 2400
colleagues globally, Bentley is the leading provider of AEC software
to the Engineering News-Record Top Design Firms and major
owner-operators and was named the world´s No. 2 provider of
GIS/geospatial software solutions in a Daratech research study.

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BridgeModeler, Bentley LARS, GEOPAK Bridge, InRoads Bridge, Bentley
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