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SpatialNews.com Press Release
FRANKFURT AIRPORT NOW STANDARDIZED ON BENTLEY BIM FOR
OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
Airport Property, Plant and Equipment Valued at More Than € 2.4 Billion;
FM to Include € 3.3 Billion Airport Expansion
Exton, PA – May 13, 2003 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, today announced Frankfurt Airport is now standardized on Bentley building information modeling (BIM) for operations and facilities management IT. The value of property, plant and equipment exceeds more than €2.4 billion.
Bentley BIM allows Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide (FRA) to integrate and visualize large, complex sets of facility data through Interactive Facility Mapsä (IFMsä). Using IFMs, airport workers in engineering, finance, operations, maintenance, security, and emergency response find their relevant data more quickly and see it in the more useful context of the facility. Mission-critical data hyperlinked to IFMs includes airport spaces, leases, security keycards, and communications cabling.
“Frankfurt Airport, like all major airports, is going through constant upgrade,” said Thomas Schulz, System Maintenance. “On top of that, we have a multitude of asset types to track and manage. Bentley, with its BIM capabilities, allows us to meet those challenges and manage our airport optimally. Now, IFMs are the clear lenses through which we view and successfully manage our airport assets and related information.”
Fraport most recently added its communications-cabling infrastructure, including all of the airport’s ducts, cable trusses, distribution outlets and piping related to communications, to its building information model.
“Our cabling system serves the entire airport, including the communications tower, so it’s critical to keep downtime to an absolute minimum,” Schulz said. “Instead of searching through a maze of drawings and then trying to match them against information in a relational database, our maintenance team goes to one place and easily drills right down into the information it needs.”
Bentley BIM aggregates existing documents and data that hold mission-critical facility information, forming a federated database that is visualized through IFMs. These IFMs enable Fraport to immediately identify and locate assets in a single, interactive, visual environment. As a result, Fraport’s lease contract agreements and rent charge-back are more accurate, its maintenance response time has increased, and it has improved the efficiency of its FM services overall.
Bentley’s BIM solution will play a major role in the Frankfurt Airport € 3.3 billion expansion project, the largest in the airport’s history. From the first plans and drawings, Fraport’s building information model will provide visual context for all spaces and cabling by visually combining distributed datasets into a cohesive whole.
“We are considered a pioneer in the global airport management industry, and the technology we employ is one reason why,” Schulz said. “As our airport continues to grow, so does our building information model — helping us make quicker, more informed decisions.”
All IFMs are generated by Bentley® Facilities™, a leading facility and asset management system for the operations and management of airports, automotive plants, retail chains, hospitals, financial institutions, government buildings, universities, and other large building portfolios. Only Bentley Facilities provides IFMs that connect with other engineering and enterprise systems, providing an “electronic operating manual” for facilities.
About Fraport AG
Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide (Fraport) is a leader in the global airport industry. Its main airport, Frankfurt Airport, is continental Europe’s largest in terms of passenger figures, and the largest cargo hub in all of Europe, welcoming 48.5 million passengers and handling over 1.5 million metric tons of airfreight in 2002. Frankfurt Airport covers 1,900 hectares and comprises three runways, two passenger terminals, two major cargo centers, and the U.S. Rhein-Main Air Base, which will be closed after 2005 and returned to civilian use. Fraport’s real estate portfolio comprises 35,000 rental units in 350 buildings.
About Bentley
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a global software vendor founded in 1984, provides software solutions to create, manage, and publish architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) content. Bentley enables leading AEC firms and owners to design, build, and operate facilities, industrial plants, roadways, and other essential infrastructure assets. Bentley delivers integrated building design, plant design, civil engineering, and geospatial solutions for transportation, process and discrete manufacturing, government and public works, building, and utilities.
Bentley’s 2002 revenues reached $230 million. Bentley software plays a mission-critical role in over two-thirds of the work of the Engineering News-Record Top 500 Design Firms.
For more information, call 1-800-BENTLEY or visit us on the Web at www.bentley.com.
About Bentley at Airports
Bentley offers a complete, integrated AEC software portfolio for airports and their AEC suppliers. The portfolio includes building design, engineering, and facilities management solutions for all airport structures and related systems; civil design, engineering, and operations/maintenance solutions for runways, taxiways/aprons, and all roads/bridges; and geospatial planning and management solutions for utility networks and all land use.
Bentley and the “B” logo are registered trademarks and Facilities, Interactive Facilities Maps, and IFMs are trademarks of Bentley Systems, Incorporated or Bentley Software, Inc. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.
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