Acquisitions

On June 18, 1997, Bentley acquired IdeaGraphix, a developer of MicroStation-based application software for architecture, engineering, and facilities management.^[15] On January 15, 1998, Bentley acquired Jacobus.^[16] On January 2, 2001, Bentley acquired Intergraph's civil engineering, plot-services and raster conversion software businesses.^[17] On October 17, 2001, Bentley Systems bought Geopak design software for road and rail infrastructure.^[18]

Bentley Systems acquired Rebis in 2003,^[19] Infrasoft Corporation in 2003,^[20] Haestad Methods, Inc. in 2004,^[21] and then agreed to acquire netGuru's Research Engineers International (REI) business which included its STAAD structural analysis and design product line on August 31, 2005.^[22] Bentley acquired GEF-RIS AG in 2006,^[23] KIWI Software in 2007,^[24] C.W. Beilfuss and Associates in 2007,^[25] and TDV GmbH, an analysis and design software provider for bridge engineering, in May 2007.^[26]

In early 2008, Bentley acquired Hevacomp, Ltd.,^[27] LEAP Software, Inc.,^[28] the promis•e product line from ECT International,^[29] and Common Point for mainstream construction simulation.^[30]

On October 13, 2009, Bentley added geotechnical and geoenvironmental capabilities with the acquisition of gINT Software.^[31] On February 9, 2010, Bentley Systems announced two acquisitions: Exor Corporation and Enterprise Informatics.^[32] On March 2, 2011, Bentley Systems acquired SACS software for offshore structural analysis from Engineering Dynamics, Inc.^[33] Also in 2011, Bentley acquired FormSys^[34] and Pointools Ltd., a British developer of point-cloud software technology.^[35]

In 2012, Bentley acquired the elcoSystem software business of Hannappel Software,^[36] as well as InspectTech Systems, USA, a provider of field inspection applications and asset management services for bridges and other transportation assets.^[37] Also that year it acquired Canadian-based Ivara,^[38] the Microprotol pressure vessel design and analysis software from EuResearch,^[39] and SpecWave.^[40]

In 2013, Bentley acquired topoGRAPH, a provider of surveying software,^[41] as well as the MOSES software business from Ultramarine.^[42] On February 25, 2014, Bentley acquired DocQnet Systems’ eB Services BizDocQnet Systems.^[43] Later that year, it acquired SITEOPS, optimization software for enhanced land development site design, from Blueridge Analytics.^[44] Bentley acquired C3global for predictive modeling in 2015,^[45] and also that year acquired Acute3D,^[46] and the reality modeling creator e-on.^[47]

On January 23, 2018, Bentley acquired S-Cube Futuretech Pvt Ltd. to expand its offerings specific to the concrete engineering design and documentation software users in India, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East.^[48][49] On April 26, 2018, Bentley acquired Dutch geotechnical modelling company Plaxis B.V.^[50]

On July 15, 2018, Bentley acquired Canadian geotechnical modeling company SOILVISION Systems Ltd. in order to enhance its 3D geotechnical offerings.^[50] Also in 2018, the company acquired Synchro,^[51] Agency9,^[52] LEGION,^[53] ACE enterprise Slovakia,^[54] and Alworx.^[55] In 2019, Bentley acquired SignCAD Systems,^[56] Keynetix,^[57] and Citilabs, Inc. & Orbit GeoSpatial Technologies.^[58]

In 2020, Bentley acquired UK based consultancy Professional Construction Strategies Group (PCSG),^[59] and SRO Solutions.^[59] In 2021, Bentley acquired Ontracks Consulting,^[60] INRO Software,^[61] SPIDA Software,^[62] and Seequent Holdings Limited,^[63] and in 2022 acquisitions included Power Line Systems,^[64] ADINA R&D, Inc.,^[65] and acquired Eagle.io.^[66]