Bentley Systems acquires NoteVault

The construction industry has emerged as a major opportunity within the AEC segment of design and engineering tools. There has been a pent up demand for new construction for affordable housing, new commercial projects, and above all infrastructure. The CAD companies serving the segment have been building just as enthusiastically enabling better communications between the home office and the trailer and from the trailer to the field. New tools have concentrated on analysis, collaboration, cost estimation, scheduling, and visualization. And everything was going so well: US construction spending has slowed due to the pandemic. When it picks back up, builders