Deploys Concrete Analysis and Design Software, Along With Bentley’s RAM Structural System, to Cost-Effectively Complete Design of Flat Slab for Complex Senior Residence Project
EXTON, Pa. – Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced that Harley Ellis Devereaux, a leading architectural, engineering, and planning firm with more than 500 employees in five offices, has selected Bentley’s RAM Concept application to help design the concrete structural elements of its 13-story Eastgate Village senior residence project in Chicago. RAM Concept is finite-element-based analysis and design software for reinforced and post-tensioned concrete slabs and mats that allows users to more accurately and efficiently design complex floors. The Harley Ellis Devereaux project team is already using Bentley’s RAM Structural System on this project to create the 3D model, perform gravity and lateral stress analysis, and to design the beams, shear walls, and columns. Because RAM Concept is fully integrated with RAM Structural System, the team will be able to cost-effectively complete the design of the flat slab while meeting the project’s challenging delivery schedule.
In addition to RAM Concept and RAM Structural System, Harley Ellis Devereaux uses RAM Connection for its structural Building Information Modeling (BIM) needs. RAM Connection is an integrated steel connection design and optimization tool for shear, moment, and brace connections.
“Our firm has relied on the Bentley RAM product family for more than 10 years to enhance our productivity within our structural discipline and facilitate collaboration among our multidiscipline project teams,” said Don Giroux, Harley Ellis Devereaux chief operating officer. “Without question, these benefits have contributed significantly to improving the quality of our projects and reducing problems during the construction phase of a project.”
Said Jim Corsiglia, a senior structural engineer and principal with Harley Ellis Devereaux, “By adding Bentley’s integrated concrete solution to our tool set, we are able to more efficiently complete the design of an entire building all the way down to the foundation. In the past, we would have had to manually transfer loads from one application to another, creating the potential for errors and consequent tedious, time-consuming changes. However, because Bentley’s concrete tools interoperate with all of our other RAM applications, we now spend less time correcting errors and more time being innovative and productive in our design work.”
To learn more about Bentley’s comprehensive structural solutions, visit www.bentley.com/structural; contact Bentley at 2744 Loker Avenue West, Carlsbad, Calif., 92010 USA; phone: +1 800 726 7789; fax: +1 760 431 5214; or email structural@bentley.com.
About Harley Ellis Devereaux
Harley Ellis Devereaux has enjoyed a successful practice since 1908, earning a reputation for excellence in all facets of architecture, from planning and design to construction. Today, it is a firm of more than 500 people in five offices with expanded capabilities, through its Partner Companies, in strategic planning, program management, real estate services, sustainable design, quality review, and construction services.
Guided by its vision and mission, Harley Ellis Devereaux is driven each day by the opportunities it has to deliver creative work distinguished through superior quality, unequaled service, and constant innovation. For more information, visit http://www.harleyellis.com/.
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 2,400 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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