The City of Austin, Texas
Bentley Trains Public Works Department to
Maximize Production, Minimize Costs
"Bentley's training subscription provides an invaluable tool for organizations to leverage their software dollars spent on Bentley products. It consistently provides the formal training needed to have a highly trained design staff."
The City of Austin's Public Works Department builds and maintains Austin roadways and bridges, traffic signals, street signs and markings, sidewalks, and bike facilities. The department provides traffic calming and residential parking programs, traffic enforcement, and crossing guards at elementary schools. It also provides engineering, construction management and inspection services for city projects. The Department’s Engineering Services Division design staff works on water and wastewater lines, roads, culverts, ponds, subcontracted work, and other specialized projects.
Challenges
- The division provides quick turnaround design at a lower cost than public sector contractors.
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- Having a highly trained design team is critical to minimizing its labor costs and
maximizing production. |
Solution
- A Bentley training subscription is used by the city to enhance the efficiency of its staff, maintain in-house standards, and explore new solutions for complex design problems.
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- The training subscription is a natural solution to providing quality training for staff at various levels of proficiency - from new hires to administrators.
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- Design staff is encouraged to take regular training made available through the training subscription.
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- With the availability of blended learning options, staff can quickly implement best practice methodologies for survey and design work.
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Results
- The Engineering Services Division effectively uses the training subscription with its in-house training to create a highly trained, well rounded civil engineering design staff.
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- The highly trained nature of the design teams keeps the personnel/design labor costs to a minimum and production to a maximum.
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- Bentley training helps guarantee a faster learning curve for new hires.
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- Bentley training reduces the amount of time CAD managers and team leaders spend on training staff, freeing them up to develop in-house standards, new solutions, and best practices for complex design.
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Fast Facts
Employees: 500+
Services:
| Construction Management |
Inspection |
| Engineering |
Transportation |