New 3D visualization feature in SITEOPS via export to Google SketchUp

Today, BLUERIDGE Analytics® unveiled a new 3D visualization tool for SITEOPS®, via export to Google SketchUp, providing more aesthetic attributes in site design for civil engineers, architects and landscape architects. This new feature enhances the conceptual capabilities of SITEOPS, revolutionary site-optimization software.

“SITEOPS, a leader in conceptual design, has combined its layout capabilities with the 3D modeling features of Google SketchUp to forever revolutionize conceptual design in the AEC industry,” said Mike Detwiler, President and CEO of BLUERIDGE Analytics.

SITEOPS users can now import site layouts – with parking lots, driveways, islands, curbs, parking lines and building pads – directly into Google SketchUp by simply clicking a button in SITEOPS. Harnessing both the power of SITEOPS and the ease of use of Google SketchUp, users can quickly generate budgets with realistic 3D renderings. The software also allows for a quick visualization of proposed grading plans, including Geotech layers, as well as the automatic draping of underlay images to proposed surfaces.

“The SITEOPS technology in conjunction with Google SketchUp is impressive,” said Tom Wyman, Business Development Manager for Google. “We’re excited to work with the SITEOPS team to provide these easy to use, visualization capabilities to the AEC market.”

With access to the Google SketchUp 3D Warehouse, users have unlimited 3D models at their fingertips to visualize their site plans. The Google SketchUp button is only available with the purchase of SITEOPS® Grading and Piping Module.
The SITEOPS team will debut this new feature Tuesday, Nov. 29, at Autodesk University, booth 637.

SITEOPS® is patented, land development software provided by Charlotte-based BLUERIDGE Analytics, Inc. that can deliver cost-optimized preliminary site designs and cost estimates in hours instead of weeks. SITEOPS can save thousands to millions of dollars per project in grading and other site costs. Clients include Stantec, Lowe’s Companies, Target, SSOE and other leading civil engineers, retailers, architects and land developers.

Charlotte-based BLUERIDGE Analytics® delivers world-class, evolutionary computing software to retail, real estate and the architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) industries.

BLUERIDGE Analytics Names Mike Markovitz Executive Vice President, Business Development

Mike Markovitz joins executive team of BLUERIDGE Analytics, Inc., providers of SITEOPS(R), web-based, civil engineering software.

Charlotte, NC: BLUERIDGE Analytics announced today that Mike Markovitz, former Vice President of Portfolio Development at Bentley Systems, Inc., has joined its senior management team as executive vice president of business development.

In this role, Markovitz will lead the expansion of domestic and international reseller channels for SITEOPS®, patented web-based software that optimizes site layout and grading for AEC clients. Mike has extensive experience working with innovative software technologies and channel partnership development.

“We are thrilled that Mike Markovitz is joining our team,” says Mike Detwiler, President and CEO of BLUERIDGE Analytics, Inc. “Mike has over 30 years of experience in the AEC software space, most recently in the acquisition arena, where he has analyzed more than 50 software companies in the last four years. The fact that Mike is taking a key leadership role within our company indicates that our software has had an enormous impact in the CAD space. Mike shares the BLUERIDGE vision of aggressive innovation in engineering technology that is rapidly evolving to meet the needs of the AEC industry.”

Prior to his role with Bentley Systems, Markovitz was president and founder of RAM International. Founded in 1988, RAM International became a leader in the design and development of software productivity solutions for structural engineers, and was acquired by Bentley Systems in 2005. RAM International products included software tools for engineering modeling, analysis, and design. Markovitz’s sales channel and customer expertise, combined with the world-class evolutionary computing team in place at BLUERIDGE, represents a significant leap in the company’s progression in the industry.

“BLUERIDGE has developed the most compelling technology I have seen in the AEC space over the last several years,” says Markovitz. “The combination of powerful auto-drawing tools with optimization and cloud computing is revolutionary. The real power in the software is its ability to change the way civil engineers investigate site layout, bid projects, win work, and produce better designs at lower cost. SITEOPS is a true game-changer. I am pleased to have this opportunity to work with the BLUERIDGE team and to introduce BLUERIDGE products to a wider audience.”

SITEOPS is Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), accessible from any Internet-connected computer. Known as “CAD with a Brain®,” SITEOPS products help users perform real-time site design feasibility simulations and optimize grading plans to lower development costs.

Clients include Stantec, Lowe’s Companies, Target, SSOE, and other leading retailers, civil engineers, architects, and land developers.

Charlotte-based BLUERIDGE Analytics delivers evolutionary computing software to retail, real estate, and the architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) industries.