How Bentley AssetWise Helps With Plant Management

• 27 September 2025
• Construction Focus
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Many industrial plants depend on dashboards and logs to manage their operations, but these tools can give a false sense of security. They often fail to account for hidden issues, which can lead to unexpected problems. What plants truly need are advanced digital tools that offer deeper data insights.

For instance, Sitech, a company that works with chemical and production plants, had clients struggling with their equipment management. They were dealing with more frequent equipment failures and the high cost and safety risks of maintaining 200 assets on a fixed schedule. If not addressed, these problems could become costly, endanger workers, and harm the environment.

To tackle these challenges, Sitech turned to risk-based inspections (RBI), a smarter maintenance plan. They brought this plan to life by leveraging decades of engineering experience and adopting the APM AssetWise solution from Bentley.

To create their plan, Sitech analyzed the risks to their equipment and assessed the likelihood of failure by using historic inspection data. By working smarter with real-time data from sensors, they identified problems early, enabling them to easily adjust the plan and create a feedback system for continued improvement. All information is now stored and tracked in the APM AssetWise system, establishing continuous monitoring of the health and lifespan of each asset.

How Sitech reduced costs and environmental impact

By adopting the smart risk-based inspections (RBI) digital strategy, Sitech saw significant improvements in safety, costs, and environmental impact.

This strategy provided confidence in a safer workforce by checking equipment remotely. It helped lower costs—one piece of equipment would cost approximately EUR 126,000 every 6 years to maintain. With the new strategy plan, it now costs only EUR 19,000. The plan established greener operations requiring less cleaning and waste, resulting in reduced harm to the environment.

A scalable model for the future

Thanks to Bentley’s technology and Sitech’s vision, this successful digital and sustainable approach will be replicated across 200 assets at several of their customer sites and transform plants for a greener future.

What Is AssetWise Inspections?

Inspectors need to quickly, efficiently, and safely collect, analyze, and manage a broad range of data to improve and maintain the condition of their infrastructure assets. AssetWise Inspections enables rapid capture, analysis, and management of data in the field or from the office, empowering organizations to improve the decisions they make while meeting regulatory reporting requirements and ensuring safe and reliable infrastructure assets.

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