Construction and infrastructure software provider Bentley Systems has acquired Indian concrete building design and documentation software company S-Cube Futuretech.

US-based Bentley Systems said the acquisition of the Mumbai-based company will enable it to expand its concrete building design and documentation offering for users not only in India but also in the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

Bentley said S-Cube Futuretech’s applications deliver flexible and powerful design and documentation solutions for structural concrete building engineers and designers. These solutions include RCDC, RCDC FE, RCDC Plan and Steel Autodrafter.

The solutions offered by S-Cube Futuretech’s provide users with capabilities that are complementary to Bentley’s structural analysis, steel design, and BIM applications, STAAD, RAM, and AECOsim Building Designer solutions, said the American company.

Santanu Das, senior vice president, Design Engineering, Bentley, said: “S-Cube brings a wealth of experience in providing concrete design and drawing automation for the India, Middle East, and Southeast Asia markets.”

Raoul Karp, Bentley’s vice president of design engineering analysis, added: “More than two billion people will fill the world’s cities over the next 30 years. This growth will continue to be concentrated in the developing markets of Asia. Efficient, automated concrete design and detailing tools will be instrumental to every nation’s ability to address this demand.”