Building Systems Design (BSD) unveiled its new corporate identity today, marking the company’s nearly 40th anniversary. BSD has become a division of RIB North America, a division of RIB Software SE, and has adopted the RIB brand name to better align with its parent firm.
“BSD has a rich history of product-led innovation and has remained sharply focused on the evolving needs of its customers and the industry,” said Tom Wolf, Chairman, RIB Software SE. “The strength of our combined North American business now brings together a compelling portfolio of solutions that supports nearly every role across the project lifecycle and furthers our goal to transform the construction industry into the most advanced and digitalized industry in the 21st century.”
BSD reimagined its flagship product, SpecLink, as a highly scalable, cloud-based platform in 2016 after bringing in new leadership to shift the 35-year-old tech company back into a start-up mentality and begin investing in growth opportunities, including reimagining BSD’s flagship product, SpecLink, as a highly scalable, cloud-based platform.
The investment helped BSD cement its software leadership position in the market, resulting in a growing list of enterprise customers ranging from global owners and developers to some of the country’s leading design and engineering firms.
In June 2019, RIB made its largest investment in the company’s history, purchasing majority ownership of BSD, followed by full ownership in October 2020.“This is a huge milestone for RIB and BSD, who have built strong reputations in the markets they serve,” said Daimon Bridge, CEO of RIB North America. “I look forward to building on our past success, continuing our investment in technology and innovation, and enabling even more owners, architects, engineers, specifiers, and contractors to experience digital transformation with a centralized platform for all stakeholders to collaborate at every phase of the building process.”
The MTWO Construction Cloud, which offers contractors, owners, and developers an integrated 6D BIM enterprise cloud platform that enables all teams on construction projects to perform their day-to-day work and collaborate throughout the project lifecycle in the same platform, is part of the RIB North America product portfolio.
