News Release - Bently Nevada's Corporate Headquarters Building Wins Design Award

Bently Nevada's Corporate Headquarters Building Wins Design Award

For more information:
Steve Sabin
Corporate Marketing Manager
Bently Nevada Corporation
1631 Bently Parkway South
Minden, NV 89423
Phone: (775) 782-3611
Fax: (775) 782-9337
E-mail: steve.sabin@bently.com

Pictured with the award are (from
left to right) George Goodspeed,
Robert Pumphrey, Roger Harker,
Ken Forbes, and Tim Sheets.

MINDEN, NEVADA, 14 September 2000 – Bently Nevada Corporation’s new 283,000 square foot, bi-level headquarters building located in Minden, Nevada, has been awarded the 2000 Award of Excellence in Design for Industrial, by the Douglas County Planning Commission. Present to receive the award Tuesday 12 September were: Roger Harker, President and Chief Operating Officer; George Goodspeed, Special Projects Manager; Robert Pumphrey, Project Supervisor; Ken Forbes, Senior Facilities Engineer; and Tim Sheets, Project Supervisor.

The state-of-the-art facility consolidates virtually all the Company’s numerous Carson Valley locations, previously separated from one another by several miles. The building’s design is an aesthetic blend of both modern and historic architecture, and was constructed to be highly energy efficient. Great care was given to ensure the creation of a safe and secure working environment for all employees. In the event of a disruption in utility services for any reason, the building is able to operate self-sufficiently with its own well, electric generating capacity, and auxiliary supply of propane fuel. Its construction to Zone 4 requirement plus a 25% safety margin significantly exceeds local codes for earthquakes. The building also sits above the 500-year floodplain, 80 feet above the previous headquarters’ location in downtown Minden. Together, these characteristics create a workplace able to withstand the natural disasters most likely in northern Nevada.

Bently Nevada Corporation has been based in Minden since Donald E. Bently relocated his small but growing Bently Scientific Company from Berkeley, California, in 1961. Today, the Company has annual sales of $200 million and is currently deploying a new multi-million dollar Enterprise Resource Planning system to further refine its business processes for the 21^st century. Bently Nevada is listed among America’s Top 50 privately held electronics manufacturers and maintains more than 80 sales and service offices in 42 countries.

Bently Nevada is the world’s leading supplier of machinery protection and management solutions and maintains over 80 sales and service offices in the principal industrial centers of 42 countries around the globe. It provides a comprehensive scope of products encompassing instrumentation, software, advanced bearing designs, engineering services, and fundamental rotor dynamic research - all with a common objective: helping customers protect and manage all their machinery.

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