Bentley Systems acquires two companies to launch AssetWise

Bentley Systems, a company that provides software solutions for infrastructure, has acquired two IT companies, Enterprise Informatics eB Insight and Exor Corporation. The Enterprise Informatics eB Insight software provides configuration and change management capabilities for mission-critical infrastructure asset operations for the energy, nuclear, rail, and government sectors. Exor information modeling software provides for the management and operations of linear networks for infrastructure, including roads and railways.


Bentley said the acquisitions accelerate its focus on value creation for owner-operators, enabling operations and maintenance to take full advantage of information modeling and thus realize the potential of “intelligent” infrastructure assets. Bentley’s recently announced “AssetWise” platform would combine multiple information modeling services to improve the life cycle management and operational performance, safety, compliance, and governance of infrastructure assets while increasing the return on investment for owner-operators, Bentley said.

“These two acquisitions anchor the next stage in Bentley’s progression as an infrastructure software provider,” CEO Greg Bentley said. He saw a “tremendous opportunity” in AssetWise to increase owner-operators’ return on investment and sustaining infrastructure.

According to Bentley, more than half of its revenue is directly from infrastructure owner-operators, which is unique among asset creation software vendors. It said ProjectWise has been adopted by 44 percent of the 500 largest such owner-operators for capital projects, and the AssetWise platform would improve and manage access to infrastructure asset information modeling, for owner-operators’ choices of enterprise applications.

eB Insight is an operations mainstay in the nuclear industry where it is deployed in research, waste management, fuel processing, and power generation units. Other sectors that gain an advantage from eB Insight are energy companies, rail, government, and construction. Specific users of eB include Constellation Energy, Ameren Corporation, Nuclear Fuel Services, Rolls-Royce, City of Las Vegas, Colorado Springs Utilities, CH2M HILL, Aker Solutions, Network Rail, De Beers, and South African Airways.

Exor information modeling software provides for the management and operations of linear networks, including roads, railways, and water networks, as well as all components connected to them. Bentley said sixty percent of all roadway miles in the UK are managed by Exor, where the software enables owner-operators to manage multiple networks while relating structures, safety, pavement conditions, permits, and right-of-way information to the network. Exor's community of users includes numerous departments of transportation in North America such as the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Oregon DOT, and the province of British Columbia. European users include Transport for London, the Welsh Assembly Government, and DRD Northern Ireland. Among users in Asia-Pacific are Main Roads Western Australia, Australian Capital Territory, and Transit New Zealand.