Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading worldwide provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced that it has actually effectively updated Crossrail's Common Data Environment (CDE) for asset information through Bentley's AssetWise handled services to a hybrid cloud-computing platform powered by Microsoft Azure. This provides a single place for keeping, sharing, and handling details for approximately 1 million possessions.

Europe's largest construction project, Crossrail has actually been designed in a virtual environment for 3D, 4D, and 5D BIM, powered by Bentley's extensive modeling software application. Bentley's asset details management option, AssetWise, based upon Bentley's eB innovation, handles the engineering and asset info in the Crossrail task and offers a complete, federated view of digital railway information.

" Crossrail is leading the world in demonstrating the value of BIM to understand higher efficiency and expense efficiency in project delivery and asset lifecycle information management," said Alan Kiraly, SVP, Bentley Systems.

" We're pleased of our interact with Bentley Systems, one of our essential international partners," said David Epp, Alliances Director, Microsoft Corp. "We're particularly impressed by Crossrail's groundbreaking passion in building both a digital and physical railway, and are delighted to have had the opportunity to come together with Bentley to address the challenges and requirements of this world-class endeavor."