Promoter and Developer of New West-East Link Across London Gets Unlimited Access to Entire ELS Software Portfolio for Fixed Annual Fee
EXTON, Pa. – Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced that Cross London Rail Links Ltd (CLRL), tasked with promoting and developing a new West-East railway route through London called Crossrail, has joined Bentley’s Enterprise License Subscription (ELS) program.
Crossrail is a key part of London’s plan for growth over the years ahead and is forecast to add £30 billion to the United Kingdom’s economy over a 60-year period. It will provide easier, quicker, and more direct travel options across the capital city via new rail lines in tunnels. In addition, the new lines will ease many transportation headaches, encourage regeneration and social inclusion, and provide access to thousands of job opportunities.
At the heart of CLRL’s design capability are more than 200 engineers and other disciplines, all of whom use MicroStation, Bentley Architecture, Bentley Structural, and Bentley Mechanical software for railway design work. The recent co-location of the design teams has resulted in the organization moving to a more flexible method of licensing, and in June of this year, CLRL entered into an ELS agreement with Bentley.
Clinton Leeks, corporate affairs director for CLRL, said, “The ELS agreement supports our design teams in delivering a cost-effective design for this major new rail project. It provides us with the facility to use a wide range of Bentley software in our railway design activities across all design consultants. This simplification of licensing helps us focus on our core activities of railway design and delivery, in the knowledge that our software licensing requirements are being met.”
The Bentley ELS program grants organizations unlimited access to the entire ELS software portfolio for a fixed annual fee. The portfolio covers all the architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) and geospatial software needs of subscribers, providing building, plant, civil, and geospatial solutions and supporting a managed environment for their AEC and geospatial IT.
The total coverage at a fixed, discounted price means that organizations can increase their software productivity and reduce their total AEC and geospatial software costs simultaneously. The unlimited access streamlines AEC and geospatial software administration while the annual term simplifies budgeting and accounting.
Immediately, the Bentley ELS has given CLRL a quick, cost-effective way to offer its engineers creative technical alternatives and solutions in support of the Crossrail project.
The Bentley ELS helps organizations such as CLRL become more agile. The project starts can happen faster and teams can reconfigure more quickly for project delivery. No-charge pilots allow new technology to be infused into projects more readily. The ELS agreement has been extended to include delivery partners, extending the agility and multiplying the benefits.
About Cross London Rail Links Ltd
Cross London Rail Links Ltd (CLRL) was established in 2001 to promote and develop vital rail links to meet the needs of people and businesses throughout the South East region of England including London, and to ensure that London continues in its role as Europe’s leading financial and business centre. It is a 50/50 joint venture company between Transport for London (TfL) and the Department for Transport (DfT) and represents a real commitment to the development of new services to provide new capacity and relieve congestion on the existing network. For more information, visit www.crossrail.co.uk.
About Bentley
Bentley Systems, Incorporated provides software for the lifecycle of the world's infrastructure. The company's comprehensive portfolio for the building, plant, civil, and geospatial verticals spans architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) and operations. With revenues now surpassing $400 million annually, and more than 2400 colleagues globally, Bentley is the leading provider of AEC software to the Engineering News-Record Top Design Firms and major owner-operators, and was named the world’s No. 2 provider of GIS/geospatial software solutions in a recent Daratech research study.
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