Municipality of Nynashamn Joins Bentley's Municipal License Subscription Program.Developing Municipality Near Stockholm Gets Unlimited Access to Comprehensive GIS and Engineering Software Portfolio for Fixed Annual Fee Based on Population EXTON, Pa. -- Bentley Systems Bentley Systems, Incorporated, provides software for the "Design, construction and operation of the world's infrastructure". The company’s software serves the building, plant, civil, and geospatial vertical markets in the areas of architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) , Incorporated today announced that the municipality of Nynashamn, a community of 25,000 near Stockholm, has joined Bentley's Municipal License Subscription (MLS See multilevel security. ) program. Commenting on the municipality's MLS, Tom Lillhannus, mapping and surveying engineer for Nynashamn, said, "In the next few years, we will handle more than 60 projects, including major ones crucial to the growth of Nynashamn's infrastructure. Successful completion of this ambitious workload will require the broad range of advanced software solutions readily available through Bentley's MLS. Moreover, our new MLS will provide us with a greatly needed standardized platform that allows us to easily share project information - internally and externally - in a variety of formats." Bentley's MLS offers municipalities all the software they need to design and manage all their infrastructure for a fixed annual fee based on population. The breakthrough program enables them to improve productivity and reduce administrative costs administrative costs, n.pl the overhead expenses incurred in the operation of a dental benefits program, excluding costs of dental services provided. by outfitting their entire mapping and engineering organizations with fully integrated software Separate software components or applications that have been combined into one package. See integrated software package. for GIS and engineering workflows. This leads to improved services and more efficient government. Nynashamn has under way or in the planning stages several major infrastructure projects that will serve its citizens as well as its expanding business sector. The projects include a four-lane highway, a double-track commuter line that will also accommodate additional rail freight transportation, and a new deep-sea port. Nynashamn's new MLS program will help facilitate each of these projects, along with a growing list of others, and enable the municipality to streamline its GIS and engineering workflows. Nynashamn will take advantage of the program's cost-efficiencies to expand its use of MicroStation. In addition, it will begin to deploy other applications in Bentley's comprehensive portfolio of software across its entire organization. Said Lillhannus, "We've also joined Bentley's Enterprise Training Subscription program, which entitles the entire staff to unlimited professional training by Bentley Institute. So, not only do we get the software we need to complete our infrastructure projects, we also get the training we need to use our new software as effectively as possible." Bentley's MLS program provides municipalities with unlimited access to a comprehensive portfolio of integrated GIS and engineering software for all of their infrastructure, including: * Public works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. - roads, bridges, water, sewer, and storm * Land development * E-government * Light rail design * Community broadband * Water and wastewater treatment plant Wastewater treatment plant also called wastewater treatment works
* Electric and gas distribution networks * Urban planning urban planning: see city planning. urban planning Programs pursued as a means of improving the urban environment and achieving certain social and economic objectives. * Cadastre CADASTRE. A term derived from the French, which has been adopted in Louisiana, and which signifies the official statement of the quantity and value of real property in any district, made for the purpose of justly apportioning the taxes payable on such property. 3 Am. St. Pap. 679; 12 Pet. 428, n. management * Public safety * Municipal building design * Mapping and 3D modeling Because program fees are fixed, Bentley's MLS guarantees predictable software costs and budgeting. In addition, it removes the administrative burden of complex software licenses In computing, software that is copyrighted and licensed under a software license is done under a variety of licensing schemes. For end-users there are proprietary licenses and there are free software licenses, and there are proprietary Within these schemes are further classifications. , shortens procurement cycles, speeds project starts, and ultimately leads to more efficient government. For more information about Bentley's MLS program initiative and software or to contact a Bentley representative, visit www.bentley.com/MLS. About Nynashamn The municipality of Nynashamn, which has a population of 25,000, is situated 50 kilometers south of Stockholm. With almost 2000 islets nearby and a coastline of around 1000 kilometers, it is one of the most beautiful municipalities in the archipelago Archipelago (ärkĭpĕl`əgō) [Ital., from Gr.=chief sea], ancient name of the Aegean Sea, later applied to the numerous islands it contains. The word now designates any cluster of islands. . Over the coming decade, Nynashamn will complete a number of important infrastructure projects, including the expansion of National Road 73 between Nynashamn and Stockholm into a four-lane highway and the construction of a new harbor that will help facilitate eastbound east·bound adj. Going toward the east. eastbound Adjective going towards the east Adj. 1. trade, to and from Sweden. For more on Nynashamn, visit www.nynashamn.se. 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 AEC US Atomic Energy Commission Noun 1. AEC - a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States Atomic Energy Commission ) and operations. With revenues now surpassing $400 million annually, and more than 2000 colleagues around the world, Bentley is the leading provider of AEC software to the Engineering News-Record Engineering News-Record (widely known as ENR) is a weekly magazine that provides news, analysis, data and opinion for the construction industry worldwide. It has been published since 1874. It is owned by The McGraw-Hill Companies. Top 500 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. To receive Bentley press releases as they are issued, visit www.bentley.com/bentleywire. For more information, visit www.bentley.com. To view a copy of Bentley's May 2006 Annual Report online, go to www.bentley.com/May2006annualreport. Bentley, the "B" logo, Municipal License Subscription, Enterprise Training Subscription, Bentley Institute, and MicroStation are either registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks of Bentley Systems, Incorporated or one of its direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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