Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), an infrastructure engineering software company, this week announced the acquisition of SPIDA Software, developers of specialized software for the design, analysis and management of utility pole systems.
Columbus, OH-based SPIDA offers modeling, simulation, and data management software solutions to electric and communications utilities, and their engineering services providers, in the U.S. and Canada. The integration of SPIDA within Bentley’s OpenUtilities engineering software and grid digital twin cloud services is designed to support future needs in electric vehicle charging, of joint use of utility poles to support broadband networks’ 5G expansion, and of modernizing and hardening the electric grid.
SPIDA’s utility pole solutions include SPIDAcalc for capturing, modeling, and optimizing overhead transmission and distribution assets for structural loading and SPIDAstudio, a cloud-based platform that centrally tracks and manages the asset health and physical condition of overhead systems.
“As the rapid expansion of renewable energy sources and greater demand created by electric vehicles increasingly stresses our grid infrastructure, and for 5G-enabled broadband rollout, grids’ utility poles are ‘priceless’ for sustainably advancing infrastructure,” said Alan Kiraly, senior vice president, asset and network performance, Bentley Systems.
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