Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the
infrastructure engineering software company, today announced that its Seequent
business unit has acquired Danish company Aarhus GeoSoftware, a developer of
geophysical software. The acquisition extends Seequent's solutions for
operational ground water management, and for sustainability projects involving
exploration, contaminants, and infrastructure resilience.
Aarhus GeoSoftware, a spinoff company from Aarhus
University in Denmark, develops the software packages AGS Workbench, SPIA,
Res2DInv, and Res3DInv for the processing, inversion, and visualization of
geophysical data from ground-based and airborne electromagnetic (EM),
electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) remote sensing, and other sources. AGS
software enables users to create 2D and 3D images of subsurface electrical
resistivity. The outputs of the software can be used to distinguish and
differentiate subsurface materials and can subsequently be modeled in Seequent's
Leapfrog to aid in various subsurface investigations.
The software uses electric field measurements, collected at ground level or with airborne sensors, to map the subsurface distribution of certain materials such as water, mineral deposits, and clays. Electrical resistivity allows a better understanding of the distribution of materials such as water, mineral deposits, and clays, and when the water contains other compounds such as salt, researchers and industry professionals can infer the distribution.
The genesis of AGS software was to ensure clean
drinking water for future generations by mapping groundwater across Denmark. It
is now used in many different areas, including locating subsurface faults and
cavities to mitigate construction risk, in mining for investigating orebodies
and waste rock and tailing processes, monitoring movements of groundwater and
contaminants to help understand environmental impacts, modeling dam and tunnel
stability, and assessing landslide risk to gauge asset resilience or
construction plan impacts. Seequent will continue its tradition of
collaborating with universities and research organizations worldwide through
ongoing engagement with Aarhus University for the development of AGS
geophysical solutions.
Graham Grant, chief executive officer of Seequent,
said, “The acquisition will add new geophysical data processing capabilities to
our workflows to help advance subsurface investigation and modeling. AGS
software, coupled with Seequent's advanced geologic modeling and analysis
software, creates a key tool in helping understand and manage groundwater and
assessing risk in infrastructure such as dams and canals. We're excited about
the new possibilities this opens up for our collective users worldwide, improving
life-time digital twins.”
Toke Højbjerg Søltoft, chief executive officer of
Aarhus GeoSoftware, said, “Seequent's global reach will allow AGS software to
positively impact more projects worldwide. As we continue to develop solutions,
our users will benefit from our tools being in Seequent's ecosystem and
workflow. We're excited to join Seequent and to work together on our shared
vision of helping organizations make more informed and sustainable decisions
through a better understanding of the subsurface.”
For more information, please visit
https://www.aarhusgeosoftware.dk/.
