Australian engineering and project delivery company, WorleyParsons, has signed a long-term Global Alliance Agreement (GAA) with Intergraph that will give it unlimited, worldwide access to Intergraph solutions.
The five-year agreement covers the Intergraph SmartPlant and SmartMarine Enterprise software suites, including SmartPlant 3D, SmartMarine 3D and SmartPlant 3D Materials Handling Edition (collectively known as Smart 3D), SmartPlant Foundation, SmartPlant Construction, SmartPlant Enterprise Engineering & Schematics applications, CADWorx, CAESAR II and numerous other solutions.
“The Global Alliance Agreement is a natural progression for us to formalise our partnership with Intergraph,” said Jim Purvis, director of engineering systems at WorleyParsons. “It gives us the flexibility to quickly meet the needs of our engineering projects across all industries, including the minerals, metals and chemicals, power, and oil and gas sectors. WorleyParsons will make Intergraph solutions available globally and use them as part of our reference standard for global project execution.”
Gerhard Sallinger, Intergraph Process, Power & Marine president, said, “This agreement marks a milestone in the years of collaboration between WorleyParsons and Intergraph. This validates Intergraph as a global leader in enterprise engineering software, enabling WorleyParsons to enhance its global competitiveness. With our global support and services structure, Intergraph will support WorleyParsons’ operations worldwide and deliver increased safety, quality, interoperability and productivity to its engineering projects.”
The ARC Advisory Group, a leading industry analyst firm, ranked Intergraph as the No. 1 overall worldwide provider of engineering design solutions for industry according to its “Engineering Design Tools for Industry and Infrastructure Worldwide Outlook Market Analysis and Forecast Through 2016.”
