Bentley Partners with Japan’s EARTHBRAIN to Advance Smart Construction

9 November 2025
Construction Focus
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The world’s leading infrastructure engineering software company Bentley Systems has formed a partnership with Japan’s EARTHBRAIN—creator of Smart Construction—to push digital construction to another level.

This collaboration builds on the existing partnership established in 2019 between Komatsu and Cesium, the 3D geospatial visualization leader acquired by Bentley in 2024.

Through the new partnership, Smart Construction will incorporate Bentley Systems’ open, AI-powered digital twin technology and applications to enable seamless, interconnected workflows that span the construction lifecycle, from design through pre-construction, earthworks, and beyond.

By linking the entire construction process, the partnership will create a new digital experience to enhance safety, productivity, and sustainability at construction sites. These new capabilities in Smart Construction will be initially available in Japan with the opportunity to expand globally.

Smart Construction is the fully integrated software that digitizes information from the real-world construction jobsite by creating optimal construction plans (digital tasks) in the cyber world and feeding them back into the actual construction process.

The software can address challenges such as labor shortages, reduced work hours, improved safety, and cost reduction. Furthermore, Smart Construction® solutions can also connect the entire construction process, with levels tailored to meet specific needs.

The software will become more interactive through real-world 3D geospatial modeling by Cesium, and more powerful in terms of design, construction, and asset management through Bentley’s iTwin software.

“This strategic partnership marks a major milestone in accelerating the digital transformation of the construction industry from Japan to the world. By integrating global technologies and expertise, and co-creating value across regions and countries, we aim to contribute to the realization of safer and more sustainable social infrastructure,” said EARTHBRAIN President Akinori Onodera.

According to Bentley Systems Chief Operating Officer James Lee, the partnership with EARTHBRAIN represents a significant step forward in realizing Bentley’s vision for open, integrated infrastructure solutions.

“By combining EARTHBRAIN’s leadership in Smart Construction with Bentley’s infrastructure engineering capabilities, we’re enabling a new era of intelligent construction—one that’s more connected, efficient, and sustainable,” he said.

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