Open standards are the invisible glue that hold the digital world together. They are everywhere—Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and HTML have become household names—and they enable software, hardware and data to seamlessly work together, ensuring that innovation...
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Open standards are the invisible glue that hold the digital world together. They are everywhere—Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and HTML have become household names—and they enable software, hardware and data to seamlessly work together, ensuring that innovation isn’t stifled by incompatible proprietary...
When Dennis Keeley joined the Dublin Fire Brigade in 1986, he was quickly introduced to a key piece of data-gathering technology. “We had this 6-inch nail in our control center where we’d impale and store the paper records of emergency...
When Tom Walski was growing up in northeast Pennsylvania, air pollution and contaminated water were evident all around. “It was a poor coal-mining area that had just about every type of environmental problem you can imagine,” he says. Spurred to...
In 2024, we turned over the pen — or, rather, the keyboard — to Bentley Systems executives and other insightful voices to tell us about the future of infrastructure engineering. They discussed how AI will change the sector, why we...
Repurposed from The B1M by Kathleen Moore Melbourne is Australia’s largest container port – and it’s about to get a whole lot busier. The port handles more than one-third of the shipping containers coming in and out of Australia: Over...
With hundreds of bridges crossing valleys, railroads and the three major rivers that meet downtown, Pittsburgh embodies its nickname as the City of Bridges. These bridges are more than infrastructure—they’re proud symbols of connection and community. That pride was on...
Innovation doesn’t happen on its own—it’s powered by dreamers with vision and determination. In 2024, we highlighted individuals and teams making real change in infrastructure. Here are five of those people and teams shaping the future. Leveling Up: How Patrick...
In a wide-ranging conversation on The Infrastructure Podcast, Nicholas Cumins, CEO of Bentley Systems, the infrastructure engineering software company, talked about the challenges and opportunities facing the infrastructure sector. He addressed the shortage of engineering talent, explained the need for...
In 2024, our Bentley Insights & Inspirations news site published dozens of stories looking at the power of digital twins for infrastructure. The in-depth stories highlighted the digital models’ use for making our roads, bridges and even entire cities more...