Some have called it Europe’s answer to the Suez Canal. The Seine-Nord Europe Canal in northern France is the largest construction project of its kind on the continent. When complete, the €7.3 billion waterway will...
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Some have called it Europe’s answer to the Suez Canal. The Seine-Nord Europe Canal in northern France is the largest construction project of its kind on the continent. When complete, the €7.3 billion waterway will connect France to Belgium, the...
Explore The Visualization The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be contested in 16 stadiums across North America, making it the most geographically expansive tournament in the competition’s history. To help showcase the event, Bentley Systems built an interactive 3D experience...
On the night of October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy roared ashore in New Jersey, driving a wall of water toward one of the most densely populated coastlines in the world. New York City had braced for a flood, but what...
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In the Swiss Alpine village of Mulegns, a bone-white tower rises 30 meters from the valley floor. Skeletal in its design, Tor Alva is the tallest 3D-printed structure in the world—each component fabricated by robots in Zurich, then trucked 175...
At the Bentley Systems Illuminate Berlin 2026 conference, infrastructure engineers and technology leaders met to confront a massive infrastructure challenge already visible in the numbers: Europe faces €12 trillion in infrastructure investment needs by 2040. Independent research and advisory firm...
Artificial intelligence is beginning to change the daily work of civil and structural engineers. But where do AI capabilities actually stand in the industry? More than 1,000 engineers from around the world recently gathered for a Bentley Systems event to...
A new study warns that the waters of the Gulf are poised to swallow up New Orleans, but that the challenges posed by Louisiana’s shifting coastline could position the state to become a global leader in climate adaptation strategies. The...
When Otto Lynch began his career as a transmission designer in the early 1990s, laying out the 500-kilovolt power loop around Washington, D.C., required a team of 30 engineers and six months of handwritten calculations. Today, Lynch says he could...
Every time you drive over a bridge, turn on a tap for a glass of water, or flip a light switch, you are placing your trust in a complex system of infrastructure. You trust that the engineering was sound, the...
