The call came before construction began, before cranes and iron workers arrived, before a single cubic yard of concrete was poured. Fabricators reviewing a digital model of the soon-to-be-rebuilt Black Hawk Bridge over the Mississippi...
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The sun never seems to fully set in Abilene, Texas. During the day, the West Texas sky is broad and blue, but when night creeps in, darkness never quite swallows the northern edge of town. That’s where crews are building...
The call came before construction began, before cranes and iron workers arrived, before a single cubic yard of concrete was poured. Fabricators reviewing a digital model of the soon-to-be-rebuilt Black Hawk Bridge over the Mississippi River had spotted a problem:...
Oliver Thomas spent two decades watching architects struggle with their software—so he started a movement. The British architect, who worked at major global firms before launching his own companies, founded the Archi-Tech Network (ATN), a global community for architects, technologists,...
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When engineers from Collins Engineers arrived to inspect the landmark Robert Street Bridge in St. Paul, Minnesota, they already knew where to spot the problems because the century-old bridge had first been inspected by artificial intelligence (AI). A thorough bridge...
Sydney is famous for the billowing roof of its Opera House and the graceful curve of the Harbour Bridge. Less visible, but no less essential, is the infrastructure that keeps cities like it running: the tunnels, ports, water mains, and...
Brett Taig has found a way to stabilize the fault lines where infrastructure megaprojects so often start to unravel. His weapon of choice? Data moving like clockwork between teams. Taig is the digital engineering manager on the North East Link...
From wildfires in California to hurricane-strength storms in the mountains of North Carolina, climate hazards are growing more intense. More frequent and costly disasters are also exposing the fragility of interconnected infrastructure networks, triggering cascading failures, economic disruption, and threats...
In Colombia, geography can be destiny. Steep ridgelines, dense jungle, and narrow valleys carve parts of the South American country into isolated pockets of civilization where roads can’t always follow. In many communities, a town’s main street doubles as its...
When you walk into Bentley Systems’ Dublin office on most weekdays, you’ll likely find Julien Moutte exactly where you expect him: at a desk, made from light wood, located in the middle of the open-plan floor. There’s no corner office,...