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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...
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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,...
For decades, the engineering and construction industry has mastered the art of digital delivery through structured, file-based workflows. The exchange of digital files — DWGs, DGNs, and RVTs — is the bedrock of project communication and contractual handovers. These processes...
In early February, the Khronos Group, the open standards consortium which counts Google, Nvidia and Apple among its members, released a candidate for a new extension that could reshape how the world captures and shares three-dimensional reality. The extension, called...
Frigid December or not, Berlin’s infrastructure needs no warm-up act. From the Brandenburg Gate to the glass-roofed Hauptbahnhof, the city boasts a set of landmarks that showcase its resilience, reinvention, and engineering flair. And if you’re not seeing them in...
Late in August, around 60 Bentley Systems engineers, designers, product managers, and experts from around the world gathered at the company’s headquarters in Exton, Pennsylvania, to put the finishing touches on OpenSite+, an engineering software solution that brings generative AI...
Bill McNamara has spent more than 20 years in the infrastructure industry, watching paper drawings give way to digital files—only to see those files locked in separate systems, making it hard for those systems to work together. Now he logs...
The American electric grid stands at a critical crossroads. With 70% of existing substations more than 30 years old, utilities face mounting stress from new generation integration, climate challenges, unprecedented growth in power-hungry hyperscale AI data centers, and the electrification...
Imagine walking across a bridge before a single beam has been laid—watching the sun reflect off the bridge’s steel, leaning over the railing to take in the river below. With iTwin Engage, it’s possible. Bentley Systems is debuting the new...
Bentley Systems has awarded four innovative startups up to $250,000 as part of its annual accelerator program, including a Las Vegas firm that transforms drone scans into explorable 3D environments and an Amsterdam-based startup that creates photoreal CGI visuals for...
A team of students from the UK and Ireland has taken top honors in a prestigious international infrastructure competition with an innovative digital solution to address construction waste. Hacking Waste with Digital Twins SiTESalvage won first place in the August...