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In 2032, Poland will open Port Polska, a single multimodal transit hub that neatly ties together a massive infrastructure package, including an airport that will ultimately handle 60 million passengers per year; roughly 500 kilometers...
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In 2032, Poland will open Port Polska, a single multimodal transit hub that neatly ties together a massive infrastructure package, including an airport that will ultimately handle 60 million passengers per year; roughly 500 kilometers of new high-speed rail linking...
A Warning From 20 Feet Below In 2010, workers rebuilding the World Trade Center in New York City uncovered an unexpected piece of the past. About 20 feet below ground, excavation machinery struck weathered timber buried at the edge of...
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...
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...
On a brisk November morning, Julien Moutte walked through Dublin Docklands with a small camera crew in tow for a film being produced for Bentley Systems by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions. Over the last two decades, the area has been...
Digital twins have quietly become one of the most consequential technologies shaping modern infrastructure and industry. Yet formal training in how they are designed, deployed, and evaluated has lagged behind their adoption. Louisiana State University is aiming to close that...
This December, the crowds at Berlin’s Christmas markets will be admiring more than the festive stalls and delicious Glühwein. With over 500 infrastructure professionals in town for the Bentley Tech Summit 2025 (BTS25), the city’s bridges, stations, tunnels, and trams...
How can a city keep first responders safe? Which streets are more prone to fires and flooding? How much rain keeps cyclists off the roads? How often do city dwellers really use walking paths? For cities eager to improve their...
Jack Kavanagh is leading an effort to make municipal data work harder. As the open data lead at Smart Dublin, a joint initiative of the Irish capital’s four local authorities, Kavanagh manages a portal that consolidates public datasets ranging from...