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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...
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On the evening of August 3, in the heart of Christchurch, New Zealand, a line of choristers, donned in hard hats and orange safety vests, navigated past scaffolding adorned with cautionary safety tape. Their destination: the battered nave of Christ...
Lithuania has set ambitious goals for improving the emissions performance of its buildings to meet a long-term renovation strategy to improve the energy performance of its structures by 2050. The plan is in line with the European Union’s 2018 directive...
The last few decades have been largely defined by the digital revolution. Personal computing has evolved from basic gaming and word processing on a monochrome display, to journeying to distant websites and databases on an early version of the internet,...
Countries around the world are investing heavily in infrastructure to support economic growth, ensure energy security, and address climate change. Whether adapting existing infrastructure assets or building new ones, the task at hand is massive. However, to meet these needs,...
Kaustubh Page, Bentley’s Director of iTwin Platform Management, also contributed to this post. The race to cut carbon in half by 2030 is starting to heat up. According to a recent report by the UN’s World Meteorologist Organization, the world...
At Dublin City University (DCU) in Ireland, something very smart is happening. Leading-edge digital innovations are being conceptualized, developed, trialed, and tested in one of the world’s most high-tech sandboxes. The DCU Glasnevin campus has transformed itself into a small-scale...
The winners have been announced for Bentley Education’s first-ever Digital Twin Design Challenge! The contest invited students—aged 12 to 25 years old—to reimagine a real-world location using the popular Minecraft videogame and Bentley’s iTwin technology. Specifically, students were asked to:...
The question ‘Does the world have more wheels or doors?’ has led to more lively debate and banter than many topics recently. The ‘wheels’ advocates claim gears, cogs, and toy cars. The ‘doors’ advocates cite houses, office blocks, and that...
Globally, we continue to witness the increasingly destructive impacts of climate change on human and natural systems. The increased frequency and intensity of extreme climatic events such as wildfires, floods, and droughts are costing lives, disrupting infrastructure, economies, and setting...