I’ve lived in Asheville, North Carolina, for nearly 20 years, and each season brings its own charm. Spring is a riot of flowers, summer offers a cool escape from the South’s humidity, and winter often blankets the area with storybook...
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In July 2022, Ben Shinabery watched the news with growing unease as a deluge of rain—up to 16 inches in some areas—drenched eastern Kentucky and unleashed catastrophic flooding. Swollen creeks and rivers surged through narrow...
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Bentley Systems is tapping into its global network of software resellers, developers, integrators and other partners to digitize critical infrastructure and make it more sustainable and resilient. More than 230 representatives from 160 Bentley partners around the world recently gathered...
One day a decade ago, when Mark Pittman was a student at The University of Utah in Salt Lake City, he got caught in a snarl of traffic caused by a broken traffic light. The line was barely budging, and...
This post is an excerpt from the keynote delivered by Bentley CEO Nicholas Cumins to open the 2024 Year in Infrastructure conference. Infrastructure today is facing unprecedented challenges. Around the world, demand for better, more resilient infrastructure is surging—whether it...
Greg Demchak stood before an enormous LED screen in a dark hotel conference room. With a game controller and a keyboard, he moved his audience through a digital model of Barcelona. The glowing screen showed a bird’s-eye view of the...
Not entirely out of sight, but almost always out of mind, cell towers quietly form the backbone of modern communication, powering everything from texts and phone calls to TikTok videos. Some topping 200 feet, they can stand tall like sentinels...
Infrastructure leaders from around the world recently gathered in Vancouver for Bentley System’s Year in Infrastructure and the Going Digital Awards. The two-day event, often called the Oscars of Infrastructure, drew more than 300 professionals to the Canadian city, while...
This week in Vancouver, Bentley Systems hosted its 20th Year in Infrastructure and Going Digital Awards. Over 300 attendees from around the world joined in person, while more than 1,000 participated via livestream. The event featured interactive demos, real-world case...
When the U.S. began building the Federal Highway System in the 1950s and 1960s , sustainability wasn’t a big topic of conversation. Few engineers and policymakers thought about the long-term environmental impact of shifting away from railroads and the growing...