No Code, No Problem: AI Is Changing How Engineers Work
Artificial intelligence is moving beyond the chatbot window and into engineering software, allowing engineers to design, analyze, and manage complex projects using plain-language instructions—without needing to write code. Bentley Systems is demonstrating this approach through the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open standard that allows AI assistants to communicate directly with software applications. Bentley has […]
Bentley Systems Wins Gold Stevie Award for AI Breakthrough in Engineering
Bentley Systems has won the Gold Stevie Award for Technology Breakthrough of the Year in the Construction and Civil Engineering Technology category at the 2026 Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence. The award recognizes Bentley’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for STAAD. Pro and MicroStation, which bring agentic artificial intelligence into established infrastructure engineering workflows. Bentley’s […]
India Builds Mega Luxury Resort Faster with Digital Engineering
AVS ENGINEERS and ISID STRUCTURES have completed the structural design of the Fairmont Palace Udaipur luxury resort in Rajasthan, India, four months ahead of schedule using Bentley’s STAAD.Pro, RAM Structural System, and RAM Elements. Completed in July 2025, the 500,000-square-foot resort combines modern luxury with traditional Rajasthani architecture. Its steep hillside location and complex features, […]
China Uses Digital Twin to Build First Large-scale Power Station in Karst Geology
Shanghai Investigation, Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd. (SIDRI) has used Bentley’s digital engineering and digital twin technologies to overcome complex geological challenges at the Caiziba Pumped-Storage Power Station in Fengjie County, Chongqing, China. The project is the first large-scale pumped-storage power station built in an area with complex karst geology, where caves, fissures, underground […]
Bentley STAAD Powers Hyundai Engineering’s Smart Modular Construction Project
Hyundai Engineering has improved the design of modular transport systems and precast concrete structures by using Bentley Systems’ STAAD.Pro, along with the OpenSTAAD API and Command Editor, to develop in-house automation tools. The software automates structural analysis, model creation, load application, and design of complex concrete components, reducing manual work while improving accuracy. The new […]
Bentley Systems Brings AI-Powered Engineering Design to MicroStation
Bentley Systems has demonstrated how artificial intelligence can transform engineering design by allowing users to create complex 3D models in MicroStation using simple natural language instead of manual CAD commands or programming. To showcase the technology, an AI agent reconstructed the 2,000-year-old Antikythera mechanism in just hours, a task that would normally take weeks. MicroStation […]