Can AI Help Solve the World’s Engineering Shortage?

The infrastructure industry is facing a growing shortage of engineers even as demand for bridges, roads, power networks, and other projects continues to rise. Bentley Systems is turning to artificial intelligence to help engineers work faster while keeping human expertise at the center of critical decisions. Bentley’s approach combines AI’s ability to understand language, reason through problem...

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Bentley’s Power Line Systems Positioned to Help Address U.S. Electricity Shortage

The United States is facing a growing electricity shortage as demand from artificial intelligence data centers and broader electrification puts increasing pressure on the nation’s aging power grid. Bentley Systems estimates that the country could need an additional 35 gigawatts of capacity by 2030 to support AI data centers alone. At the center of efforts to expand and modernize the grid is Pow...

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Bentley Systems and Tata Projects Partner to Prepare Students for Infrastructure Careers

Bentley Systems and Tata Projects have announced a strategic collaboration to help prepare university students for careers in India’s rapidly evolving infrastructure sector. The partnership, formalized through a non-commercial Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), aims to bridge the gap between classroom education and real-world engineering practice by giving students hands-on exposure to infrastr...

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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 appl...

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Bentley Systems Names New Chief Revenue Officer to Drive AI-Fueled Growth

Bentley Systems has appointed Andy Rahden as Chief Revenue Officer, strengthening its commercial leadership as the company accelerates the adoption of artificial intelligence across infrastructure engineering. Rahden joined Bentley in 2023 and has led the company’s global “success force,” bringing together application engineers, solution architects, consultants, and technical account managers. ...

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43% Human Error: A Wake-Up Call for Grid Reliability

North America’s power grid is facing growing reliability challenges from extreme weather, aging infrastructure, and human error, according to the 2025 North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) State of Reliability Report. The report highlights the need for utilities to improve planning, data management, and collaboration. Digital technologies such as BIM, digital asset models, and ...

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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 workflo...

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Freeland Municipal Authority Uses Digital Twins to Reduce Water Loss

Freeland Municipal Authority (FMA) in Pennsylvania is using a digital twin to improve leak detection, reduce nonrevenue water, and strengthen the long-term resilience of its water system. Serving about 3,900 people, FMA had struggled to identify leaks and track water losses efficiently. The utility often relied on outside companies for leak detection, making the process costly and reactive. ...

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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 fe...

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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, fis...

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