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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Viscan Transforms B29 Highway Project With Digital Twin Technology

Viscan GmbH has transformed its reality capture workflow for the B29 highway expansion in Baden-Württemberg, turning an initially unreliable digital process into a high-performance digital twin system for one of Germany’s first fully digital construction sites. The B29 project includes nine new structures, bridges, and retaining walls. Viscan’s role was to provide construction teams and project...

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AI Could Predict Infrastructure Failures Weeks in Advance

AI-powered analytics are helping infrastructure engineers move from reacting to failures toward predicting problems before they become emergencies, according to Vahid Abdollahi, an Applied AI Scientist at Bentley Systems. Traditional monitoring often alerts operators only after a measurement crosses a fixed threshold. AI, however, can analyze data from multiple sensors to identify unusual patte...

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Bentley Systems Reports Strong Growth, Advances Infrastructure AI

Bentley Systems reported strong second-quarter results, with revenue and subscription sales continuing to grow compared with the same period last year. The company also saw higher earnings and free cash flow. Total revenue reached $410.7 million, an increase of 12.8% year over year, while subscription revenue rose 13.6% to $378.6 million. Annualized recurring revenue increased to $1.536 billion...

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LSU Students Showcase Innovative Digital Twin Applications Beyond Infrastructure

A new generation of researchers at Louisiana State University (LSU) is expanding the potential of digital twin technology, demonstrating how virtual models can transform fields ranging from cultural preservation and space exploration to healthcare and urban planning. Presented during the Digital Twin Symposium hosted by DigiTwin Global and sponsored by Bentley Systems, four student-led projects...

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London Creates Showcases AI and Ancient Design as the Future of Architecture

Architecture, engineering, and artificial intelligence converged at this year's London Creates festival, where industry leaders, researchers, and students explored how centuries-old ideas are inspiring the next generation of sustainable design. One of the festival's highlights was a presentation by Philippe Block, co-founder of Swiss startup Vaulted, who demonstrated how Gothic cathedral va...

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Bentley Highlights Rigorous Collaboration Behind OpenBridge Designer Development

Bentley Systems has revealed the collaborative engineering process behind the development of OpenBridge Designer, demonstrating how multidisciplinary expertise ensures the software delivers reliable bridge design and structural analysis capabilities. During a product development session in Iași, Romania, bridge engineers, product managers, software architects, and developers worked together to ...

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Italy’s €12.7 Billion Railway Project Uses Digital Technology to Transform Sicily

Italy is carrying out a major €12.7 billion railway modernization project designed to transform transportation across Sicily by improving connections between Palermo, Catania, and Messina. Led by Italferr, the New Palermo–Catania–Messina Railway Connection aims to reduce travel times, increase rail reliability and service frequency, and improve both passenger and freight transportation. Once co...

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