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IRENA Welcomes Establishment of International Solar Alliance as a Platform to Advance Solar Energy

March 12, 2018 - in Energy, Featured, Renewables

New Delhi, India – Today, on the occasion of the Founding Conference of the International Solar Alliance (ISA), the Director General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Mr. Adnan Z. Amin, and the Interim Director General of ISA, Mr. Upendra…

ITD’s Buehrig Traveling to Tiny Village in Panama to Build Bridges To Prosperity

March 8, 2018 - in Bridges, Featured, Transportation

BOISE - Opportunities like the one in front of Idaho Transportation Department Bridge Engineer Alan Buehrig are few and far between. Buehrig is traveling…

Steeplejacks Climb Cables, Chip Ice to Help Restore Mackinac Bridge Service

March 6, 2018 - in Bridges, Featured, Transportation

Michigan's Mackinac Bridge Authority recently turned to steeplejacks to climb up the cables of the iconic structure and chip away ice that led to a series…

Introducing a Better, Faster InfraWorks

March 5, 2018 - in Featured, News, Products, Technology

We rang in the start of the new year with the announcement of an InfraWorks update (and even a webcast to share the details) and now that update is available to everyone. We’ve enhanced some workflows with more preliminary engineering design capabilities.…

2017 Be Inspired Awards Project Highlights

March 1, 2018 - in Event Coverage, Events, Featured, Videos

Several members of the Bentley Systems team discuss the Be Inspired Awards projects from the 2017 Year In Infrastructure event held Oct. 10-12, 2017, in Singapore.

Major $183 Billion Boost to California’s Economy Expected Over 10 Years from Transportation Investments in Senate Bill 1

March 1, 2018 - in Featured, Transportation

(WASHINGTON) - A comprehensive new analysis finds that an April 2017 California law will generate nearly $183 billion in economic activity and user benefits throughout all sectors of the state’s economy over 10 years. The additional demand, in turn, will…

Beyond a Book Depository: Commack Public Library Reopens  Following $8.3 Million Renovation

February 28, 2018 - in Articles, Feature, Featured

The renovated and expanded library features a two-story-high aluminum-andglass storefront entrance vestibule with an aluminum sunshade. The beloved, 41-year-old Commack Public Library in Commack, N.Y., reopened following an $8.3 million renovation and expansion…

ASCE Illinois Section’s new Infrastructure Report Card gives state a C-

February 28, 2018 - in Featured, Transportation

Infrastructure is the backbone of our daily lives and communities. While we don’t always acknowledge it, the condition of our infrastructure has a very real impact on every person and business. We all depend on roads and bridges to get us where we are going,…

Are Your Construction Projects Under Control? Five Steps for Modernizing Cost and Schedule Management

February 26, 2018 - in Articles, Feature, Featured

“Incompetency at every level.” Definitely not the type of expression that should be associated with a $9 billion project. But that’s the case with the now cancelled construction of the two nuclear reactors in South Carolina of which the political, social…

Indonesia’s Capital Sinking Due to Lack of Adequate Water Security and Infrastructure

February 26, 2018 - in Featured, Water

-         40% of Jakarta finds itself below sea level -         Residents are digging illegal wells to gain access to drinking water, negatively impacting the urban area -        …