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10/17/25, 1:23 PM AI is poised to transform infrastructure: Bentley Systems opens the Year in Infrastructure 2025

AI panel

This year’s Going Digital Awards reflected the rapid
adoption of AI across the industry, with nearly one-third
Beyond innovation, Bentley of submissions and almost half of the finalists integrating

reaffirmed its commitment to AI into their projects. These figures align with the findings
of a global survey released during the event, conducted
data stewardship and
by Bentley in collaboration with Pinsent Masons, Mott
transparency MacDonald, and Turner & Townsend, which revealed that
about half of infrastructure professionals are either piloting
or already implementing AI, with ambitions to scale its use to boost productivity and automate
documentation. “The greatest challenge to delivering better and more resilient infrastructure is
engineering capacity,” Cumins noted. “The reality is, there simply aren’t enough engineers in
the world to do all the work that needs to be done. AI promises a step change in productivity
that can help close this capacity gap.”

Following last year’s introduction of OpenSite+, Bentley presented a new wave of AI-powered
applications designed to accelerate project delivery across disciplines. These
include OpenUtilities Substation+, enhancing collaboration in substation design,
and SYNCHRO+, a next-generation construction management solution leveraging AI and
geospatial context for advanced planning. “We have been creating a new generation of
infrastructure applications built on digital twins, powered by AI, and fully connected to Bentley
Infrastructure Cloud,” said Francois Valois, Senior Vice President, Bentley Open Applications.
“They show what’s possible when AI is built for real infrastructure workflows and tailored to
the needs of engineers.”

Beyond innovation, Bentley reaffirmed its commitment to data stewardship and
transparency. Cumins reiterated that users retain full control of their data, emphasizing the
company’s principle that “our users’ data is their data, always.” To ensure responsible AI
development, Bentley uses only licensed or voluntarily contributed data for model training and
introduced a Data Agreement Registry to provide visibility into data use. Cumins underscored
that trustworthy AI depends on infrastructure context: “Infrastructure engineers work in a
creative profession, but one where precision is non-negotiable and consequences are real.
That’s why AI in infrastructure must be grounded in real-world context.”

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