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There is still evolution to come in this space, of course, but many sectors are taking advantage of digital twins
for their workflows today. Thanks to massive improvements in connectivity with the continued growth of 5G

around the globe, having that data come into the digital twin at something close to real-time is easier than
ever. Additionally, the boom around AI has led to an increase in compute power for all sectors, making it easier

to quickly derive key insights from the massive amounts of data created by a digital twin. These two trends,
combined with greater access to reality capture data to create the base of the twin, are quickly transforming
industries.

Infrastructure is one of the prime examples of a

space that stands to benefit tremendously from this
technology. With tremendous demand around

maintaining aging infrastructure around the world,
working with digital twins – or reality models – is one
way engineers are keeping up with the needs of

crucial public assets around the world.

Bentley Systems is one of the leaders in providing
the software to make use of this technology for the

infrastructure sector. Next month, they are hosting a

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webinar on Geo Week News to talk through some of
the challenges those in the industry are facing, and

how they can overcome the barriers. The webinar, entitled Transforming Captured Data into Actionable
Insights, will feature Arnaud Durante, a product manager for iTwin services - reality modeling with Bentley,

takes place on September 17 from 1:00-2:00 PM Eastern Time. Registration is free and comes with an on-
demand recording of the conversation as well as any slides.

Register Here

It’s worth diving a little bit into the workflow that we’re talking about here ahead of this webinar, looking at
things from a higher level before Durante dives into more of the nuts and bolts next month. As noted above,

the infrastructure industry is one that should, in theory, reap the benefits of the confluence of technologies
between reality capture, automation, and connectivity. Generally speaking, a digital twin is going to approach

maximum value as more data – and specifically more current data – is added into the fray.

Specifically regarding reality capture – or reality data, in Bentley parlance – it’s important for engineers to have

a clear picture of an asset’s physical status at a given moment, meaning frequent capturing of that reality data
is crucial. The issue that can arise from frequently gathering that data is that, well, there’s a lot of data. It’s

great to have all of that information, but practically speaking it’s an extremely tall ask for a worker or even a
team of workers to adequately analyze all of that data.

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