Informed Infrastructure Podcast

Informed Infrastructure Podcast

by Informed Infrastructure

Interview with Esri’s Dr. Este Geraghty

Todd Danielson, Informed Infrastructure’s editorial director, interviewed Dr. Este Geraghty, the Chief Medical Officer at Esri, on Feb. 11, 2024, at the GeoWeek Conference in Denver. Before delivering her keynote speech the next day, she discussed topics such as how geospatial technology is crucial in the health and human services industries as well as how they can unlock the full potential of available data.

Utilities Can Use Technology to Gain Holistic Views of Entire Systems

Todd Danielson, Informed Infrastructure’s editorial director, interviewed Tiffany Gispanski, Schneider Electric’s national software strategic pursuits leader for the water/wastewater industry.

Fighting to Stop Fraud in the Steel Industry

Todd Danielson, Informed Infrastructure’s editorial director, interviewed Dale Crawford, the executive director of the Steel Tube Institute (STI) as well as director of its Conduit Committee.

Bentley Leverages ADINA for Structural Engineering

Many structural engineers are looking for greater safety, resiliency, and economy in design. To serve these needs, Bentley Systems recently acquired ADINA nonlinear finite element analysis software. ADINA expands the range of problems where Bentley engineering applications can be applied, making advanced analysis accessible to all. Seth Guthrie, Director of Structural Product Management, shares how leveraging the analytical power of ADINA software can help you perform more flexible analysis of your nonlinear systems.

It’s Time to Design Infrastructure With People in Mind

Todd Danielson, Informed Infrastructure’s editorial director, interviewed Tawkiyah Jordan, senior director of housing and community strategy, Habitat for Humanity International.

Bentley Virtuosity for Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs)

A previous podcast discussed how small businesses could utilize Virtuosity, a Bentley Company, to grow your business, qualify for DOT subcontracts, or improve workflows for your current workload. This follow-up podcast, also featuring Bentley’s Senior Industry Strategy Manager David Settlemyer, focuses on Disadvantaged Business Enterprises and how they can take advantage of the massive funding in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

Change Your Mindset About What Infrastructure Should Accomplish

Todd Danielson, Informed Infrastructure’s editorial director, interviewed Tony Kirby, Arup’s Los Angeles Infrastructure Practice Leader.

Technology Adoption of Water Utilities

Hydraulic modeling is not new to the water industry; however, recent industry influences have resulted in utilities expanding use of modeling software: COVID has changed the game for many industries and their workforce, and this has had an impact on water utilities and the experts who serve them. Water utilities are able to use software to operate smarter, in terms of both saving operational time and expense as well as preparing for anomalies and emergencies. The “brain drain” of retiring workforce can result in lost expertise about how the water system responds to operational stresses and where vulnerabilities exist. You do not have to be an expert in hydraulic modeling to gain value from a hydraulic model. In this podcast, Todd Danielson, the editorial director for Informed Infrastructure, interviews Joel Johnson, Manager of Engineering for Water, Wastewater and Stormwater for Bentley Systems; and Angela Suarez, Product Consultant for the OpenFlows product line at Bentley Systems.

Bentley Transportation Software for Small Business

Traditionally, many have viewed Bentley software as a solution for large organizations and megaprojects. Until now many small businesses believed that their projects were too small for the same technology and that the cost was unsustainable for their business model. Bentley’s transportation software was developed by engineers to improve road projects both small and large and Virtuosity, a Bentley Company, has now made it accessible and affordable for small businesses. Whether you are looking to grow your business, qualify for DOT subcontracts, or simply improve workflows for your current workload, join this podcast to learn more. Listen as Senior Industry Strategy Manager David Settlemyer discusses his small business background and how Bentley and Virtuosity will help your small business sustain long term stability.

Mobility Digital Twins

Recently, Bentley Systems announced the acquisition of transportation modeling and Mobility Simulation Leader INRO Software to enable digital cities to simulate multimodal transportation scenarios, and model resilience and sustainability outcomes in mobility digital twins. Combining the capabilities of INRO’s advanced traffic and vehicle simulation with Bentley’s passenger and pedestrian simulation and civil design software, including CUBE, Streetlytics, LEGION and OpenRoads, places Bentley in a very strong position to deliver comprehensive mobility digital twins of multimodal transportation systems at urban, metropolitan, regional and national scale. This podcast session will unpack the application capabilities for transportation planning including the pains that each of these applications address for its users. And we unpack this very advanced topic of mobility digital twins, including the need to be multimodal, having detailed dynamic traffic assignments and agent-based methods for veracity, and the need to scale up to systemwide and regionwide—and much more. Todd Danielson, the editorial director of Informed Infrastructure, interviews Bentley Systems’ Michael Clarke, senior director of Mobility Analytics, and Daniel Florian, senior director of Mobility Modeling.

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