Bentley Systems Sees Strong Performance in NASDAQ IPO

Bentley Systems Inc.’s leap from a 36-year-old, family-run provider of software for infrastructure design, construction and operation to a publicly traded company is the realization of a long-term goal to reward employees and “get liquidity to our colleague shareholders,” says Greg Bentley, chairman and CEO.

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Michigan Enacts Carbon Neutrality Mandates For Net-Zero State Facilities

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed two executive orders requiring the state to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 28% over 1990 levels by 2025 and be carbon neutral by 2050. If she loses reelection in 2022, a future governor could rescind the mandates,

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New York State Bans Hydrofluorocarbon Refrigerants

New York has finalized regulations designed to significantly reduce the use of greenhouse gases called hydrofluorocarbons—a refrigerant common in air-conditioning systems.

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Construction Economics for September 28, 2020

ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics

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Only Informed Analysis and Integration Can Deliver on the Promise of Digital Twins

The premise of a digital twin has become confused in an engineering and construction world with several levels of analysis and approval. How best does a fully digital representation of what will be a physical building or infrastructure asset illuminate its construction process? Is it really as easy as seeing how an exhaust port that goes right to a vessel's main reactor might be a problem?

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Most Comments Blast ENR's Trump Editorial

ENR’s editors used its opinion page to weigh the pros and cons of the Trump presidency for the construction industry and found that the cons heavily outweighed the pros.

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