Founders’ Honor

Bridging Kentucky focuses on improving the condition of over 1,000 deficient bridges across the state to enhance and ensure traveler safety and mobility. Given the volume, time, and geographic scale of the project, it was predicted to take over a decade and cost more than USD 7 million, requiring a new approach to land surveying and engineering. Leading land surveying for this project, Qk4 wanted to implement a fully digital approach, integrating all survey data into accurate, intelligent 3D models, accessible to all teams working on multiple bridges simultaneously. Qk4 selected iTwin Capture, OpenRoads, and ProjectWise to digitally survey, model, and communicate 3D data for more than 700 bridges. Using Bentley’s integrated applications, they delivered the project with almost a 90% reduction in time surveying the bridges, reducing survey costs by almost 50% to save Kentucky taxpayers more than USD 3 million. Bentley’s collaborative and comprehensive technology solution helped Qk4 create digital twins that design engineers can use for construction plans, setting new standards in bridge surveying, design, and construction.