Simplify Your Bridge Design: Integrated Bridge Modeling and Analysis in One Tool
Do you struggle to integrate your bridge BIM models with analysis? Are you using different tools for each task? Is your bridge modeling tool specifically designed for this purpose?
Join our webinar series where we will explore the features of OpenBridge® Designer, the tool specifically developed for bridge engineers by Bentley. OpenBridge Designer integrates two powerful modules: OpenBridge Modeler® for bridge BIM modeling, and RM Bridge for structural analysis, offering an integrated and seamless workflow.
In this series, you will learn how OpenBridge Designer can transform your bridge design and analysis process, eliminating the need to use non-specific tools, shortcuts, combinations with other software, or visual scripting. Discover how this comprehensive solution, created by and for bridge engineers, can optimize your work and ensure compliance with international standards.
Available OnDemand
In this session, you will learn how OpenBridge Modeler provides intuitive capabilities for 3D parametric bridge modeling with intelligent objects. This all-in-one solution is specifically designed for bridge engineers, eliminating the need to use non-specific software or visual scripting to achieve your goals.
Additionally, the application offers advanced interoperability capabilities, allowing for good coordination and integration with road and railway alignments.
Register for this webinar and discover how this comprehensive solution can simplify your work and improve the quality of your designs.
What you will learn:
- How OpenBridge Modeler facilitates BIM modeling for any type of bridge.
- Advanced integration with terrain and alignment applications within and outside the Bentley environment.
- The benefits of using a specific tool for bridge design, including the creation of intelligent models with specific properties.
- Exporting the model for analysis in RM Bridge.
Generating plans and reports from OpenBridge Modeler.
Available OnDemand
Are you curious about how leading engineers are leveraging OpenBridge Modeler® to revolutionize their bridge design projects? Join our exclusive webinar and gain insights from Cristina Gaite, Head of Structures at Spiral International Inc., who brings over 15 years of experience in road infrastructure projects.
In this session, you will have the opportunity to see firsthand how OpenBridge Modeler is applied in actual infrastructure projects. Our guest, an experienced engineer from a civil engineering company, will share his experiences and demonstrate how OpenBridge Modeler has streamlined his workflow, enhanced design accuracy, and facilitated seamless integration with other project components.
What you will learn:
- The practical applications of OpenBridge Modeler in complex bridge projects.
- How the application’s advanced interoperability capabilities improve coordination with road and railway alignments.
- Examples of how OpenBridge Modeler eliminates the need for visual scripting, simplifying the design process.
- Insights into the benefits of using a specialized tool for bridge design, including the creation of intelligent models with specific properties.
- Tips and best practices from an experienced engineer on optimizing your bridge modeling process.
Available OnDemand
In this webinar, discover how RM Bridge Designer, the analytical module of OpenBridge® Designer, addresses these pain points by offering a comprehensive and flexible solution. RM Bridge Designer enables advanced analysis and compliance with a wide range of international standards, including Eurocodes, all within a single tool.
What you will learn:
- How RM Bridge Designer facilitates the integration of bridge modeling and analysis into a seamless workflow.
- The flexibility of RM Bridge Designer to adapt to different standards and design requirements.
- Benefits of using a specific tool for bridge analysis, optimizing your calculation and design process.
- How RM Bridge’s capability to perform staged construction analysis allows you to assess the bridge’s performance throughout the construction process, ensuring project safety and efficiency.
- How RM Bridge Designer can help you identify and resolve constructability issues and conflicts early in the project.
Available OnDemand
We invite you to a special webinar where an RM Bridge expert will share his experience and insights on how this powerful tool has transformed his work in bridge analysis.
Our guest, Daniel Mariscal, PE and Structural Engineer, has over 32 years of experience in the preliminary and final bridge design in both steel and concrete. He will demonstrate how RM Bridge has helped him effectively and efficiently carry out the analysis of his models over the years.
What you will learn:
- How RM Bridge has facilitated bridge analysis in complex projects.
- Practical cases and real examples of how RM Bridge has optimized workflow and improved accuracy in analysis.
- Tips and best practices from an engineer with decades of experience using RM Bridge.
- The importance of using specific tools for bridge analysis, and how RM Bridge stands out in this field.
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Meet the Presenters
Sergio Cediel
Product sales engineer
Bentley Systems
Sergio Cediel is a civil engineer with a master’s degree in hydrology and water resources management, along with years of experience in infrastructure projects. His work as a design engineer and project manager in important international road and railway projects has given him insight into design workflows for all stages of infrastructure development. As a product sales engineer at Bentley, Sergio helps infrastructure design companies and professionals across EMEA improve the quality of their projects by digitizing their workflows.
Miguel Santamaría
Product sales engineer
Bentley Systems
Miguel Santamaria is a civil engineer with a master’s degree in BIM methodology applied to civil infrastructures. His experience throughout his seven years of working as project manager and BIM manager for multiple companies has given him the insight to understand the importance of establishing the right workflows and the right software ecosystem to meet the project requirements. As a product sales engineer at Bentley, Miguel helps infrastructure design companies and professionals across EMEA improve the quality of their projects through the digitalization of their workflows.
Alex Mabrich, PE, MSc, MBA, PMP, CMP
Manager, Product Management, Bridge & Tunnel
Bentley Systems
Alex joined Bentley 33 years ago, and provides consulting, training, and support services for multidisciplinary design projects. His bridge, roadway, site, drainage, and geotechnical expertise range from resurfacing roadway projects through complex multilevel interchanges in the Americas, Asia, and Europe. He graduated from Universidad Ricardo Palma in Lima, Peru, obtained a master of science in civil engineering from Florida International University in 1996, and a master’s degree in business administration at Saint Thomas University.
Jean-Pierre Chanard
Senior Application Engineer
Bentley Systems
Jean-Pierreis a structure engineer specializing in bridge analysis and design. His career began 40 years ago in bridge design at Campenon Benard, now Vinci, in Paris. Jean-Pierre has worked at Bentley for 22 years in civil engineering, and more than 10 years in bridges. He also teaches at Ecole de Ponts et Chaussée, an engineering school in Paris
Cristina Gaite, PE
Head of structures
Spiral International Inc.
Cristina Gaite is a civil engineer and licensed PE with 15 years of experience in U.S. highway engineering projects, focused on the design and calculation of the structures as well as the coordination of the project. As a bridge engineer, Cristina works on the design of structures like underpasses, overpasses, direct connectors, ramps, and pedestrian bridges, as well as the preparation of plans, estimates, and final bridge reports, the supervision of shop drawings, and the 3D modeling of the structures.
Daniel Mariscal
PE-Structural Engineer
Jacobs
Daniel has over 32 years of experience in the preliminary and final bridge design in both steel and concrete. He has been active in several bridge design projects, including major bridge structures water crossing, post-tensioned segmental concrete structures, steel box girders, and long-span cable-stayed bridges. Daniel’s technical expertise includes structural analysis and design with emphasis in computer modeling and diverse computer applications. He is also experienced in time-dependent and linear- and non-linear finite element analysis.
