Upcoming Webcast: Future-Proofing America’s Bridges: From Crisis to Control with Digital Twin Strategies
Upcoming Webcast on Wednesday, November 19, 2025 – Register for FREE
With more than 220,000 U.S. bridges requiring major repair or replacement, the AEC industry is at a critical juncture. Strained resources, escalating costs and a skilled labor shortage make traditional, siloed inspection and rehabilitation workflows unsustainable. This reactive “break-fix” approach not only strains budgets but also poses significant risks to public safety.
However, a fundamental shift is underway. Forward-thinking engineering firms are moving beyond outdated processes by embracing integrated digital workflows to deliver safer, more-resilient and cost-effective outcomes.
This session explores how reality modeling, AI-powered analytics and infrastructure digital twins are creating a new paradigm for bridge lifecycle management, enabling a move from periodic inspections to proactive monitoring and from siloed data to a single source of truth.
Join leaders from Collins Engineers, Qk4 and Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson (JMT), alongside a subject matter expert from Bentley Systems, as they share real-world case studies and practical strategies.
They will demonstrate how they’re leveraging technology to accelerate project delivery, reduce operational costs and ensure the long-term resilience of our most critical infrastructure. This is an essential conversation for any asset owner, engineer or contractor involved in the bridge lifecycle.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify how to leverage reality modeling and AI-driven analytics to improve the accuracy, safety and efficiency of bridge inspections.
- Describe how an integrated digital workflow, from “as-is” data capture through detailed design, helps reduce project delays and costly rework during bridge rehabilitation projects.
- Explain the process of shifting from a reactive, time-based maintenance schedule to a proactive, condition-based strategy using data-driven insights from a digital twin.
- Evaluate the key benefits of establishing a common data environment for improving multi-disciplinary collaboration among asset owners, engineers and contractors throughout the bridge lifecycle.
Speakers:
Barritt Lovelace, Vice President of UAS, AI and Reality Modeling - Collins Engineers Inc.
Barritt Lovelace is a licensed professional engineer and has more than 25 years of bridge design and inspection experience. He has designed more than 50 bridges and performed more than 3,000 bridge inspections. He is a certified diver, rope access technician, non-destructive testing technician, UAS pilot and NHI instructor. Lovelace currently serves as Vice President of UAS, Artificial Intelligence and Reality Modeling for Collins Engineers, Inc.
Garth Donahue, P.E., Vice President, Director of Design Center of Excellence - JMT
Garth Donahue, P.E., is a Vice President and the Director of the Design Center of Excellence at Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc. (JMT). A licensed professional engineer with more than 25 years of experience, he specializes in highway and structural design, 3D modeling and digital project delivery using Bentley’s OpenX platforms. Donahue leads the development of innovative design systems and tools that enhance efficiency and accuracy across infrastructure projects. His leadership contributed to JMT’s recognition with the 2024 YII Award for the Rappahannock River Crossing project.
Scott Becher, Solution Manager, Transportation - Bentley Systems (Subject Matter Expert)
Scott Becher is a Solutions Manager at Bentley. He works with users and internal teams to join Bentley's solutions across all phases of the project lifecycle. He holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from the University of North Florida.
Ben Shinabery, PLS, Land Survey Director - Qk4
Ben Shinabery, PLS, is the Vice President for Land Survey at Qk4, Inc., where he specializes in high-definition digital terrain modeling through traditional survey, 3D laser scanning and UAV mapping. His experience spans the full spectrum of surveys, ranging from boundary and topographic surveys to reality-capture digital twin bridge models. Recently appointed as the University of Kentucky Pigman College of Engineering Land Survey instructor, Shinabery’s focus is to bring a new generation of surveyors to our modern survey epoch. He prides himself on embracing new technology to help others visualize geographic survey data in an engaging and understandable way.