EXTON, PA. -- As the global infrastructure sector faces a critical workforce shortage, Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, and Enactus, a global nonprofit advancing student innovation and entrepreneurship, announced the start of the 2025 iTwin4Good Challenge. This international competition empowers university students to develop digital twin solutions to help address global infrastructure challenges.

Finalists of the 2024 iTwin4Good Challenge on the competition stage in Kazakhstan. (Image courtesy of Bentley Systems and 
This initiative comes at a pivotal time. In recent years, global infrastructure sectors have faced a critical workforce shortage, despite rising demand for better and more resilient infrastructure. For example, the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Research Institute reports that 49 percent of engineering firms face project backlogs of one year or more, while the construction industry is short more than 400,000 workers, according to the Associated Builders and Contractors.

The iTwin4Good Challenge places students on a path to address workforce shortages by combining their passion for social and environmental impact with the power of digital technology. Through skills building and mentorship, the program brings together global talent to grow a new and diverse pipeline of future infrastructure leaders and solution developers. Students embark on a six-week program featuring technical training, mentorship from across Bentley, and the opportunity to get certified as an iTwin Developer Associate. Participants—competing solo or in teams of up to three—will use Bentley’s iTwin platform to create apps that could drive positive environmental or social impact in their communities.