Bentley Systems, a leading company providing software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, said the Abu Dhabi Municipality has been using its gINT geotechnical software to capture legacy information that included 20,033 hardcopy logs and reports.

Using gINT software and Web mapping, the municipality’s spatial data division developed the geotechnical information management system as a comprehensive geotechnical database, which saves time and reduces costs, stated the company in a statement.

Additionally, the municipality increased the spatial data division’s daily productivity twofold, the company said, adding, it now has instant access to subsurface investigation data that supports critical engineering decision-making.

Maryam Obaid Almuhairi, director, spatial data division, town planning sector, Abu Dhabi Municipality, said since its inception in 1962, the municipality has implemented projects aimed at establishing modern infrastructure for the city.

The municipality routinely commissions and manages projects where large volumes of data from site investigation and design are archived and accessed by internal and external users, she stated.

"Bentley’s gINT Professional Plus software is very helpful in managing our centralised geotechnical database, with its streamline processes, and built-in queries and customisable rules," she added.