November
9, 2014 –The Year in Infrastructure 2014 Conference –Bentley Systems,
Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software
solutions for sustaining
infrastructure, recently announced the winners of the 2014 Be Inspired Awards. The awards honor the
extraordinary work of Bentley users improving the world’s infrastructure. They
were presented last night at a ceremony during The Year in Infrastructure 2014 Conference, held 4-6 November in
London, United Kingdom. This global gathering of leading executives in the
world of infrastructure design, construction, and operations featured
presentations and interactive sessions exploring the intersection of technology
and business drivers, and how they are shaping the future of infrastructure
delivery and investment returns. It was also attended by more than 100 members
of the media from leading publications around the globe.
Special guest keynoters
included:
·
Professor Andrew McNaughton, FREng, Chief Engineer and
Technical Director, HS2 Ltd. Andrew McNaughton has been with HS2 Ltd since
2009, developing the principles, network, and specific route design for high
speed rail in Great Britain.
·
Ed Merrow, Founder and President of Independent Project
Analysis, Inc. Ed Merrow is a globally recognized subject matter expert in the
execution of large and complex megaprojects and capital projects in general.
During the
awards ceremony, 18 Be Inspired Awards winners and seven Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards winners were acknowledged. In
addition, this year’s recipient of the Bentley Educator of the Year award,
Artur Krawczyk, Ph.D., a lecturer at AGH University of Science and Technology,
Kraków, Poland, was acknowledged.
Nine
independent panels of jurors, comprising distinguished industry experts,
selected the Be Inspired Awards
winners from 54 project finalists. These finalists had been previously chosen
from submissions by organizations in 49 countries.
Candidates
for Bentley’s Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards were
selected by the jurors from the top finalist projects as well as other
exemplary nominations. This selection was based on the projects’ uniquely
innovative and visionary achievements that transcend the narrower focus of the
standing Be InspiredAwards categories. The nominees were then
reviewed by a panel of Bentley executives, who evaluated them based on the
criteria established for each award.
Bentley
Systems CEO Greg Bentley said, “Our conference this year has been filled with
insightful presentations and productive dialogue about BIM advancements. The
effective strategies behind these advancements are helping infrastructure
organizations achieve better performing assets through increased depth of information
modeling and better performing projects through increased breadth of
information mobility. Last night, during our 2014 Be Inspired Awards
ceremony, we celebrated extraordinary examples of these BIM advancements at
work in the delivery and operations of inspiring buildings, roads, utilities,
and more. I thank and congratulate this year’s Be Inspired Awards
winners, along with all of our nominees, for their valuable contributions to
sustaining infrastructure and improving quality of life around the world.”
The Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards
winners for 2014 are as follows:
Advancing Asset
Lifecycle Information Management
American
Electric Power – Bentley Substation and eB Implementation – (Gananna, Ohio and
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States)
Advancing Asset
Lifecycle Information Management
·
QGC Pty Limited – The Journey from Physical Assets to
Digital Assets for the Queensland Curtis LNG Project – (Gladstone, Queensland,
Australia)
Advancing Comprehensive
BIM “Playbooks”
·
HDR – Tappan Zee Hudson River Crossing: The New NY Bridge –
(Westchester, New York, United States)
Advancing Dimensions in
Infrastructure
·
Beijing Building Construction Research Institute Co., Ltd.;
Beijing Institute of Architectural Design; National Astronomical Observatories,
Chinese Academy of Sciences – Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio
Telescope (FAST) – (Karst, Guizhou, China)
Advancing Information
Technology
·
Michigan Department of Transportation – ProjectWise: A
Change in Construction – (Michigan, United States)
Advancing Urban
Infrastructure
·
Engevix Engenharia, Themag Engenharia, and Planservi
Engenharia – Santos Guarujá Tunnel – (Santos and Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil)
Effective Strategies in
Construction Modeling
·
Takenaka – Yawaragi Mori No Stadium – (Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken,
Japan)
The Be Inspired Awards winners for 2014 are as
follows:
Innovation in Asset Performance Management
Innovation in Asset Performance Management
·
Severn Trent Water Ltd – EToN 6: Technology in Street Works
– (Midlands, United Kingdom)
Innovation in Bridges
·
Anhui Transport Consulting & Design Institute Co., Ltd
– Second Wuhu Yangtze River Highway Bridge – (Wuhu, Anhui, China)
Innovation in Building
·
Morphosis Architects – Emerson College Los Angeles – (Los
Angeles, California, United States)
Innovation in
Construction
·
Jacobs – EPC Success Using ConstructSim – (Houston, Texas,
United States)
Innovation in
Government
·
Ordnance Survey Ireland – A New Authoritative Spatial Data
Infrastructure for Ireland – (Dublin, Ireland)
Innovation in Land
Development and Management
·
Cathie Associates – Montevideo Multipurpose Harbour –
(Montevideo, Uruguay)
Innovation in
Megaprojects
·
Jacobs and Bouygues Civil Works Florida – Port of Miami
Tunnel and Access Improvements – (Miami, Florida, United States)
Innovation in Mining
and Metals
·
Ausenco – Constancia Project – (Chamaca and Livitaca,
Chumbivilcas, Peru)
Innovation in Offshore
Engineering
·
Dockwise Shipping B.V. – SHWE Transportation and
Installation – (Bay of Bengal, Myanmar)
Innovation in Power
Generation
·
Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd. – Development of Decommissioning
Engineering Platform Based on Plant 3D Model – (Japan)
Innovation in Process
Manufacturing
·
3DDraughting – LPG Import and Storage Terminal – (Saldanha
Bay, Western Cape, South Africa)
Innovation in Project
Performance
·
J.L. Patterson & Associates, Inc. – Tehachapi Mountains
Double Track Project – (Tehachapi, California, United States)
Innovation in Rail and
Transit
·
Hatch Mott MacDonald – Intelligent Rail Signal Design via
2D Schematics and 3D Models – (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada)
Innovation in Roads
·
Well-Connected Alliance – The Waterview Connection –
(Auckland, New Zealand)
Innovation in
Structural Engineering
·
Beijing Building Construction Research Institute Co., Ltd.;
Beijing Institute of Architectural Design; National Astronomical Observatories,
Chinese Academy of Sciences – Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio
Telescope (FAST) – (Karst, Guizhou, China)
Innovation in Utilities
and Communications Networks
·
Time Warner Cable – An Enterprise GIS Strategy for
Increased Revenue and Lower Costs Using Bentley’s Communications Solution –
(Centennial, Colorado, United States)
Innovation in Water or
Wastewater Treatment Plants
·
MWH – Seafield Wastewater Treatment Works Thermal
Hydrolysis Plant – (Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom)
Innovation in Water,
Wastewater, and Stormwater Network Modeling and Analysis
·
Manila Water Company, Inc. – Marikina North Project –
(Marikina City, Philippines)
Bentley
Systems has posted highlights of this year’s winning projects and finalists on
its website at www.bentley.com/beinspired2014winners. In
addition, it will include detailed descriptions of all nominated projects in
the print and digital versions of the 2014 Infrastructure Yearbook,
which will be published by year’s end. To review the past 10 editions of this
publication, which together feature more than 2,300 world-class projects
recognized in the Be Inspired Awards program since 2004,
visit www.bentley.com/yearininfrastructure.
About Be Inspired Awards Program and The Year in Infrastructure 2014Conference
Since 2004,
the Be Inspired Awards competition has showcased
excellence and innovation in the design, construction, and operations of
architecture and engineering infrastructure projects around the world. The Be Inspired Awards is unique – the only
competition of its kind that is global in scope and comprehensive in categories
covered, encompassing all types of infrastructure projects. In the awards
program, which is open to all users of Bentley software, independent panels of
industry experts select finalists for each category. For additional
information, visit www.bentley.com/BeInspired.
Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure 2014 Conference, which took place
this week at the Hilton London Metropole in London, U.K., was a global
gathering of leading executives in the world of infrastructure design,
construction, and operations. The conference featured a series of presentations
and interactive workshops exploring the intersection of technology and business
drivers, and how they are shaping the future of infrastructure delivery and
investment returns. The Year in Infrastructure 2014 Conference included: the Project
Delivery Summit, the Infrastructure Asset Performance Summit, the Building
Forum, the Rail and Road Forum, the Oil, Gas, Chemical, and Mining Forum, the
EPC and A/E Forum, the Utilities Forum, the Visions for the Future Forum, and the Be Inspired Awards finalists competition
and ceremony recognizing the award winners. In addition, on Nov. 3, more than
100 journalists from leading media outlets around the globe gathered at the
Hilton London Metropole for Bentley’s annual Media Day briefing. For additional
information about The Year in
Infrastructure 2014 Conference,
click here.
About Bentley
Systems
Bentley
Systems is the global leader dedicated to providing architects, engineers,
geospatial professionals, constructors, and owner-operators with comprehensive
software solutions for advancing the design, construction, and operations of
infrastructure. Bentley users leverage information mobility across disciplines
and throughout the infrastructure lifecycle to deliver better-performing
projects and assets. Bentley solutions encompass MicroStation applications for information modeling, ProjectWise collaboration services to deliver integrated projects, andAssetWise operations services to achieve intelligent infrastructure – complemented by worldwide
professional services and comprehensive managed services.
Founded in
1984, Bentley has more than 3,000 colleagues in over 50 countries, more than
$600 million in annual revenues, and since 2006 has invested more than $1
billion in research, development, and acquisitions.
Additional
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Inspired Awards,
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learn from each other, visit Bentley
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unique global compendium of the top public- and private-sector owners of
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