LONDON - Sunday, November 3rd 2013 [ME NewsWire]
The Year in Infrastructure 2013
(BUSINESS
WIRE) Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to
providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining
infrastructure, today announced the winners of the 2013 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 2013 Conference, held 29-31
October 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
Sir John Armitt, chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority for London
2012 and chairman of National Express; Andrew Wolstenholme, CEO of
Crossrail Ltd.; Peter Hansford, chief construction advisor to the U.K.
government; and Pedro Miranda, corporate VP, Siemens AG, and head of the
Global Center of Competence Cities.
During the awards ceremony,
22 Be Inspired Awards winners and nine Be Inspired Special Recognition
Awards winners were acknowledged. In addition, this year’s recipient of
the Bentley Educator of the Year award, Dr. Francelina Neto of
California State Polytechnic University Pomona, United States, was
acknowledged, as was Captain Nicholas Sloane, the Salvage Master of the
Costa Concordia Parbuckling Project, who was saluted as an
Infrastructure Hero for his key role in this unprecedented engineering
feat to safely right and remove the sunken Costa Concordia cruise ship.
Six
independent panels of jurors, comprising accomplished Bentley users and
distinguished industry experts, selected the Be Inspired Awards winners
from 65 project finalists. These finalists had been previously chosen
from submissions by more than 300 organizations in 43 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 Inspired Awards 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, “I attend many Bentley events throughout the year, and I
certainly enjoy and value each and every one of them. But our Be
Inspired Awards ceremony – now part of our broader and more compelling
Year in Infrastructure Conference – is, indeed, one of my favorites. It
reminds me why all of us in the field of sustaining infrastructure do
what we do. Hearing about the remarkable projects that are delivered
every year in service to enhanced quality of life is an inspiration like
no other. I thank and congratulate this year’s award winners, along
with all of our nominees, for their important contributions to
sustaining our society, our environment, and global economic growth.”
Bentley
Systems has posted highlights of this year’s winning projects on its
website and will include detailed descriptions of all nominated projects
in the print and digital versions of The Year in Infrastructure 2013,
which will be published by year’s end. To review the last nine editions
of this publication, which together feature more than 2,000 world-class
projects recognized in the Be Inspired Awards program since 2004, visit
www.bentley.com/yearininfrastructure.
The Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards winners for 2013 are as follows:
Sustaining Our Society
Henan Water & Power Engineering Consulting Co., Ltd – Shahe Aqueduct Project – (Pingdingshan, Henan, China)
Sustaining Our Environment
Kursk Power Station and JSC Neolant – Information Support System for
Decommissioning Kursk Nuclear Power Plant – (Kurchatov, Kursk Region,
Russia)
Sustaining the Professions
SNC-Lavalin – (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Attaining Return on Innovation
Kellogg Joint Venture Gorgon – Gorgon Project – (Barrow Island, Australia)
Infrastructure Hero of the Year
TECON S.r.l. – Costa Concordia Wreck Removal Project – (Isola del Giglio, Grosseto, Italy)
Initiative in Information Mobility
Imarati Engineers & Consultants – IEC BIM-based Program Management – (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)
Innovation in Comprehensive BIM
Morphosis Architects – Perot Museum of Nature and Science – (Dallas, Texas, United States)
Innovation in Comprehensive BIM
Consolidated Contractors Company on Behalf of TCAJV – Midfield Terminal
Building - Abu Dhabi International Airport – (Abu Dhabi, United Arab
Emirates)
Innovation in Comprehensive BIM
GS Engineering & Construction – Mokpo Cable-stayed Bridge – (Mokpo, South Korea)
The Be Inspired Awards winners for 2013 are as follows:
Innovation in Asset Lifecycle Information Management
Suncor Energy Inc. (Edmonton Refinery) – Information Plant – (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
Innovation in Asset Performance Management
ScottishPower – ScottishPower Strategy for Asset Management and Process Safety – (United Kingdom)
Innovation in Bridges
Bloom Companies, LLC – Rawson Avenue Interchange Reconstruction – (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States)
Innovation in Building
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners – Cancer Treatment Centre for Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals – (London, United Kingdom)
Innovation in Collaboration Using i-models
CB&I Power – AP1000 Nuclear Power Plant i-models – (Jenkinsville, South Carolina and Waynesboro, Georgia, United States)
Innovation in Construction
Intelliwave Technologies Inc. – Alberta Oil Sands – (Alberta, Canada)
Innovation in Generative Design
LAB Architecture Studio with SIADR – Wujin Council Offices – (Changzhou, Jiangsu, China)
Innovation in Geospatial Networks
EPCOR Water Services Inc. – WALRUS - Water and Land Related Utility System – (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
Innovation in Government
Crossrail Ltd – Managing Complexity on Crossrail – (London, United Kingdom)
Innovation in Land Development, Engineering, and Management
Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC – Lower Fox River, Operable Unit 1 – (Neenah, Wisconsin, United States)
Innovation in Mining and Metals
Hatch Associates Pty Ltd – Qinghai Magnesium Smelter – Dehydration Facility – (Golmud, Qinghai, China)
Innovation in Offshore Engineering
TECON S.r.l. – Costa Concordia Wreck Removal Project – (Isola del Giglio, Grosseto, Italy)
Innovation in Point-cloud Processing and Management
J.L. Patterson & Associates, Inc. – Cascade Tunnel Study – (Stevens Pass, Washington, United States)
Innovation in Power Generation
Eskom Holdings (Pty) Ltd – Kusile Power Station - Virtual 3D Plant
Simulator for O&M – (Witbank, Mpumalanga, South Africa)
Innovation in Process Manufacturing
Pall India Pvt. Ltd. – Jet-pulse Blowback Filtration System (Gas Solid Separation System-GSS) – (Panipat, Haryana, India)
Innovation in Rail and Transit
Ineco – HS2 Birmingham Delta Junction – (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Innovation in Roads
URS Corporation – Stockholm Bypass, FSK06 Akalla - Häggvik Design Contract – (Stockholm, Sweden)
Innovation in Structural Engineering
Shibanee and Kamal Architects – Bhau Institute of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Leadership – (Pune, Maharashtra, India)
Innovation in Transportation Asset Management
Utah Transit Authority – Transit Asset Management – (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States)
Innovation in Utility Transmission and Distribution Infrastructure
China Power Construction Corporation Jiangxi Electric Power Design
Institute – Duxiling 220 Kilovolt Substation – (Pingxiang, Jiangxi,
China)
Innovation in Water or Wastewater Treatment Plants
CH2M HILL – City of Las Vegas Wastewater Pollution Control Facility
(WPCF) Infrastructure Replacement – (Las Vegas, Nevada, United States)
Innovation in Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Network Modeling and Analysis
Maynilad Water Services, Inc. – Remote Leak Detection through Hydraulic Modeling – (Malabon City, Philippines)
For
additional information about each of the 2013 Be Inspired Awards
project winners, visit www.bentley.com/beinspired2013winners.
About Be Inspired Awards Program and The Year in Infrastructure 2013 Conference
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 Conference is a global gathering of leading executives in
the world of infrastructure design, construction, and operations. The
conference features 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 2013 Conference included:
The Innovations for Buildings Summit
The International Rail and Transit Summit
The Project Delivery Summit
The Power Delivery Summit
The Asset Performance Management Summit
The Be Inspired Awards
CIO Workshop – An invitation-only workshop for CIOs and business
executives focused on the asset information management needs of
infrastructure owner-operators
Media Day
On Oct. 28, more
than 100 journalists from leading media outlets around the globe
gathered at the Hilton London Metropole for Bentley’s annual Media Day
briefing. These journalists also participated in The Year in
Infrastructure 2013 Conference.
For additional information about The Year in Infrastructure 2013 Conference, click here.
About Bentley Systems, Incorporated
Bentley
is the global leader dedicated to providing architects, engineers,
geospatial professionals, constructors, and owner-operators with
comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure. Bentley
Systems applies information mobility to improve asset performance by
leveraging information modeling through integrated projects for
intelligent infrastructure. Its solutions encompass the MicroStation
platform for infrastructure design and modeling, the ProjectWise
platform for infrastructure project team collaboration and work sharing,
and the AssetWise platform for infrastructure asset operations – all
supporting a broad portfolio of interoperable applications and
complemented by worldwide professional services. Founded in 1984,
Bentley has more than 3,000 colleagues in 50 countries, more than $500
million in annual revenues, and since 2005 has invested more than $1
billion in research, development, and acquisitions.
Additional
information about Bentley is available at www.bentley.com and in
Bentley’s annual report. For Bentley news as it happens, subscribe to an
RSS feed of Bentley press releases and news alerts. To view a
searchable collection of innovative infrastructure projects from the
annual Be Inspired Awards, access Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure
publications. To access a professional networking site that enables
members of the infrastructure community to connect, communicate, and
learn from each other, visit Be Communities.
To download the
Bentley Infrastructure 500 Top Owners ranking, a unique global
compendium of the top public- and private-sector owners of
infrastructure based on the value of their cumulative infrastructure
investments, visit www.bentley.com/500.
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logo, Be, MicroStation, and ProjectWise are either registered or
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Incorporated or one of its direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiaries.
All other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective
owners.
Contacts
Bentley Systems, Incorporated
Press Contact:
Ron Kuhfeld, +1 610-321-6493
ron.kuhfeld@bentley.com
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