{"id":4586,"date":"2017-01-19T16:50:39","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T16:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/?p=4586"},"modified":"2017-01-19T16:50:39","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T16:50:39","slug":"bentley-systems-announces-winners-of-2016-be-inspired-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/?p=4586","title":{"rendered":"Bentley Systems Announces Winners of 2016 Be Inspired Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/betley.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4587\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4587 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/betley-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"betley\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/betley-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/betley.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>LONDON \u2013 The Year in Infrastructure 2016 Conference \u2013 Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced the winners of the 2016 Be Inspired Awards. The awards honor the extraordinary work of Bentley users improving the world\u2019s infrastructure. At a ceremony and gala last night here at The Year in Infrastructure 2016 Conference, 18 Be Inspired<br \/>\nAwards winners and eight Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards winners were acknowledged.<\/p>\n<p>The Year in Infrastructure Conference is a global gathering of leading executives in the world of infrastructure design, construction, and operations. It features 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. The 2016 event was also attended by more than 120 members of the press from leading publications around the globe who met with Bentley executives on Monday for the company\u2019s annual Media Briefing. The agenda also included presentations by finalists in the Be Inspired Awards program, culminating in the selection of the winning projects.<\/p>\n<p>This year, 10 independent panels of jurors, comprising distinguished industry experts, selected the 18 Be Inspired Awards winners from 54 project finalists. These finalists had been previously chosen from over 300 submissions by organizations in 80 countries.<\/p>\n<p>Candidates for Bentley\u2019s 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\u2019 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.<\/p>\n<p>Bentley Systems CEO Greg Bentley said, \u201cThe achievements of our users\u2014the architects, engineers, constructors, and operations professionals around the world\u2014are exemplified by the extraordinary Be Inspired Award-winning projects we celebrated last night. I heartily congratulate the organizations that were instrumental in the delivery or operations of these truly inspiring projects. Moreover, I applaud all of the project nominees in this year\u2019s awards program for their contributions to improving quality of life around the globe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has also been a year of major achievements for Bentley Systems as Bentley\u2019s CONNECT Edition was completed through AssetWise CONNECT Edition\u2014enabling the CONNECT Editions of AssetWise and ProjectWise to share a connected data environment. We are also very pleased to report that reality modeling is visibly going mainstream, as is evident from its proliferation across users\u2019 projects and across Bentley\u2019s software portfolio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards winners for 2016 are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Advancing Asset Performance Modeling<\/p>\n<p>Maryland State Highway Administration \u2013 Motor Carrier Division \u2013 Multi-jurisdiction Oversize\/Overweight Permitting and Routing Implementation \u2013 (Baltimore, Maryland, United States)<\/p>\n<p>Advancement in Conceptioneering<br \/>\nHNTB Corporation \u2013 Connecticut Mix Master &#8211; I84 and SR8 Interchange \u2013 (Waterbury, Connecticut, United States)<\/p>\n<p>Advancing Construction Collaboration<\/p>\n<p>CITIC Heye Investment Co., Ltd. \u2013 CITIC Tower (China Zun) \u2013 (Beijing, China)<\/p>\n<p>Advancing Comprehensive BIM Playbooks<\/p>\n<p>Guangzhou Metro Design &amp; Research Institute Co., Ltd. \u2013 ChishaJiao Station and Shiliugang &#8211; ChishaJiao Section of Guangzhou Metro Line 11 \u2013 (Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)<\/p>\n<p>Advancing Construction Management<\/p>\n<p>GHD, Inc. \u2013 Ordot Dump Closure \u2013 (Ordot, Guam, United States)<\/p>\n<p>Comprehensive Success Plan<\/p>\n<p>Black &amp; Veatch \u2013 Business Transformation \u2013 (Overland Park, Kansas, United States)<\/p>\n<p>Infrastructure Hero Award<\/p>\n<p>Aerometrex Pty., Ltd. \u2013 Reality Modeling for the Papal Visit to Philadelphia \u2013 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States)<\/p>\n<p>The Be Inspired Awards winners for 2016 are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Innovation in Asset Performance<\/p>\n<p>Danfoss \u2013 Facility Optimization and Energy Management \u2013 (Nordborg, Denmark)<\/p>\n<p>Innovation in Bridges<\/p>\n<p>Ministerio Obras P\u00fablicas de Chile \u2013 Chacao Channel Bridge \u2013 (Island of Chiloe, Llanquihue, Chile)<\/p>\n<p>Innovation in Building<\/p>\n<p>Morphosis \u2013 Hanking Center Tower \u2013 (Shenzhen, Guangdong, China)<\/p>\n<p>Innovation in Construction<\/p>\n<p>Insight-WFP \u2013 Houston Refinery \u2013 (Houston, Texas, United States)<\/p>\n<p>Innovation in Government<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Community College District \u2013 BuildLACCD \u2013 (Los Angeles, California, United States)<\/p>\n<p>Innovation in Land Development<br \/>\nBeijing Shougang International Engineering Technology Co., Ltd. \u2013 Xishi Winter Olympics Square Project of Shougang Industrial Area Transformation \u2013 (Shijingshan, Beijing, China)<\/p>\n<p>Innovation in Manufacturing<\/p>\n<p>Unipar Carbocloro \u2013 Polishing System for Mercury Abatement Tower \u2013 (Cubat\u00e3o, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil)<\/p>\n<p>Innovation in Mining<\/p>\n<p>Tetra Tech Proteus \u2013 Tanami Expansion Project \u2013 (Tanami Desert, Northern Territory, Australia)<\/p>\n<p>Innovation in Offshore<\/p>\n<p>Oil &amp; Natural Gas Corporation, Ltd. \u2013 Re-qualification\/Life Extension Study of Fixed Offshore Platform Structures \u2013 (Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)<\/p>\n<p>Innovation in Power Generation<\/p>\n<p>PowerChina Huadong Engineering Corporation Limited \u2013 Jinsha River Longkaikou Hydropower Station Project \u2013 (Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China)<\/p>\n<p>Innovation in Project Delivery<\/p>\n<p>Mott MacDonald Bentley \u2013 Mott MacDonald Bentley Project \u2013 (United Kingdom)<\/p>\n<p>Innovation in Rail and Transit<\/p>\n<p>Banedanmark \u2013 The New Line, Copenhagen-Ringsted \u2013 (Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark)<\/p>\n<p>Innovation in Reality Modeling<\/p>\n<p>City of Helsinki \u2013 Helsinki 3D+ \u2013 (Helsinki, Finland)<\/p>\n<p>Innovation in Roads<\/p>\n<p>Costain-Carillion Joint Venture \u2013 A5 &#8211; M1 Link, Dunstable Northern Bypass \u2013 (Dunstable, England, United Kingdom)<\/p>\n<p>Innovation in Structures<\/p>\n<p>WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff \u2013 22 Bishopsgate, London \u2013 (London, England, United Kingdom)<\/p>\n<p>Innovation in Utilities and Communications<\/p>\n<p>Hubei Electric Engineering Corporation \u2013 Miaoshan 220kV Secondary Transformer Substation \u2013 (Wuhan, Hubei, China)<br \/>\nInnovation in Water Network Analysis<\/p>\n<p>Roy Hill Iron Ore \u2013 Water Supply and Dewatering Network Optimization \u2013 (Pilbara, Western Australia, Australia)<\/p>\n<p>Innovation in Water Treatment Plants<\/p>\n<p>4Delivery Ltd. &amp; Southern Water \u2013 Woolston Water Treatment Works Redevelopment \u2013 (Southampton, England, United Kingdom)<\/p>\n<p>Bentley Systems has posted highlights of this year\u2019s winning projects on its \u0013 HYPERLINK &#8220;http:\/\/pages.info.bentley.com\/beinspired2015-winners\/&#8221; \u0014website. \u0015It will include more detailed descriptions of all nominated projects in the print and digital versions of its<\/p>\n<p>2016 Infrastructure Yearbook, which will be published after the first of the year. To review the past 12 editions of this publication, which together feature more than 2,500 world-class projects recognized in the Be Inspired Awards program since 2004, access Bentley\u2019s \u0013 HYPERLINK &#8220;https:\/\/www.bentley.com\/en\/infrastructure-yearbook&#8221; \u0014Infrastructure\u0015 \u0013 HYPERLINK &#8220;https:\/\/www.bentley.com\/en\/infrastructure-yearbook&#8221; \u0014Yearbooks.\u0015<\/p>\n<p>About the Be Inspired Awards Program and The Year in Infrastructure Conference<\/p>\n<p>Since 2004, the Be Inspired Awards program has showcased excellence and innovation in the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure projects around the world. The Be Inspired<\/p>\n<p>Awards program is unique \u2013 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 \u0013 HYPERLINK &#8220;http:\/\/www.bentley.com\/BeInspired&#8221; \u0014www.bentley.com\/BeInspired.\u0015<\/p>\n<p>Bentley\u2019s Year in Infrastructure 2016 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 project delivery and asset performance.<br \/>\nThe Year in Infrastructure Conference is a global gathering of leading executives in the world of<\/p>\n<p>infrastructure design, construction, and operations. This year\u2019s conference included:<\/p>\n<p>The Project Delivery Summit (by invitation only)<\/p>\n<p>The Infrastructure Asset Performance Summit (by invitation only) The Building and Facilities Forum<\/p>\n<p>The Rail and Road Forum<\/p>\n<p>The Oil, Gas, and Chemical Forum The Utilities Forum<\/p>\n<p>The Visions for the Future Forum The Be Inspired Awards Ceremony<\/p>\n<p>The Year in Infrastructure 2016 Conference Sponsors include:<\/p>\n<p>Platinum: Microsoft<\/p>\n<p>Gold: ARC Advisory Group, BNP Media, Civil + Structural Engineer, Construction Week, Engineering News-Record, Geospatial Media + Communications, Informed Infrastructure, New Civil Engineer, PennEnergy, Reliabilityweb.com, SPAR 3D<\/p>\n<p>For more details and a complete list of sponsors, including Silver level, click \u0013 HYPERLINK &#8220;http:\/\/pages.info.bentley.com\/page.aspx?QS=38dfbe491fab00ea42b28170577d667e3b89c33938679fab9a9d64dab9ce4741&#8221; \u0014here.\u0015<\/p>\n<p>About Bentley Systems<\/p>\n<p>Bentley Systems is a global leader in 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, and<\/p>\n<p>AssetWise operations services to achieve intelligent infrastructure \u2013 complemented by worldwide professional services and comprehensive managed services.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1984, Bentley has more than 3,000 colleagues in over 50 countries, more than $600 million in annual revenues, and since 2009 has invested more than $1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions.<\/p>\n<p>Additional information about Bentley is available at \u0013 HYPERLINK &#8220;http:\/\/www.bentley.com\/&#8221; \u0014www.bentley.com. \u0015For Bentley news as it happens, subscribe to an \u0013 HYPERLINK &#8220;https:\/\/www.bentley.com\/en\/news-feed&#8221; \u0014RSS feed \u0015of Bentley press releases and news alerts. Visit \u0013 HYPERLINK &#8220;http:\/\/www.bentley.com\/YIIconference&#8221; \u0014The Year in\u0015 \u0013 HYPERLINK &#8220;http:\/\/www.bentley.com\/YIIconference&#8221; \u0014Infrastructure Conference \u0015website for information on Bentley\u2019s premier thought-leadership event. To view a searchable collection of innovative infrastructure projects from the annual Be Inspired Awards, access Bentley\u2019s \u0013 HYPERLINK &#8220;https:\/\/www.bentley.com\/en\/infrastructure-yearbook&#8221; \u0014Infrastructure Yearbooks. \u0015To access a professional networking site that enables members of the infrastructure community to connect, communicate, and learn from each other, visit \u0013 HYPERLINK &#8220;http:\/\/communities.bentley.com\/&#8221; \u0014Bentley Communities.\u0015<\/p>\n<p>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 \u0013 HYPERLINK &#8220;https:\/\/www.bentley.com\/en\/top-infrastructure-owners&#8221; \u0014BI 500.\u0015<\/p>\n<p>Download Related Images on Bentley Systems flickr site:<\/p>\n<p>\u0013 HYPERLINK &#8220;https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bentleysystems\/albums\/72157675980403706&#8221; \u0014#YII2016 Be Inspired Award Winners\u0015<\/p>\n<p>Image Attribution: Image courtesy of Bentley Systems<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON \u2013 The Year in Infrastructure 2016 Conference \u2013 Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced the winners of the 2016 Be Inspired Awards. 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