Bentley Systems Announces Winners of ‘Year in Infrastructure 2020’ Awards

Bentley Systems Incorporated has announced the winners of the Year in Infrastructure 2020 Awards. The annual awards program honors the extraordinary work of Bentley users advancing design, construction, and operations of infrastructure throughout the world. 

Bentley Systems is an infrastructure engineering software company. They provide innovative software to advance the world’s infrastructure – sustaining both the global economy and environment. The software solutions from Bentley Systems are used by professionals, and organizations of every size, for the design, construction, and operations of roads and bridges, rail and transit, water and wastewater, public works and utilities, buildings and campuses, and industrial facilities. 

The Year in Infrastructure annual awards program honors the extraordinary work of Bentley users advancing design, construction, and operations of infrastructure throughout the world. Sixteen independent jury panels selected the 57 finalists from over 400 nominations submitted by more than 330 organizations from more than 60 countries.  

The Year in Infrastructure 2020 Special Recognition awardees are: 

Category 1: Advancing Project and Asset Longevity 

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Firm/Organisation/Institution
: HDR 
Project: Marc Basnight Bridge 
Location
: Dare County, North Carolina, United States  

Category 2: Advancing Bridge Asset Performance Modeling 
Firm/Organisation/Institution
: Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) 
Project: A Smartwatch on the Bridge 
Location: Ulsan, Ulju-gun, South Korea 

Category 3: Advancing Industrial Asset Performance Modeling 
Firm/Organisation/Institution: The Institute of Engineering and Ocean Technology/Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited 
Project: Challenges in Addressing Life Extension of Ageing Platforms in Western Offshore of India 
Location: Mumbai, India  

Category 4: Comprehensiveness in Industrial Digital Twins 

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Firm/Organisation/Institution: Volgogradnefteproekt, LLC 
Project: Ethane-Containing Gas Processing Complex Construction Support 
Location: Ust-Luga, St. Petersburg, Russia  

Category 5: Comprehensiveness in Transportation Digital Twins 

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Firm/Organisation/Institution: PT. WASKITA Karya (Persero) Tbk 
Project: Railway Facility for Manggarai to Jatinegara: Package A – Phase II ( Main Line II) 
Location: South Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia  

Category 6: Comprehensiveness in Urban Digital Twins 
Firm/Organisation/Institution: JSTI Group Co., Ltd. 
Project: Hengjiang Avenue Rapid Transformation Project  
Location: Nanjing, Jiangsu, China 

Category 7: Comprehensiveness in a Connected Data Environment 
Firm/Organisation/Institution: Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) 
Project: Collaborative Information System Implementation – Whole Lifecycle Common Data Environment 
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates  

Category 8: Advancing Virtualization through Digital Twins 
Firm/Organisation/Institution: Network Rail 
Project: Overcoming Challenges Under COVID-19 Lockdown 
Location: Wales and Western Region, United Kingdom 

Category 9: Advancing Model-based Delivery through Digital Twins 
Firm/Organisation/Institution: NYS Department of Transportation 
Project: Model Based Contracting – NYS RT 28 over the Esopus 
Location: Mount Tremper, New York, United States 

Category 10: Advancing Mixed-Reality Workflows 
Firm/Organisation/Institution: Liaoning Water Conservancy and Hydropower Survey and Design Research Institute Co., Ltd. 
Project: Chaoyang Underground Pumping Station Project of the LXB Water Supply Project Phase II 
Location: Chaoyang, Liaoning, China 

Category 11: Advancing Sustainability Digital Twins 
Firm/Organisation/Institution: Shanghai Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd. 
Project: Shanghai Electric Environmental Protection Group Technology Renovation and Expansion Project for Nantong Thermoelectric Waste Incineration  
Location: Nantong, Jiangsu, China  

Category 12: Advancing Sustainable Architecture 

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Firm/Organisation/Institution: Swatch Ltd., Shigeru Ban, Itten+Brechbühl AG 
Project: Swatch Headquarters 
Location: Biel, Bern, Switzerland  

Category 13: Advancing Sustainable Energy  
Firm/Organisation/Institution: Guangdong Hydropower Planning & Design Institute 
Project: Guangdong Yangjiang Pumped Storage Power Station  
Location: Yangjiang, Guangdong, China 

Category 14: Advancing Sustainable Water 
Firm/Organisation/Institution: Jacobs 
Project: San Jose Headworks 
Location: San Jose, California, United States 

The winners of the Year in Infrastructure 2020 Awards for going digital advancements in infrastructure are: 

4D Digital Construction 
Firm/Organisation/Institution: DPR Construction 
Project: 2019 LSM DS Tech Upgrade 
Location: Durham, North Carolina, United States 

Bridges 
Firm/Organisation/Institution:
Chongqing Communications Planning, Survey & Design Institute Co., Ltd., 
Guizhou Communications Construction Group Co., Ltd., 
Guizhou Bridge Construction Group Co., Ltd. 
Project: Digital Design and Construction of Taihong Yangtze River Bridge 
Location: Chongqing, China 

Buildings and Campuses 
Firm/Organisation/Institution: Voyants Solutions Private Limited 
Project: Bangladesh Regional Waterway Transport Project 1 – Shasanghat (New Dhaka) IWT Terminal 
Location: Dhaka-Shasanghat, Narayanganj, Chandpur, and Barisal; Bangladesh 

Digital Cities 
Firm/Organisation/Institution: City of Helsinki 
Project: Digital City of Synergy 
Location: Helsinki, Finland 

Geotechnical Engineering 
Firm/Organisation/Institution: Golder Associates Hong Kong Ltd. 
Project: Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link Tunnel, Southern Landfall 
Location: Hong Kong 

Land and Site Development 
Firm/Organisation/Institution: AAEngineering Group 
Project: Dzhamgyr Mine – Project Implementation in Extreme Conditions 
Location: Talas Region, Kyrgyzstan 

Manufacturing 
Firm/Organisation/Institution: MCC Capital Engineering & Research Incorporation Ltd. 
Project: BIM Technology-Based Construction of Digital Plant for Iron & Steel Base in Lingang, Laoting of HBIS Group Co., Ltd. 
Location: Tangshan, Hebei, China 

Mining and Offshore Engineering 
Firm/Organisation/Institution: AAEngineering Group 
Project: Digital Twin of AKSU Plant: From Concept to Startup 
Location: Aksu, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan 

Power Generation 
Firm/Organisation/Institution: Shanghai Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd. 
Project: Shanghai Electric Environmental Protection Group Technology Renovation and Expansion Project for Nantong Thermoelectric Waste Incineration 
Location: Nantong, Jiangsu, China 

Project Delivery 
Firm/Organisation/Institution: Sweco 
Project: Sweco | Digitalisation with BIM 
Location: United Kingdom 

Rail and Transit 
Firm/Organisation/Institution: POWERCHINA Huadong Engineering Corporation Limited 
Project: Innovative Application of Digital Engineering Technology in Shaoxing Rail and Transit Construction 
Location: Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China 

Reality Modeling 
Firm/Organisation/Institution: Khatib & Alami 
Project: Geo-enabling Reality Model Tips and Tricks 
Location: Muscat, Oman 

Road and Rail Asset Performance 
Firm/Organisation/Institution: Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) 
Project: Collaborative Information System Implementation – Whole Lifecycle Common Data Environment 
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates 

Roads and Highways 
Firm/Organisation/Institution: Sichuan Road & Bridge (Group) Co., Ltd. 
Project: BIM Technology Application on Chengdu-Yibin Expressway 
Location: Chengdu, Sichuan, China 

Structural Engineering 
Firm/Organisation/Institution: WSP 
Project: WSP Overcomes Complex Challenges with Bentley’s Technology to Deliver Principal Tower 
Location: London, England, United Kingdom 

Utilities and Communications 
Firm/Organisation/Institution: Sterlite Power Transmission Limited 
Project: Sterlite BIM 
Location: Tripura, India 

Utilities and Industrial Asset Performance
Firm/Organisation/Institution: Shell’s QGC business 
Project: Evolution of Engineering Data, Documents and Information Management 
Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants 
Firm/Organisation/Institution: Hatch 
Project: Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant Outfall 
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada 

Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Networks 
Firm/Organisation/Institution: DTK Hydronet Solutions 
Project: Digital Water Network Engineering & Asset Management of Dibrugarh Water Supply Project 
Location: Dibrugarh, Assam, India 

Detailed descriptions of all nominated projects are in the print and digital versions of Bentley’s 2020 Infrastructure Yearbook, which will be published in early 2021. 

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