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
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
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
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
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.
