Infrastructure software company Bentley Systems has announced the winners of the 2012 Be Inspired Awards. The company says “the awards honour the extraordinary work of Bentley users improving the world’s infrastructure” and were presented at a ceremony during the annual Be Inspired: Innovations in Infrastructure event, held in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Five independent panels of jurors, comprising Bentley users and industry experts, selected the Be Inspired Awards winners from 58 project finalists. These finalists had been previously chosen from the nominations submitted by more than 250 organisations in 39 countries.
Candidates for Bentley’s fourth annual Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards were placed into nomination by the jurors for their uniquely innovative and visionary achievements embracing multiple Be Inspired Awards categories. The nominees were then reviewed by a panel of Bentley executives. This year’s seven winners were recognised for exemplary accomplishments in the following categories: Attaining Return on Innovation, Sustaining Our Society, Sustaining Our Environment, Sustaining the Professions, Advancing Information Mobility, Innovation in Asset Performance Management, and Bentley Developer Network Award.
CEO Greg Bentley said: “Each year we at Bentley Systems have the distinct honour and privilege of recognising and applauding the extraordinary project work of not only the Be Inspired and Be Inspired Special Recognition award winners, but also all of the nominees. As our independent panels of judges will attest to, this competition singles out the best of the best, and, thus, the achievements of all are remarkable. Working smarter, together, these talented infrastructure professionals have innovatively employed our information modelling and collaboration tools, along with best practices, in accomplishing their crucial mission of sustaining infrastructure. I thank them all for improving quality of life for people everywhere, and I congratulate this year’s award winners for their inspiring work and dedication to excellence.”
Among the award-winning projects were the following from the Asia-Pacific region:
Sustaining Our Society – Parsons Brinckerhoff and Arup JV – Airport Link, Northern Busway (Windsor to Kedron) and Airport Roundabout Upgrade – (Brisbane, Australia).
Sustaining the Professions – HydroChina Zhongnan Engineering Corporation – Utilisation of the Bentley LEARN Training Subscription – (Changsha, China).
Bentley Developer Network Award – Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd. – Integrated Plant Construction System – (Hitachi, Japan).
Connecting Project Teams – Saudi Electricity Company/Implemented by Nahil Computer Company – Establishment of Kingdom-wide EDMS at SEC – (All Regions, Saudi Arabia).
Innovation in Offshore Engineering – Nippon Steel & Sumikin Engineering Co., Ltd. – Tokyo International Airport Re-expansion Project – (Tokyo, Japan).
Innovation in Power Generation – HydroChina Zhongnan Engineering Corporation – Standard Design and Application for the Pumped Storage Power Station – (Zunyi, China).
