Last week’s Year in Infrastructure 2015 Conference saw two Australian organisations take out an international Be Inspired award. The annual awards honour the extraordinary work of Bentley users improving the world’s infrastructure through advanced technology.

At a ceremony and gala last night in London at The Year in Infrastructure 2015 Conference, 18 Be Inspired Awards winners and five Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards winners were acknowledged. 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 360 submissions by organisations in 66 countries.

South Australia’s SA Water took out the Innovation in Asset Performance Management Predictive and Operational Analytics Tools award for its project Adelaide Metro Water Distribution Network.

Australian mining technologists Tetra Tech Proteus took out the Innovation in Mining for their work on the Kvanefjeld Rare Earth and Uranium Project in South Greenland.

Singapore Land Authority also took out the Innovation in Government award for its project Mapping Singapore in 3D, which involved a comprehensive accurate modelling project based on data obtained from airborne aerial and laser scanned data.

Organised by infrastructure software providers Bentley Systems, 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 Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards winners for 2015 are as follows:

• Advancing Collaborative BIM: Morphosis Architects – Bill & Melinda Gates Hall – (Ithaca, New York, United States)
• Advancing Comprehensive BIM “Playbooks”: Hatch Ltd – Keeyask Hydroelectric Generating Station Project – (Nelson River, Manitoba, Canada)
• Advancing Construction Modeling: Jacobs – NAG Project – (Baytown, Texas, United States)
• Advancing Information Mobility in Operations: Western Power Distribution – EMU for iPad – (Exeter, United Kingdom)
• Advancing Integrated Projects: HDR – Union Station to Oak Cliff Streetcar TIGER Design-Build Project – (Dallas, Texas, United States)

The Be Inspired Awards winners for 2015 are as follows:

• Innovation in Asset Performance Management: SA Water – Predictive and Operational Analytics Tools, Adelaide Metro Water Distribution Network – (Adelaide, South Australia, Australia)
• Innovation in Bridges: LCW Consult – The Ceira River Bridge – (Coimbra, Coimbra District, Portugal)
• Innovation in Building: Robin Partington and Partners – One Merchant Square – (London, United Kingdom)
• Innovation in Construction: Vic’s Crane & Heavy Haul, Inc. – Unit 25 Project – (Rosemount, Minnesota, United States)
• Innovation in Government: Singapore Land Authority – Mapping Singapore in 3D – (Singapore)
• Innovation in Land Development: Tata Consulting Engineers Ltd. – Detailed Design of Utility Infrastructure – (Dharampur, Gujarat, India)
• Innovation in Megaprojects: AECOM – E4 Stockholm Bypass FSK02 Rock Tunnels Design Contract – (Stockholm, Sweden)
• Innovation in Mining: Tetra Tech Proteus – Kvanefjeld Rare Earth: Uranium Project – (Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland)
• Innovation in Offshore: Keystone Engineering Inc. – Block Island Wind Farm – (Block Island, Rhode Island, United States)
• Innovation in Power Generation: MWH Global – Tyseley Resource Recovery Centre – (Birmingham, West Midland, United Kingdom)
• Innovation in Process Manufacturing: Giprotyumenneftegaz – Preliminary Water Removal Unit: North Vankor Field – (Igarka, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Russia)
• Innovation in Project Delivery: AECOM – Global Project Collaboration in a Design-build-finance-operate (DBFO) World – (Global)
• Innovation in Rail and Transit: London Underground Ltd – Bond Street to Baker Street Tunnel Remediation Project – (London, United Kingdom)
• Innovation in Roads: Grontmij – A6 to Manchester Relief Road – (Stockport, Manchester and Cheshire, United Kingdom)
• Innovation in Structures: Stanley D. Lindsey and Associates, Ltd. – SkyHouse Apartments – (Denver, Colorado; Atlanta, Georgia; Orlando and Tampa, Florida; Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina; Nashville, Tennessee; Austin, Houston, and Dallas, Texas, United States)
• Innovation in Utilities and Communications: Pacific Gas and Electric Company – Engineering Contractor Collaboration Solution Using ProjectWise and Bentley Substation – (San Ramon, California, United States)
• Innovation in Water Network Analysis: Prolagos/Aegea – Water Master Plan for the Região dos Lagos – (Região dos Lagos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
• Innovation in Water Treatment Plants: Aqua+ – Complex Scheduling and Automatic Water Quality Monitoring of Groundwater – (Khabarovsk, Far East Federal District, Russia)

Bentley Systems has posted the highlights of this year’s winning projects on its website.

Other finalists from Australasia included:

• Sydney Airport – Innovation in Government – Airport Infrastructure Facilities Management (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
• MWH Global – Innovation in Water Treatment Plants – Googong Water Recycling Plant (Googong, New South Wales, Australia)
• MWH Global – Innovation in Water Treatment Plants – Reedy Creek Permeate Treatment Facility (Reedy Creek, Queensland, Australia)