Bentley announces award nominees

Software specialist Bentley Systems has announced the project finalists in the 2011 Be Inspired Awards competition and the four winners of the 2011 Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards. The awards honour the extraordinary work of Bentley users improving and sustaining the world's infrastructure. Five independent panels of jurors, comprising accomplished Bentley users and distinguished industry experts, selected the 59 finalists and the Special Recognition Awards candidates from nominations submitted by 27
March 21, 2012 Read time: 3 mins
Software specialist 4019 Bentley Systems has announced the project finalists in the 2011 Be Inspired Awards competition and the four winners of the 2011 Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards. The awards honour the extraordinary work of Bentley users improving and sustaining the world's infrastructure.

Five independent panels of jurors, comprising accomplished Bentley users and distinguished industry experts, selected the 59 finalists and the Special Recognition Awards candidates from nominations submitted by 270 organisations in 42 countries. The winners of the Be Inspired Awards will be announced at the invitation-only Be Inspired: Thought Leadership in Infrastructure event taking place Nov. 8-9, 2011, in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Candidates for Bentley's third 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. The achievements recognised by this year's four awards are Attaining Return on Innovation, Sustaining Our Society, Sustaining Our Environment, and Sustaining the Professions.

The Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards winners for 2011 are:

  • Attaining Return on Innovation Cadre Design Group, Inc. - SFOBB East Span Seismic Safety Project - (San Francisco-Oakland, California, USA)

  • Sustaining Our Society Secretaria de Finanzas del Distrito Federal - Programme for the Modernization of the Mexico City Cadastre - (Mexico City, Mexico)

  • Sustaining Our Environment Shinryo Corporation - Shinryo Eco Renewal Project - (Tokyo, Japan)

  • Sustaining the Professions GHD - (Melbourne, Australia)

The Be Inspired Awards finalists for 2011 include:

  • Connecting Project Teams 1397 AECOM - SH 161 Phase 4 - (Dallas, Texas, USA)

  • APIA XXI - Connecting Project Teams on Two Continents - (Texas, USA, and 4001 Santander, Spain)

  •  Los Angeles Department of Water and Power LADWP ProjectWise Implementation - (Los Angeles, California, USA)

  • Innovation in Asset Lifecycle Information Management Bristol Water- Enterprise Management of Street Works Noticing - (Bristol, United Kingdom)

  • 4115 Crossrail- Crossrail - Asset Information Management System - (London and South East England, United Kingdom)

  • Southern Company - Asset Management - ProjectWise Lifecycle Server - (Birmingham, Alabama, USA)

  • Innovation in Bridges HDR - Hoover Dam Bypass - (Mohave County, Arizona, and Clark County, Nevada, USA)

  • Hunan Provincial Communications Planning, Survey and Design Institute - Longyong Expressway Bridge Design - (Longshan County, Hunan Province, China)

  • 2757 Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development - I-10 Twin Spans Bridges - (Slidell and New Orleans, Louisiana, USA)

  • Innovation in Roads Beam, Longest and Neff, L.L.C. - I-69 at State Road 61/56 - (Pike County, Indiana, USA)

  • Engevix Engenharia S.A.  Santa Catarina 108 Highway - (Angelina and Major Gercino, Santa Catarina, Brazil)

  • Kokusai Kogyo - Figuring the Disaster Status From Mobile Mapping System (MMS) - (Japan)

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