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Bentley Systems announces nominees for its innovation awards

Software specialist Bentley Systems has announced the nominees for its ccconstruction software innovation awards, being held in the UK in November 2015. The project finalists for the 2015 Be Inspired Awards highlight Bentley users advancing infrastructure design, construction, and operations throughout the world. Ten independent jury panels selected the 54 finalists from more than 360 nominations submitted by organisations in 55 countries.
September 24, 2015 Read time: 3 mins
Software specialist 4019 Bentley Systems has announced the nominees for its ccconstruction software innovation awards, being held in the UK in November 2015. The project finalists for the 2015 Be Inspired Awards highlight Bentley users advancing infrastructure design, construction, and operations throughout the world. Ten independent jury panels selected the 54 finalists from more than 360 nominations submitted by organisations in 55 countries.

The finalists will present their innovative projects in front of their peers, the jurors, and the more than 100 members of the media at The Year in Infrastructure 2015 Conference, taking place from November 3rd-5th in UK capital, London. This global gathering of will feature keynotes by Bentley senior management as well as prominent industry speakers; interactive workshops exploring technology and business, and how they are shaping infrastructure project delivery and asset performance; informative industry forums featuring speakers from organisations including 920 American Road & Transportation Builders Association, ARC Advisory Group, 3005 Atkins, ConnDOT, 8100 Highways England, 2693 Parsons Brinckerhoff, and 2122 Trimble; and the announcement of the Be Inspired Award winners.

All those who submitted a nomination in the Be Inspired Awards program are also encouraged to attend. Bentley Systems COO Malcolm Walter said, “It provides, within a few focused days, inspiring presentations of the year’s most extraordinary advancements in infrastructure, coupled with valuable insights on the innovations in technology and best practices that are helping improve project delivery and asset performance. At the same time, attendees have ample opportunity to network with other infrastructure leaders who are shaping the future.”

The Be Inspired Awards finalists for 2015 include


Innovation in Asset Performance Management

West 5131 Virginia Department of Transportation – West Virginia Division of Highways’ Implementation of a Bentley Hosted SUPERLOAD System for Oversised/Overweight Vehicle Permitting and Routing – (Charleston, West Virginia, United States)

Innovation in Bridges

5979 Finley Engineering Group – I-49 North (I-220 to Martin Luther King Drive) – (Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States)

Finley Engineering Group and Archer Western Contractors – US 281 Bridge Over the Colorado River – (Marble Falls, Texas, United States)

LCW Consult – The Ceira River Bridge – (Coimbra, Coimbra District, Portugal)

Innovation in Land Development

Landinspektørfirmaet LE34 – Building Height Line-of-sight Restrictions From the Hermitage Palace – (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Mortenson Construction – Sanford Fargo Medical Center – (Fargo, North Dakota, United States)

Tata Consulting Engineers – Detailed Design of Utility Infrastructure     – (Dharampur, Gujarat, India)

Innovation in Megaprojects

1397 AECOM – E4 Stockholm Bypass FSK02 Rock Tunnels Design Contract – (Stockholm, Sweden)

Innovation in Roads

AECOM – Roadmap for the Development of the E4 from Ljungby to Toftanäs – (Ljungby and Toftanäs, Sweden)

Grontmij – A6 to Manchester Relief Road – (Stockport, Manchester and Cheshire, United Kingdom)

The 2284 Danish Road Directorate – Herning to Holstebro – (Holstebro, Jylland, Denmark)

Innovation in Structures

Harper-Leavitt Engineering – Decommissioning and Replacement of Del Rio Bridge on US 20 – (St Anthony, Idaho, United States).

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