- i-TEN Associates – Point Cloud Visualizations – (Portland, Oregon, USA)
Innovation in Power Generation
- L&T-Sargent & Lundy Limited – 3x660 MW Supercritical Thermal Power Plant – (Nagpur, Maharashtra, India)
Innovation in Process Manufacturing
- Qatar Petroleum – Creation of Intelligent As-built Models of Offshore Facilities Using a Combination of Terrestrial Laser Scanning and Verified Existing Engineering Drawings – (Doha, Qatar)
Innovation in Rail and Transit
- Hatch Mott MacDonald – Toronto - York Spadina Subway Extension – (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Innovation in Roads
- Beam, Longest and Neff, L.L.C. – I-69 at State Road 61/56 – (Pike County, Indiana, USA)
Innovation in Structural Engineering
- Stopford Projects Ltd – Tata Soda Ash Plant Winnington – (Winnington, Cheshire, United Kingdom)
Innovation in Utility Transmission and Distribution Networks
- ENMAX Power Corporation – A Case Study on Bentley Substation – (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
Innovation in Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants
- CDM – Galveston Main Wastewater Treatment Plant – (Galveston, Texas, USA)
Innovation in Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Networks
- General Directorate of Izmir Water and Wastewater Authority – IZSU Geographic Infrastructure Information System Project – (Izmir, Turkey)
Candidates for Bentley’s third annual Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards were placed into nomination by the independent panels of 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 recognized 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 as follows:
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 Pty Ltd – (Melbourne, Australia)
For highlights of the Be Inspired Awards winners for 2011, visit www.bentley.com/beinspiredawards.
For additional information about news announced at Be Inspired, visit www.bentley.com/PressKits.
About Be Inspired: Thought Leadership in Infrastructure
The world’s leading practitioners gathered this week at Be Inspired, Bentley’s premier thought leadership and networking event, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. They shared the best practices behind the successful realization of their current projects and explored new ways to respond to the challenges driving today’s business. Also in attendance were 80 journalists from around the world, who additionally participated in a special media briefing on November 7.
Be Inspired, an intimate, invitation-only event, featured
presentations by the Be Inspired Awards finalists as well as
executive roundtables focusing on critical issues in business,
technology, and practice facing infrastructure professionals around the
world. It culminated with an awards ceremony last night recognizing
outstanding achievement and innovation in infrastructure design,
construction, and operations by winners selected from 57 project
finalists by five independent panels of jurors. In total, nominations
from 270 organizations in 42 countries were submitted in this year’s
awards program.