2010 Be Inspired Awards Winners

Bentley Systems has announced the winners of the 2010 Be Inspired Awards and Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards. The awards honour the extraordinary work of Bentley users improving and sustaining the world's infrastructure. They were presented on Wednesday 20th October at a gala dinner during the annual Be Inspired: Thought Leadership in Infrastructure event. A total of 24 award winners, representing project work in 16 different countries, were recognised.

This year, Be Inspired took place on 19th and 20th October in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In attendance were 400 senior infrastructure professionals from leading architectural, engineering, construction, and owner-operator organisations in 35 countries. Keynote presentations were made by Bentley Systems CEO Greg Bentley and SVP Bhupinder Singh, Malcolm Taylor, head of Technical Support Services for London's Crossrail project, and Lars Hesselgren, research director of PLP Architects.

An independent panel of jurors, which included accomplished Bentley users and distinguished industry experts, selected the 19 Be Inspired Awards winners from 55 finalists. These finalists had been previously chosen from 320 nominations submitted by 249 organisations in 45 countries.

The five winners of Bentley's second annual Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards were placed into nomination by the same panel of independent jurors for uniquely innovative and visionary infrastructure project achievements embracing multiple Be Inspired Awards categories. The nominees were then reviewed by a panel consisting of Bentley executives, as well as Bentley Infrastructure Ambassadors Council members Norbert Young, Jim Porter, and Patrick McCrory. The achievements recognised include: Attaining Return on Innovation, Advancing Interoperability, Sustaining Our Society, Sustaining Our Environment, and Sustaining the Professions.

The Be Inspired Awards winners for 2010 are as follows:
•Communicating Through Visualisation: A02-Architecture Office - Competition Proposal - Cultural Centre Zlin - Zlin, Czech Republic
•Connecting Project Teams: Crossrail Limited - Crossrail - London, United Kingdom
•Innovation in Bridges: Atkins - Penang Bridge Stay Replacement - Penang, Malaysia
•Innovation in Building: Henning Larsen Architects - Crystal Towers - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
•Innovation in Campuses, Airports, and Military Installations: Zaha Hadid Architects - Stone Towers - Cairo, Egypt
•Innovation in Communications Networks: Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, a.s. - XFM Moves Maps to Integrated GIS - Praha, Czech Republic
•Innovation in Construction: PT McDermott Indonesia - Cuu Long Su Tu Vang Project - Mekong Basin, Vietnam
•Innovation in Generative Design: Henning Larsen Architects - Villas in the Sky - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
•Innovation in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering: State Geological Institute of Dionyz Stur - Rhyolite Volcanism 3D Geological Maps - Spiska Nova Ves, Slovakia
•Innovation in Government: Odense Kommune - On-the-Fly 3D City and Urban Modeling - Odense, Denmark
•Innovation in Mining and Metals: PDC Consultants - Brockman Syncline No. 4 Project - Pilbara, Australia
•Innovation in Power Generation: ESI Inc. of Tennessee - Department of Energy - Biomass Cogeneration Facility - Aiken, South Carolina, United States
•Innovation in Process Manufacturing: Grontmij Industry - Fully Automatic Production Unit for Sika - Zwijndrecht, Belgium
•Innovation in Rail and Transit: Mott MacDonald Limited - Victoria Station Upgrade Project - London, United Kingdom
•Innovation in Roads: URS/Scott Wilson - A46 Newark to Widmerpool - Newark, United Kingdom
•Innovation in Structural Engineering: Arup Singapore Pte Ltd - Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort - Singapore
•Innovation in Utility Transmission and Distribution Networks: Central Southern China Electric Power Design Institute - Jiangxia 500 kV Transformer Substation - Wuhan, China
•Innovation in Water or Wastewater Treatment Plants: Carollo Engineers - Ak-Chin Indian Community Water Reclamation Facility - Maricopa, Arizona, United States
•Innovation in Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Networks: Westernport Water - Integration of SCADA Data in Model Calibration - Newhaven, Australia

The Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards winners for 2010 are as follows:
•Attaining Return on Innovation: Matec Engineering - BIM: Advanced Brazilian Civil Construction - Sao Paulo, Brazil
•Advancing Interoperability: Stanley Beaman & Sears - Nemours Children's Hospital - Orlando, Florida, United States
•Sustaining Our Society: Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation - Transformation of a Growing City to Vibrant Habitat Through e-Governance for Citizen-Centric Service Delivery Mechanism - Mumbai, India
•Sustaining Our Environment: MWH Global, Inc. - Meath EFW (Energy From Waste) - Meath, Ireland
•Sustaining the Professions: Hatch Mott McDonald - iPas DT Sustainable Training Initiative - Millburn, New Jersey, United States