Bentley Systems, the leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, has invited nominations for the Year in Infrastructure 2019 Awards programme.

The awards, which are judged by independent juries of industry experts, recognise infrastructure projects for digital innovations that improve project delivery and/or asset performance.

The Year in Infrastructure Awards are an integral part of Bentley’s annual Year in Infrastructure Conference. The deadline for nominations is April 30, 2019.

Advancing BIM through Digital Twins is the theme of this year’s conference, which takes place from October 21 to 24 in Singapore at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre. Winners will be announced at a gala event during the conference.  

The entries for the Year in Infrastructure Awards programme is open to all users of Bentley software. These firms can enter their projects, no matter which phase the project is in - preconstruction/conceptual, design, construction, or operations.

The three finalists chosen for each awards category will win a trip to Singapore to attend the Year in Infrastructure 2019 Conference, as guests of Bentley Systems.

As part of the conference, the finalists will present their projects before the judges, industry thought leaders, and more than 100 members of the media.

Every project nominated for an award receives recognition across the global infrastructure community.

The 18 Year in Infrastructure 2019 Awards categories recognize advancements in going digital for several categories including 4D Construction Modeling; Bridges; Buildings and Campuses; Communications and Utilities; Digital Cities; Geotechnical Engineering; Manufacturing; Mining and Offshore Engineering; Power Generation; Project Delivery; Rail and Transit; Reality Modeling; Roads and Highways; Road and Rail Asset Performance; Structural Engineering; Utilities and Industrial Asset Performance; Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants; Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Networks.

Additionally, projects that represent Bentley’s mission of advancing infrastructure, but which transcend the narrower focus of the individual category awards, can be considered for Special Recognition awards including:

•Advancements in Digital Twins for Project Delivery (Project Digital Twins) for a project using a digital twin to gain useful insights, such as understanding the impact of change and design alternatives or highlighting issues with the quality of project data, to more effectively collaborate with the extended project team, or to model the performance of a project and its construction.

•Advancements in Digital Twins for Asset Performance (Performance Digital Twins) for projects involving an operating infrastructure asset that uses a digital twin to gain useful insights to improve the performance of an operating asset –throughput, safety, compliance, maintenance – to evaluate the relative impact of different operational strategies, to support training of operational staff or to support remote operations of an asset.

•Advancements in Sustainability and Resilience for a project that has been designed or an infrastructure asset that is being operated to achieve better sustainability (lower carbon footprint, better use of renewables, reduced environmental impact) or higher resilience (ability to withstand and recover from man-made or natural disasters, adaptability to changing conditions).

Bentley Systems is the leading global provider of software solutions to engineers, architects, geospatial professionals, constructors, and owner-operators for the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure.

Its MicroStation-based engineering and BIM applications, and its digital twin cloud services, advance the project delivery (ProjectWise) and the asset performance (AssetWise) of transportation and other public works, utilities, industrial and resources plants, and commercial and institutional facilities.-TradeArabia News Service