BY Deriq T. Bernard
AFTER four days of breakout sessions and keynotes expounding on and promoting the use of building information modeling (BIM) and digital twins, the highlight of Bentley Systems, Inc.’s Year in Infrastructure (YII) 2019 conference, acknowledged and honored eighteen YII 2019 Awards winners and gave out nine Special Recognition awards.
The Philippines’ sole entry, the San Gabriel Power Plant competed in the power plants category.
The San Gabriel Power Plant, operated by Siemens Energy Inc. Gas and Power uses Bentley AssetWise, ContextCapture. It’s entry to the YII 2019 entitled “Asset Performance Management for Power Plants Project” competed in the Utilities and Industrial Asset Performance against several bigger projects from North America, Europe and Asia.
The 414-megawatt-rated natural gas power plant is located in Batangas City. Siemens has been the facility operations and maintenance provider since the commercial operation started in November 2016. It utilizes a combined-cycle gas turbine, which is designed to have an efficiency rating greater than 60 percent and high operational flexibility.
The category winner was EPCOR Utilities from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for its project “Implementing Risk Based Asset Management for Power Distribution.”
Bentley Systems, the leading global provider of comprehensive software and digital twin Cloud services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, gives the annual awards program to recognize the extraordinary work of Bentley users advancing design, construction, and operations of infrastructure throughout the world.
Twelve independent jury panels of industry experts selected 54 finalists from 571 nominations submitted by more than 440 user organizations in more than 60 countries.
A special award, the “Bentley Institute Knowledge Advancement Advocate Award” was given to Alison Watson, chief executive and founder of. “Class of Your Own.”
Class of Your Own, is a UK-headquartered provider of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, math) curriculum and built environment-focused learning programs for secondary school students. It has partnered with Bentley Systems to create a new, future-focused global curriculum, called “Design Engineer Construct!” (DEC) which provides its students hands-on knowledge and skills for careers in infrastructure professions.
The awards ceremony and gala night happened on October 24 at the conclusion of the Year in Infrastructure 2019 Conference in Singapore.
The full list of winners are as follows:
Year in Infrastructure 2019 Special Recognition Awards winners:
Advancing Urban Planning through Digital Twins
Civil Engineering and Development Department, Hong Kong SAR Government and AECOM
The Town Plaza Urban Design Study for the Establishment of the Kwu Tung North, New Development Area
Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region
Advancing Industrial Sustainability through Digital Twins
MCC Capital Engineering & Research Incorporation Ltd.
Henan Jiyuan Iron & Steel, 80MW High-Temperature Ultrahigh-Pressure Gas Power Generation Energy-Saving Renovation Project
Jiyuan, Henan Province, China
Digital Cities Award for Comprehensive Roadway Digital Twins
Shenzhen Highway Engineering Consultant Co., Ltd.
Yangang East Interchange Project
Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
Digital Cities Award for Comprehensive Water Digital Twins
íguas do Porto, EM
H2PORTO Technological Platform for the Integrated Management of Porto’s Urban Water Cycle
Porto, Porto, Portugal
Advancing Infrastructure Resilience through Digital Twins
Italferr S.p.A.
The New Polcevera Viaduct
Genova, Liguria, Italy
Advancing Construction Industrialization through Digital Twins
Heilongjiang Construction High-Tech Capital Group Co., Ltd.
Smart and Digital Application in Heilongjiang Construction Industry Modernization Demonstration Park
Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, China
Advancing Economic Infrastructure through Digital Twins
CCCC Water Transportation Consultants Co. Ltd. (WTC)
SAPT Automatic Container Yard and Housing Project in Pakistan
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Advancing Digital Workflows through Digital Twins
Mott MacDonald / Systra Designers working with Balfour Beatty / Vinci Joint Venture
High Speed Two Sectors N1 and N2 Main Works Civil Contract
Birmingham, Country North Sectors, United Kingdom
Bentley Institute Knowledge Advancement Advocate Award
Alison Watson, chief executive and founder, Class of Your Own
The winners of Year in Infrastructure 2019 Awards for going digital advancements in infrastructure are:
4D Construction
Mortenson, Clark — a Joint Venture
Chase Center and Warriors Mixed-use Office and Retail Development
San Francisco, California, United States
Bridges
PT. Wijaya Karya (Persero) Tbk.
Design and Build Harbour Road 2 Project
North Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia
Buildings and Campuses
Voyants Solutions
Detailed Design, Tendering and Project Management Services for Establishment of 12 IT/Hi-Tech Parks in Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Communications and Utilities
POWERCHINA Hubei Electric Engineering Co., Ltd.
Technology Application in Miluo Western 220kV Substation Project
Miluo City, Hunan Province, China
Digital Cities
Shanghai Investigation, Design & Research Institute Co., Changjiang Ecological Environmental Protection Group Co.
Application of Digitalization in Jiujiang Smart Water Management Platform
Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China
Geotechnical Engineering
ARUP Singapore Pte Ltd.
Tanjong Pagar Mixed Development
Singapore
Manufacturing
Hatch
Sulfuric Acid Plant Project in the DRC
Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mining and Offshore Engineering
Shanghai Investigation, Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd.
China Three Gorges New Energy Dalian Zhuanghe III (300MW) Offshore Wind Farm Project
Dalian, Liaoning, China
Power Generation
Hunan Hydro & Power Design Institute
Hanjiang Yakou Shipping Hub Engineering Project
Yicheng, Hubei, China
Project Delivery
South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT)
Seamless Information Sharing and Integration Across Multiple Platforms Using ProjectWise
Columbia, South Carolina, United States
Rail and Transit
Italferr S.p.A
AV/AC in Southern Italy, Napoli-Bari Route
Napoli-Bari, Campania-Puglia, Italy
Reality Modeling
MMC Gamuda KVMRT (T) Sdn Bhd
Drone Surveying for BIM and GIS Data Capture – Malaysian Metro Megaproject
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Road and Rail Asset Performance
Lebuhraya Borneo Utara Sdn Bhd
Pan Borneo Highway
Sarawak, Malaysia
Roads and Highways
Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC
Foth Transforms, Connects, and Revitalizes Cedar Falls, Iowa Corridor
Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States of America
Structural Engineering
WSP
WSP Delivers Optimized Design for Complex Basement under Iconic Admiralty Arch
London, United Kingdom
Utilities and Industrial Asset Performance
EPCOR Utilities
Implementing Risk Based Asset Management for Power Distribution
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants
Jacobs Engineering Group and Singapore’s National Water Agency, PUB
Tuas Water Reclamation Plant
Singapore
Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Networks
Balfour Beatty, Morgan Sindall, BAM Nuttall Joint Venture
Thames Tideway Tunnel
London, United Kingdom