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News Release from: Bentley Systems | Subject: BE Awards of Excellence
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Winners of 2006 BE Awards of Excellence
Bentley announces winners of 2006 BE Awards of Excellence.
At this gathering of more than 2,000 attendees, Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced the winners of the 2006 BE Awards of Excellence, which honor the extraordinary work of Bentley users improving the world's infrastructure Twenty-nine projects in the professional portion of the program received BE Awards during the BE Conference in Charlotte
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 9 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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These projects set benchmarks for their industries, and showcase the imagination and technical mastery of the organizations that created them.
In addition, for the first time, a BE Award was presented for Lifetime Achievement.
In the academic portion of the program, BE Awards went to the Educator of the Year and to the top three student designs.
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The winners were announced last night during a dinner and ceremony hosted by Peter Sagal of the National Public Radio program "Wait Wait_ Don't Tell Me!," and co-sponsored by McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of Engineering News-Record.
The independent panel of BE Awards jurors, which included accomplished Bentley users and distinguished industry experts, selected the winning projects from more than 260 nominations.
"Speaking on behalf of our company and the professions that we serve, we offer heartfelt congratulations to these winners," said CEO Greg Bentley.
"They've shown that they stand above all others in their vision and application of technology in improving the world's infrastructure".
"Once again, we had a record number of nominations," continued Mr.Bentley.
"My congratulations extend to all of them, each of which is deserving of acknowledgement".
The Winners of the 2006 BE Awards of Excellence This year's BE Awards of Excellence winners are as follows:.
Building.
* BIM for Architecture: NBBJ - Providence Park Hospital.
* BIM for Building Engineering: Arup - Facade for Westfield Parramatta Transport Interchange.
* BIM for Multiple Disciplines: Building Design Partnership .
- Bridge Academy, Hackney.
* BIM for Simulation and Visualization: NBBJ - i21 Intervention Suite for the 21st Century.
* Building Managed Environment: Capita Percy Thomas - St.
Helens and Knowsley Hospital .
* Building New Technology Adoption: Ghafari Associates - Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel.
Civil.
* Civil Managed Environment: HDR Engineering - HDR ProjectWise Implementation.
* Civil New Technology Adoption: Waterford County Council - The Integration of the Measurement of Energy Usage Into Road Design (IERD).
* Civil Rail Design: RITES .
- Detailed Engineering Study for Kashmir Railway Project in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, India.
* Civil Road Design: Vela VKE Consulting Engineers (Pty) .
- The K90/K157/P157-2 Interchange.
* Civil Site Design: HJ Banks - Bowesfield Riverside Community.
* Civil Visualization: New York State Department of Transportation - Traveling to Pinehaven - An Examination Into Effective Transportation Solutions.
Geospatial.
* Geospatial Communications: Comcast - Comcast Northern Division Upgrade Initiative.
* Geospatial Government: Ville de Saguenay - Expertise in Civil Safety at Ville de Saguenay.
* Geospatial Managed Environment: U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers - Interagency Performance Evaluation Taskforce - Data Management .
* Geospatial Mapping and Cadastre: Municipio de Tampico - Integrated System of Cadastre Administration.
* Geospatial Modeling: Hydro Tasmania Consulting - Hobart City Visualization Project .
* Geospatial Public Works: Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran - Disaster Management - Interlinking of Water Works in Mumbai Metropolitan Area.
* Geospatial Utilities: AES Torino S.p.A.
- SITEGAS, the Modernization of the Gas and District Heating Networks Management in a Fast-Growing Utility Company.
*Geospatial Web Publishing: City of Mississauga - eMaps, Interactive Online Mapping.
Plant .
* Plant Lifecycle Information Management: Tessenderlo Group - AutoPLANT/PIDA/eDM System for Engineering and Maintenance Purposes.
* Plant Managed Environment, Global Work Sharing: ConocoPhillips Alaska - CPAI Managed Environment.
* Plant Multidiscipline Engineering: Giprotyumenneftegaz - West-Salym Field Development.
* Plant New Technology Adoption: CH2M HILL - American Electric Power - Mitchell and Mountaineer CPS Treatment Plants.
* Plant Rookie of the Year (First-Time User): Carollo Engineers, P.C.
- Adoption of Bentley Products.
* Plant Supply Chain Integration (For Vendors/Equipment Suppliers Only): York International/A Johnson Controls Company - Zueitina Propane Refrigeration System.
* Plant Visualization: Atkins Water - Wastewater Treatment Improvement Projects.
Special Awards.
* Lifetime Achievement Award: Jim Fisher - Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
* Best Overall IT Strategy: Oldham Metropolitan B.C.
- Integrated e-Government.
* Well-Trained Organization: Wood Group Engineering (North Sea) .
- Corporate Efficiency.
Academic Awards.
* Educator of the Year: Dr Andreas Asperl - Vienna University of Technology.
* Middle School/High School: Scott Eder, Stephen Lehner, and Matt Brinegar - Thurmond Morrison High (Eastern Technical High School) * University/Collegiate, Architecture/Building: Ryan D.
Hughes - High School in Philadelphia (University of Virginia).
* University/Collegiate, Engineering: Misam Younis, Maher Yusuf, and Akram Shtawy - Corridor Design Between the West Bank and Gaza Strip (An-Najah National University).
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