Bentley Systems, which uses the tagline “the infrastructure engineering software company,” recently announced the winners of its 2024 Going Digital Awards. The annual awards highlight and honor the remarkable work of infrastructure professionals and their innovative use of Bentley software to improve infrastructure design through operation. The projects are judged by an independent jury of experts in the corresponding field. The awards are presented at Bentley’s annual Year In Infrastructure event.

Bentley Systems refers to itself as “the infrastructure engineering software company.” And for the past 20 years, it has celebrated extraordinary work of infrastructure professionals and their innovative use of Bentley software to improve the way infrastructure is designed, built, and operated, whether on land, at sea, or underground. This is done through the company’s annual Going Digital Awards. In addition, certain projects are selected to receive Bentley’s Founders’ Honors for advancing infrastructure.

As is customary, a team of jurors, each independent experts their particular field, selected the winners. This year, Bentley received 250 project nominations representing work by designers, builders, and other infrastructure professionals who use software developed by Bentley Systems. Nominations were submitted by organizations from 36 different countries around the globe. The submissions, which, according to Bentley, push the boundaries of what is possible in infrastructure, were pared down to 36 finalists in 12 categories. Bentley explained that each project was judged on its own merit, based how well teams incorporated Bentley tools to address specific challenges and deliver measurable, sustainable results.

“This year, we received an impressive variety of submissions for the Going Digital Awards from users across the globe, showcasing groundbreaking projects that exemplify the future of infrastructure,” said Kristin Fallon, chief marketing officer at Bentley Systems. “Today, we celebrate the extraordinary achievements of our finalists and winners. These visionary teams demonstrate the power of going digital across the infrastructure life cycle to improve project delivery and asset performance.”

And celebrate they did. During the Year In Infrastructure 2024 event, held in Vancouver, BC, three finalist projects from each category were presented to attendees, who are members of the press. During this time, the finalists have one more opportunity to sway the respective jurors, who also attend their group’s presentations.

The winners were announced during a gala dinner celebration.

This year’s Going Digital Awards winners include:

• Bridges and Tunnels: JMT—Digital Experience for I-95 Rappahannock River Crossing Construction Project
• Construction: Proicere Ltd.—SPRS Retreatment (SRP) Sellafield
• Enterprise Engineering: Mott MacDonald and HDR—Ontario Line
• Facilities, Campuses, and Cities: China ENFI Engineering Co., Ltd.—Digital Construction Project of Comprehensive Waste Management Facilities in Xiong’an New Area
• Process and Power Generation: PowerChina Zhongnan Engineering Corporation Limited—Shandong Energy Group Bozhong Offshore Wind Farm Site A Project
• Rail and Transit: SPL Powerlines UK—Midland Main Line Electrification
• Roads and Highways: Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)—Digital Twin Implementation for NLEX-SLEX Connector Road Project
• Structural Engineering: Hyundai Engineering—New Physical Modeling Method for Plant Steel Structures Using STAAD API
• Surveying and Monitoring: Water Supplies Department—Digital Twin of the Ex-Sham Shui Po Service Reservoir
• Subsurface Modeling and Analysis: Spark and WSP—North East Link Central Package
• Transmission and Distribution: Southwest Electric Power Design Institute Co., Ltd. of China Power Engineering Consulting Group—Butuo ±800-kV Converter Station
• Water and Wastewater: Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo—Sabesp – Integra 4.0

In addition, 16 projects were presented with Founders’ Honors, presented to a select number of exemplary projects, individuals, and organizations that reflect the company’s mission of advancing the world’s infrastructure for better quality of life. These projects were chosen individually by Bentley Systems’ founders.

The 2024 Founders’ Honors recipients are:

• Qk4, Inc.—Going Digital Survey with Bridging Kentucky
• Tecne Systra-Sws Advanced Tunneling Srl—Digital Implementation in Tunnel Assessment and Rehabilitation
• Guangdong Airport Authority—Digital Innovation Application of Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Phase III Expansion Project
• MCC Capital Engineering & Research Incorporation Limited—Integrated Application of BIM Technology in the Design, Construction, Operation and Maintenance of the World’s First Hydrogen Metallurgy Engineering Demonstration Project
• Monir Precision Monitoring—31 Parliament Street Urban Infrastructure and Excavation Shoring Monitoring
• Greenman-Pedersen Inc.—Brooklyn Bridge: Montgomery Coastal Resilience
• Arcadis—Cambridge South Infrastructure Enhancements
• Communaute d’Agglomeration Pau Bearn Pyrenees (CAPBP)—The Multipurpose Urban Digital Twin of Communaute d’Agglomeration de Pau Bearn Pyrenees
• PT Wijaya Karya—Nusantara Road and Highway Connectivity, New Capital City of Indonesia
• PT SMG Consultants Indonesia—Transformative Innovations in Southeast Sulawesi Nickel-Cobalt Exploration
• University of Canterbury—Incorporating Visible Geology and Leapfrog into undergraduate university courses
• Macquarie Geotechnical—Subsurface reality modelling for enhanced insight
• Exo Inc.—Evergy Power Transmission Structure Stabilization
• PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency—High Fidelity Digital Twin-Enabled Anomaly Detection and Localization in Singapore
• Maynilad Water Services Inc.—Network Design using OpenFlows WaterGEMS for Distribution of Direct Potable Reused Water at Parañaque City, Philippines
• Dublin Fire Brigade—Digital Twins for Emergency Response (DTER)

Detailed descriptions of all nominated projects will be included in Bentley’s 2024 Infrastructure Yearbook, which will be published in early 2025.