Winners of 2007 BE Awards of Excellence Announced

Bentley Systems, Incorporated bearing the sameInformation Repository
name as Bentley, the British-based luxury automobilesCivil
and Grand Tourers of Volkswagen, the manufacturer• Civil Innovation: HNTB - TrueViz™
of quality VW Cabriolet Parts --- has awardedOnTargetÂ(R)
thirty-one projects in the professional portion of the• Civil Road Infrastructure: Scott Wilson
program. These projects set the standard andKirkpatrick (India) Pvt Ltd - Laning of
showcase the creativity as well as the technicalHyderabad-Vijayawada and Norra Länken
mastery of the organizations that developed them. For• Civil Site Design: Vela VKE Consulting
the academic portion of the program, BE has awardedEngineering - Zimbali Civil Infrastructure
the Educator of the Year and the top four student• Civil Visualization and Simulation: Mott
designs.MacDonald Ltd - East London Line Project
The announcement of the winners was done last night• Civil Structural Analysis, Design, and
at a dinner and ceremony that was hosted by PeterDocumentation: Arup - Marina Bayfront Pedestrian
Sagal of the National Public Radio Program "Wait,Bridge
Wait… Don't Tell Me!" and co-sponsored by• Civil Distributed Enterprise: The Banks Group
McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of Engineering- Centralized Data Storage Using StartPoint and
News-Record. There are also independent panel ofRiverbed WAN Optimization
BE Awards jurors comprising of accomplished BentleyGeospatial
users and renowned industry experts that has helped• Geospatial Communications: Nacap
in choosing the winning projects from among the 280Telecom BV - Fibre Optics 'Zuid-Limburg' -Isilinx
nominations.• Geospatial Government: Gemeente
CEO Greg Bentley said, "Honoring the recipients of ourAmsterdam, Dienst Ruimtelijke Ordening - IJburg
BE Awards of Excellence and their wonderfully• Geospatial Mapping and Cadastre:
innovative work is something I look forward to everyPetrobras SA - SGO Project - Petrobras Subsea
year. It is a privilege and a pleasure to recognize soAssets Tracking
much talent and so many projects that will have a• Geospatial 3D GIS: AAMHatch - True
positive impact on the world community forOrthophotography and 3D Model of the City of
generations. On behalf of all my colleagues at Bentley, IMelbourne
heartily congratulate the winners and acknowledge the• Geospatial Water Resource Management:
exceptional quality of all of the nominations."ISKI Genel Mudurlugu - Infrastructure Integration of
Mr. Bentley further said, "During his keynote address,Mega City - Istanbul
Bentley COO Malcolm Walter announced the winners• Geospatial Utilities: Baltimore Gas & Electric
of a special new category of BE Awards - 'BestCo. - The BGE Bentley Project
Return on Innovation' - personally selected this year by• Geospatial Innovation: Dutch Ministry of
Malcolm based on ROI data supplied by each of theFinance - Geospatially Enabling the Dutch Ministry of
nominees. The winners included: Bechtel, Dutch MinistryFinance; Putting 'Where' into SAP
of Finance, GHAFARI Associates, and Kentucky• Geospatial Distributed Enterprise: Sandia
Transportation Cabinet. These organizations are notNational Laboratories - Power Through Integration
only improving the world's infrastructure withPlant
award-winning projects, but they are also realizing• Plant Multi-Discipline Design: BSPiR
substantial returns for their investments in innovation.Energoprojekt-Katowice S.A. - The Coke Plant
Again, on behalf of Bentley colleagues around the"Przyjazn"
globe, I offer my congratulations to each of these• Plant Lifecycle Information Management:
organizations on both accomplishments."North China Power Engineering (Beijing) Co. Ltd -
Here are the winners of the 2007 BE Awards ofBuilding Up NCPE Content Management Platform With
Excellence:ProjectWise as the Core
Building• Plant Structural Analysis, Design, and
• BIM for Architecture: Rogers Stirk HarbourDocumentation: Southern Co. Services - Plant Wansley
& Partners Ltd - The Leadenhall BuildingUnits 1-2 FGD Addition
• BIM for Building Engineering: M/E Engineering,• Plant Visualization and Simulation: Atkins
P.C. - BioMed Engineering and Optics LaboratoryWater - Bolton Wastewater Treatment Works
Building• Plant Innovation: VECO Alaska Inc. -
• BIM for Multiple Disciplines: Arup - ReviewConoco Phillips Drill Site Technologies
and Study of the Opera Theatre Interior and New• Plant Rookie of the Year: Sanitation Districts
Works, Sydney Opera Houseof Los Angeles County - San Jose Creek Central
• BIM for Visualization and Simulation: DvorakPlant Modification
architekti s.r.o. - Vrnata House• Plant Distributed Enterprise: Bechtel -
• BIM for Sustainable Design: Fortis Bank -Jamnagar Export Refinery Project
Kanselarij Cluster Restructuring ProjectSpecial Awards
• Building Innovation: LJB, Inc. - Wells Fargo• Best Overall IT Strategy: VECO Alaska Inc.
Home Mortgage- Bentley Enterprise Implementation and Management
• Building Structural Analysis, Design, and• Well-Trained Organization: Halff Associates,
Documentation: WSP Group plc - Manchester HiltonInc.
• Building Distributed Enterprise: The StandardAcademic Awards
Bank of South Africa Ltd - Central Premises• Educator of the Year: Dr.