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HDR Engineering: Hoover Dam Bypass Led by HDR Engineering, the Hoover Support Team applied MicroStation and GEOPAK Civil Engineering Suite software to complete the design of this 3.5 mile bypass and 1,900-foot bridge The Hoover Dam Bypass helps ensure personal safety, smooth-flowing commerce and homeland security for one of the nation’s national treasures. Led by HDR Engineering, the >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: RITES Ltd Design of New Jubilee Bridge Originally constructed in 1887, the Jubilee Bridge provides an important railway link across the river Hooghly. Although it is still operational, the bridge has severe >> more

2007 BE Award Winner: Arup Marina Bayfront Pedestrian Bridge The Marina Bayfront Pedestrian Bridge in Singapore is the first of its type in the world. At 280 meters long, the bridge features a unique double-helix >> more

Sutong Bridge, the world’s longest cable-stayed bridge Structural Analysis of the Sutong Bridge It’s not your average bridge. Sutong Bridge in China’s Jiangsu Province can claim the world’s longest cable-stayed span – 1,088 meters – and the longest >> more

Poland's Province Integrated Information System (DSIP) Polish regional authority (DSIP) integrates spatial information for efficiency Lower Silesia, one of 16 administrative units in Poland, is the seat of local government for the region, performing both legislative and information management functions for >> more

Danish Road Directorate: Land Acquisition GIS LARGIS, built on MicroStation GeoGraphics, helps the Danish Road Directorate better understand the impact of specific routes when a new road is planned When a new road is planned, the route may take it through property not owned by the government. The Danish Road Directorate’s GIS team in >> more

Bentley Solutions: The Corporate Standard at Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council Bentley’s products—from creation tools to back office data management, integration to publishing solutions— aid the Borough in meeting its e-Government strategy of an integrated property data model Having grown from three MicroStation licenses purchased in 1993, Bentley technology is now the Council’s corporate standard. MicroStation, MicroStation GeoGraphics, and Bentley GeoOutlook are being >> more

Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council: Waste Landfill Monitoring System The new system can use aerial photographs as backdrop maps, and borehole details and reports are automatically generated from the database Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (OMBC) is the lead authority for the development of recycling, waste disposal and landfill sites in the Greater Manchester area. This >> more

Honduras Land Information System Uses Bentley Technology to Integrate Land Ownership Data Honduras Land Information System uses Bentley technology to integrate land ownership data The Honduras Land Administration Project (PATH), which is financed by the World Bank, has an important goal for the people of this region - the >> more

2005 BE Award Winner: The City of Calgary Better Base Maps Facilitate Citywide Data Sharing Better base mapping management is helping the City of Calgary, Canada share data citywide. Workflow efficiencies have resulted from improvements in data entry, data accuracy, and data >> more

City of Helsinki converts to 3D mapping City of Helsinki converts to 3D mapping The City of Helsinki, Finland, is currently involved in a conversion and upgrade project to supplement its digital 2D basemaps with a new, accurate 3D >> more

Spatially enabled managed environment gives Honduras reliable property data Spatially enabled managed environment gives Honduras reliable property data The Land Administration Project of Honduras (PATH) developed an integrated and decentralized land administration system (SURE) to provide users in the project area with timely >> more

AEC and GIS Interoperability in Practice The City of Gentofte implements an interoperable solution comprised of Bentley's engineering applications and ESRI's planning and analysis applications The City of Gentofte is the seventh largest municipality in Denmark, one of the 18 municipalities in Copenhagen. The municipality is responsible for public schools, child >> more

Geospatial Technology Helps Borough Assess its Past Geospatial technology helps borough assess its past to determine its future During the Industrial Revolution, Oldham, located in northwest England, was the center for a thriving cotton industry. This brought with it prosperity, but also left >> more

Toronto's future as a mapping leader becomes reality Rebuilt 3D topographic map base saves city $7 million to date, supports city services, provides data to outside users When the present-day City of Toronto was consolidated from seven municipalities in 1998, a number of challenges were created, most notably rebuilding the topographic map base, >> more

3D Landslide GIS Protects Citizens and the Environment The system lets engineers better manage, evaluate, and present to clients and the public projects designed to prevent landslides In the field of mountain hazard prevention, one cannot overstate the role of geographic information systems (GIS). These systems have been used to present information >> more

Gdansk municipal GIS remains flexible for urban planning Gdansk municipal GIS remains flexible for urban planning One of the many challenges the city of Gdansk, Poland, faced in the late 1980’s was development of its infrastructure. In 1999, in response to >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: LA County Dept Public Works Los Angeles River Master Plan Digital Mapping In 1999, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works created a new planning tool. The map was compiled in a digital environment from aerial >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: US Army Corps of Engineers Montgomery Lock and Dam Lift Gate The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Montgomery Dam Lift Gate in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is the second busiest inland port in the nation. The gates were >> more

Detailed 3D city models provide new perspectives on urban development Realistic visualizations allow better decisions, public input Detailed 3D city models are one of the mapping products that have seen wide-spread use in recent years. Such models are used for urban planning, >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: Suzhou Unimap Software Co Construction of China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Parks Fundamental Geographical Information System Suzhou Industrial Park is a major joint venture project between China and Singapore. Located in east of Suzhou and encompassing 288 square kilometers, Suzhou Unimap >> more

Gemeente Amsterdam, Dienst Ruimtelijke Ordening - IJburg 2007 BE Award Winner: Gemeente Amsterdam, Dienst Ruimtelijke Ordening – IJburg The Amsterdam IJburg Project is an integrated sustainable urban development project that will provide housing, work, community, and leisure facilities on recently reclaimed land. It >> more

2007 BE Award Winner: AAMHATCH True Orthophotography and 3D Model of the City of Melbourne To support planning for the 2006 Commonwealth Games, AAMHatch created a true orthophoto, which provides a perfect plan view, where everything is straight up and down, >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: Mairie de Paris Standardized Urban Road Design Application for City of Paris While upgrading to MicroStation V8, the design department for urban roads in the city of Paris—which includes 75 designers distributed over 10 sites—decided to make >> more

Blom_Aerofilms MicroStation at the Heart of LiDAR Surveying Solutions Blom Aerofilms is the United Kingdom's leading provider of aerial photography and digital map solutions for civil engineering design, environmental assessment and land information management. >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: ADAC eV TourSet Production With nearly 16 million members, Munich, Germany-based ADAC e.V. is Europe’s largest automobile club. The club produces a comprehensive travel guide called the ADAC TourSet >> more

The City of Eindhoven: Implementing E-Government in the Netherlands E-government Internet Aids in Supporting Information and Operation Products for the Citizens The city of Eindhoven, population 200,000, is the fifth largest city in Holland. It is a thriving metropolis with a unique combination of high-tech companies >> more

2005 BE Award Nominee: Moscow Cadastre Speeds Urban Revitalization Moscow improves city planning decisions through a shareable cadastre The city of Moscow has faced the challenge of directing and encouraging urban growth and promoting increases in social and political services to the city’s >> more

Dutch Ministry The goal of Dutch Ministry of Finance’s project was to create an integrated GIS-SAP solution that would provide administrative and geospatial data in one user >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: City of Alpena GIS at Every Desktop Realized Through MLS The engineering department of Alpena, Michigan, had a staff of five who designed with MicroStation and another 73 staff and two subcontractors who needed access >> more

Petrobrás SA - SGO Project-- Petrobrás Sussea Assets Tracking 2007 BE Awards Winner: Petrobrás SA – SGO Project - Petrobrás Sussea Assets Tracking SGO (Obstacles Management System) is a $20 million project in Brazil dedicated to the systematic mapping of surface and deep-sea obstacles. Before SGO was created, >> more

Fort Carson Uses MicroStation and InRoads for Base Expansion Fort Carson Uses MicroStation and InRoads for Base Expansion The Omaha District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is providing master planning for a $370 million Brigade Combat Team-Heavy (BCT-H) complex at >> more

Elisa Networks: Central Office Premises and Rack Management System The document and premises management system handles information about 310 central offices and 9,500 racks Elisa Networks’ business and asset information systems, such as the customer, agreement and equipment space databases had no interfaces between them, making space management difficult. >> more

Guadalupe Valley Telecommunications Cooperative Guadalupe Valley Telecommunications Cooperative takes advantage of Bentley communication solutions to streamline engineering processes Guadalupe Valley Telecommunications Cooperative (GVTC) provides telephone, broadband, security, and cable television to more than 41,000 customers located in 11 counties throughout south central Texas. >> more

Blue Ridge Communications uses advanced network modeling and design Blue Ridge Communications uses advanced network modeling and design to better serve its customers After evaluating potential solutions, Blue Ridge opted to implement Bentley’s communications software. These products include Bentley Fiber, Bentley Coax, and Bentley Inside Plant. According to >> more

VW Netwerk Bouw: CORBULO Project The seamless support of the total engineering process generates a high level of efficiency and increased quality of VW Netwerk Bouw as a service provider VW Netwerk Bouw is a service provider for companies with fixed fiber networks. The company needed to provide the engineers with an integrated solution to >> more

2005 BE Award Winner: KeySpan Communications - Fiber Network When KeySpan broadened the scope of its fiber network through the creation of its unregulated subsidiary, KeySpan Communications, it was apparent that existing network files >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: Precision Valley Communication Corp Metrocast Upgrade This project for Precision Valley Communications was to upgrade Metrocast of Connecticut’s existing 550 megahertz plant to 1 gigahertz for half of the towns and >> more

2007 BE Award Winner: Nacap Telecom BV Fiber Optics Zuid-Limburg—Isilinx This project includes a large area in the most southern part of the Netherlands called Zuid-Limburg. The backbone main fiber-optic ring connects the largest cities >> more

COWI COWI A/S uses Bentley communication solutions to design, document, and implement an FTTP network for Viborg, Denmark Energi Viborg, the primary utility company in the county of Viborg, Denmark, planned to expand their public service offerings by adding a fiber-based broadband network >> more

Nacap_Telecom Nacap Telecom, a Dutch company specializing in the rollout of broadband services, designed and installed a broadband network in the zuid-Limburg region of the Netherlands in about a >> more

hellas_online Attica Telecom is a go-ahead Greek telecommunications service provider founded by a group of large Greek construction companies in 2001. In April 2007, Attica Telecom >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: Sierre Energie SA Vario Fibre Optique Network Sierre-Energie owns and manages a hybrid fiber coaxial network in the region of Sierre, Switzerland. The only way for Sierre-Energie to position itself for the >> more

Bentley User Story: MonCre Telephone Cooperative Geospatial case study Although MonCre is a small organization, it is under pressure to change. Change is being driven by the need to introduce new services and to >> more

SME: Electric Utility Network Operation and Maintenance System SME's turnkey network information system -- based on Bentley's solutions for creating, managing, and publishing engineering content -- allowed the utility to reduce its workforce by seven percent As part of the Czech Republic’s application to enter the European Union, the utility market is being privatized and deregulated. In order to be competitive, >> more

AEM Cremona: enterprise-wide information sharing with a geospatial managed environment AEM Cremona optimizes enterprise-wide information sharing via geospatial managed environment The Azienda Energetica Municipale (AEM) Cremona utility company is owned by the municipality of Cremona, Italy—a pleasant city in the north of Italy, ninety kilometers >> more

Powering Australia's Growth A managed environment built on Bentley solutions gives an energy company fast, wide access to vital data ENERGEX, a leading Australian energy company, has upgraded its existing drafting and document management system to an integrated engineering design and content management system. ENERGEX’s Transmission >> more

Total Total E&P Nederland B.V. gains faster access to geologic data, improving oil exploration and production decisions When geoscientists need to make a decision, time is often at a premium. An oil company may be facing a tight deadlineon a competitive bid >> more

Baltimore Gas and Electric Case Study Baltimore Gas & Electric Company (BGE) invested $37 million and five years in developing an enterprise-class geospatial data repository and associated applications. The system supports >> more

2007 BE Award Winner: North China Power Engineering (Beijing) Building Up NCPE Content Management Platform With ProjectWise as the Core North China Power Engineering (NCPE) needed a well-managed design, information exchange, and publication process that would be traceable and satisfy quality-control requirements. In addition, the >> more

Wink Incorporated Turns to Bentley AutoPLANT to Design World's Largest District Heating and Cooling System Bentley AutoPLANT proved to be the most precise, reliable and cost-effective design tool on a fixed bid, 32,000-ton cooling plant project for the New Orleans Medical Complex that left no margin for error. Wink, Incorporated was hired to provide overall project design and coordination for the construction of a 32,000-ton cooling plant – with thermal energy storage – >> more

Petrobras S.A. Uses Bentley Solutions to Map Undersea Obstacles Petrobas S.A. Uses Bentley Solutions to Map Undersea Obstacles First developed in 1996 for the Campos Basin, Petrobras S.A.'s $20 million Sistema de Gerenciamento de Obstáculos (SGO) Obstacles Management System has been systematically mapping surface and >> more

2007 BE Award Winner: Baltimore Gas and Electric The BGE Bentley Project The total cost of the the Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE) project was $37 million and consisted of the conversion of over 9,500 gas maps, >> more

IRIDE Energia Bentley Geospatial Server Enables Cutting Edge Multi-Utility GIS for IRIDE Energia IRIDE Energia, part of the IRIDE Group, is one of the main Italian multi-utilities comprising companies that manage water, electricity, public lighting, gas and district >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: swb Netze GmbH and Co KG sisNET and Digital Works with MicroStation Descartes in ProjectWise The public utility company of Bremen, Germany, supplies electricity, water, gas, and district heating to more than 540,000 customers. In the 1990s, swb had incomplete >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: EYH Nigde Nevsehir DogalGaz Dagitum ENERGAZ Infrastructure Information System The Energaz ERP project is based on full integration between the GIS and MIS for natural gas distribution services. Applications are developed using the Microsoft.Net >> more

Baltimore Gas and Electric Case Study Baltimore Gas & Electric Company (BGE) invested $37 million and five years in developing an enterprise-class geospatial data repository and associated applications. The system supports >> more

AEM Torino Plugs into a Geospatial Environment Italian multi-utility AEM Torino creates a central database that houses its CRM, SAP, and GPS data using Bentley’s MicroStation, MicroStation GeoGraphics, Bentley Descartes, Bentley Publisher and Bentley Connector for MySAP.com One of Italy’s largest multi-utilities is one of the first in the world to implement an integrated, seamless geospatial database to manage its CRM, SAP, >> more

2005 BE Award Winner: HJ Banks & Company Ltd Planned Development - Shotton Surface Mining Project The Lady of the Lake  A different slant will be given to ’Nature Walks’ following the completion of the Shotton surface mining project  A surface mining >> more

Down to Earth. WMC, Australia's largest mining development project: Bentley Case Studies WMC Resources Ltd. delves into Australia's largest mining development project with the help of PlantSpace products When the expansion is completed, Olympic Dam mine will triple its current mining capacity from three million to nine million tonnes per year, increase annual >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: Hatch Associates Pty Ltd HATCH workSMART Data-Centric Environment Proven on projects across Australia, South Africa, Chile, and Canada, the Hatch WorkSMART Data-Centric Environment has become a corporate standard for data-centric project execution. It >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: GMI SA Ingenieros Consultores Primary Sulfide Project/Permanent Fresh Water Supply Engineering Cerro Verde is a copper and molybdenum mine in Peru. The project was to design a fresh water system that would provide a seamless system >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: CH2M Hill HOLCIM Cement Plant One of the world’s largest cement plants is being designed by CH2M HILL. The plant is situated on 3,900 acres along the Mississippi River in >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: Technip Germany GmbH Oil Field Development This oil field development project in the Middle East covers 20 infield flowlines for oil production water supply and water reinjection with a total length >> more

EDG Helps Chevron Cut Costs on Offshore Platform Project with Cyra and Bentley AutoPLANT By performing laser scanning to create a Bentley AutoPLANT as-built 3D model of an offshore oil platform, EDG reduced project costs by 15 percent EDG, a full-service professional engineering corporation, has been helping owner operators identify and manage plant and structure as-built engineering content through laser scanning and 3D >> more

A Forward-looking Philosophy VECO Alberta Ltd.’s use of PlantSpace on Shell’s proposed Athabasca Oil Sands Project is resulting in a much more efficient design and engineering cycle VECO, in a collaborative effort involving several other engineering firms, is working on the Athabasca Oil Sands Project, led by Shell Canada Limited. VECO is >> more

Knowing the Drill Kvaerner wins major contract on the strength of its IT/IS strategy for engineering, based on PlantSpace and MicroStation Osberg is likely the most profitable oil and gas field in the world.  The Osberg A and B plaforms were originally installed as oil-producing platforms, >> more

2007 BE Award Winner: Bechtel Jamnagar Export Refinery Project Bechtel is collaborating on the Jamnagar Export Refinery Project (JERP) in India, which has a plot plan bigger than that of London and a target >> more

The Cold, Hard Truth SALOF Refrigeration lowers costs and strengthens job bids with Bentley AutoPLANT software For more than two decades, New Braunfels, Texas-based SALOF Refrigeration has been meeting the needs of its global customer base by delivering the most innovative >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: Aker Kværner Integrating ProjectWise in Engineering Data Workflow At Aker Kvaerner, the engineering environment in maintenance, modification, and operations traditionally used separate systems to handle the many different types of project data. At >> more

Tapping the Power of 3D Design: INVAP. Bentley Case Studies INVAP assembles 12-form team to design and build nuclear reactor for research In the foothills of the Andes lies the city of Bariloche, Argentina. A renowned tourist resort, Bariloche is also home to one of the world’s >> more

2007 BE Award Winner: VECO Alaska Conoco Phillips Drill Site Technologies The VECO Alaska design team simultaneously engineered drill sites CD3 and CD4 for Conoco Phillips Alaska Inc. Tasked with reusing project data to generate several >> more

Petrobras S.A. Uses Bentley Solutions to Map Undersea Obstacles Petrobas S.A. Uses Bentley Solutions to Map Undersea Obstacles First developed in 1996 for the Campos Basin, Petrobras S.A.'s $20 million Sistema de Gerenciamento de Obstáculos (SGO) Obstacles Management System has been systematically mapping surface and >> more

Total Total E&P Nederland B.V. gains faster access to geologic data, improving oil exploration and production decisions When geoscientists need to make a decision, time is often at a premium. An oil company may be facing a tight deadlineon a competitive bid >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: York Internation a Johnson Controls Company Renewable Energy Corp, Moses Lake Expansion The $7 million Moses Lake Expansion project will double Renewable Energy Corp.’s capacity to produce polysilicon at its Washington state facility. The project is comprised >> more

3D Modeling Aids EPK in Power Plant Design: Bentley Case Studies Poland's largest engineering company improves design and reduces costs Energoprojekt-Katowice S.A. (EPK) is no stranger to heavy industrial and power plant design. Founded in 1949, the multidisciplinary engineering design firm has designed more than >> more

Two Power Plants Share Designs: Utility Engineering Corporate: Bentley Case Studies UE designs power plants simultaneously, sharing and reusing plans from each Designing two power plants at the same time is hardly the industry norm, but it could become a more common practice if firms follow the >> more

2007 BE Award Winner: Southern Co. Services Plant Wansley Units 1-2 FGD Addition Plant Wansley in Carrolton, Georgia, has two coal-fired boiler units and two combined cycle gas-fired units. Units 1 and 2 are being retrofitted with one >> more

The Cold, Hard Truth SALOF Refrigeration lowers costs and strengthens job bids with Bentley AutoPLANT software For more than two decades, New Braunfels, Texas-based SALOF Refrigeration has been meeting the needs of its global customer base by delivering the most innovative >> more

2007 BE Award Winner: BSPiR Energoprojekt-Katowice S.A. The Coke Plant "Przyjazn" The Przyjazn Coke Plant in Dabrowa Gornicza, Silesia, Poland, consists of about 250 buildings/structures and four coke oven batteries that each contain 80 chambers. Annual >> more

2005 BE Award Winner: InterGen Fast, broad-based access to plant data saves millions by reducing downtime Outages are costly to a company such as Massachusetts-based InterGen, which operates power generation facilities on four continents. When a plant goes down, the company >> more

Foster Wheeler Energy Providing global data access with ProjectWise Foster Wheeler Energy, a division of one of the world’s largest engineering and construction firms, implemented ProjectWise to create a project intranet for streamlined, dynamic >> more

Tapping New Resources Offshore oil engineers use Bentley solutions to collaborate from offices on two continents Just 42 miles off Scotland's Atlantic coast, the rich Clair oil field seemed tantalizing but out of reach since its discovery in 1977. The reservoir's >> more

Monsanto 3D modeling improves teamwork in demanding powerhouse renovation When a Midwestern college took a look at its need for a system of four new boilers in a 100-year-old facility, it was more than >> more

2007 BE Award Winner: North China Power Engineering (Beijing) Building Up NCPE Content Management Platform With ProjectWise as the Core North China Power Engineering (NCPE) needed a well-managed design, information exchange, and publication process that would be traceable and satisfy quality-control requirements. In addition, the >> more

Wink Incorporated Turns to Bentley AutoPLANT to Design World's Largest District Heating and Cooling System Bentley AutoPLANT proved to be the most precise, reliable and cost-effective design tool on a fixed bid, 32,000-ton cooling plant project for the New Orleans Medical Complex that left no margin for error. Wink, Incorporated was hired to provide overall project design and coordination for the construction of a 32,000-ton cooling plant – with thermal energy storage – >> more

RITES Rail User Story Against the Odds: 3D Visualization Helps Forge a Railway Through the Remote Hills of the Himalayas The new Kashmir Railway will add an additional 290 kilometers to the largest rail network in Asia, which already measures more than 64,000 route kilometers >> more

Banverket's Track Record A managed environment built on Bentley technology helps Sweden's rail agency move fast and cut costs To help maintain and upgrade more than 14,000 kilometres of track, Swedish rail authority Banverket applied Bentley solutions to build a managed environment for engineering >> more

High Speed Rail Cuts Travel Time in Half MicroStation helps integrate design data from 15 disciplines The Channel Tunnel Rail Link will connect London with the Channel Tunnel, speeding passengers from London to Paris in just more than two hours – >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: Movares Nederland BV Introduction of a Data Management System With 1,200 employees, Movares is the market leader in railway engineering in the Netherlands. At one point, 350 signaling engineers, 200 construction engineers, and 650 >> more

Urban Ecology Scandiaconsult plans a new transportation system for Stockholm, helping the city reclaim a healthy environment from an inner-city industrial wasteland. Bentley products are enabling the design of transportation infrastructure within an ambitious new urban redevelopment project in Stockholm, Sweden, where the focus is on the >> more

Mott MacDonald - East London Line Project 2007 BE Award Winner: Mott MacDonald Ltd – East London Line Project This project will connect Highbury and Islington Station on the North London Line with a connection into the Network Rail infrastructure in South London. The >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist-Well Trained Org: US Army Corps of Engineers US Army Corps of Engineers The Army is currently undergoing a transformation to meet global changes. In 2006, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) joined Bentley’s Enterprise License Subscription >> more

North Carolina DOT: Interstate 26 Using MicroStation and GEOPAK, NCDOT was able to address unique construction and environmental challenges while creating a cost-effective design It has been called one of the last great earthmoving projects in the United States—I-26 through North Carolina’s Appalachian Mountains. North Carolina Department of Transportation >> more

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet: I264 at Westport Road The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet central office design team applied their experience with InRoads and MicroStation to the content management capabilities of Bentley ProjectWise for change control of all project files and better project communication When the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet inherited this interchange and expansion project, it was three years behind schedule, surrounded by rapid suburban growth and documented by >> more

2007 BE Award Winner: HNTB TrueViz OnTarget Developed in partnership with the Range and Training Land Program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, TrueViz OnTarget maximized the efficiency of planning and designing >> more

2007 BE Award Winner: The Banks Group Centralized Data Storage Using StartPoint and Riverbed WAN Optimization The Banks Group needed real-time access to design and office documents at many locations. In the past this was achieved using remote copy procedures or >> more

Pave and Prosper Halcrow uses Bentley MXURBAN to speed and optimize reconstruction design A two-person team at Halcrow’s Gloucester office handled the design for a £250,000 upgrade to less than one kilometer of the A419/A417 route linking Cricklade >> more

Roadwork in Progress A managed environment for engineering data helps accelerate Kentucky highway projects Highway planner Tom Clouse has no doubt: "This project just wouldn't have gotten done" without the power of a managed environment for engineering data, built >> more

Water Works 2002 sees the opening of the historic Rochdale Canal The Rochdale Canal was constructed between 1794 and 1804 in order to carry heavy cargo 55 kilometres from Sowerby Bridge to Manchester. In its heyday, >> more

A New Corner of Copenhagen RAMBØLL uses a managed environment built on Bentley solutions to help lay the groundwork for a 30-year growth plan Looking south of the centuries-old center of Copenhagen, city planners envisioned a modern section of town built from the ground up: more than 765 acres >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: SWECO Norra Länken Norra Länken is a three-kilometer, four-lane highway tunnel in northern Stockholm, Sweden. It is the next link in the circular highway system already underway around >> more

2005 BE Award Winner: CH2M Hill New Technology Adoption - Marquette Interchange Design Automation The Marquette Interchange is an $800 million freeway interchange reconstruction project currently underway in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. More than 50 bridge structures in the project include >> more

2007 BE Award Winner: Vela VKE Consulting Engineers Zimbali Civil Infrastructure Zimbali Coastal Resort will be a 700-hectare expansion of the existing coastal forest estate north of Durban, South Africa. Nestled in three and a half >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: Graphic Engineering Solutions and Services DWAF ORWRDP: De Hoop Dam Visualization Graphic Engineering Solutions & Services was appointed by the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry of South Africa to visualize the proposed De Hoop Dam >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: India International Infrastructure Planning, Design and Construction of Peripheral Ring Road for Bangalore City The $185 million Peripheral Ring Road project encompasses the southern part of Bangalore City, India, connecting seven major radial roads consisting of three national highways, >> more

Ruling the Road Engineers at MWH speed up urban renewal road productivity with MXURBAN Engineers in a New Zealand office of MWH reaped large productivity returns when they began using Bentley MXURBAN for urban renewal road projects. MWH, which >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: DHV Polska Sp zoo Southern Bypass The goal of this project was to prepare a feasibility study, building and final design of one of the most important roads into the suburbs >> more

2007 BE Award Winner: Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick (India) Pvt Ltd Feasibility and Detailed Project Report for 4/6 Laning of Hyderabad-Vijayawada and Vijayawada-Machlipatnam The project involved a section of NH-9, which is part of India’s National Highways Development Project’s North–South–East–West Corridor. It encompassed two stretches of road (km160/000 >> more

Beyond Design Earth Tech uses technology to enhance communication on IH-35 Growth in population and commerce has tested the capacity of many major thoroughfares in Texas, and Interstate Highway 35 (IH-35) through Austin is no exception. Earth >> more

Safe Passage Through Treacherous Terrain: Highway 1A India Safe Passage Through Treacherous Terrain In northern India, National Highway 1A winds 98 kilometers from Banihal to Srinagar, and includes a treacherous 38-kilometer section that snakes through the Pir Panajal >> more

Making the Road Safe for Travelers Bentley products help create barriers against lethal rockfalls Scenic, winding Chapman’s Peak Drive was a popular route for South African tourists and commuters – until boulders began dropping from the mountainsides above.Wildfires stripped >> more

Circles and Strings Bentley MX helps rescue the ruins of Stonehenge The ancient monument of  Stonehenge is one of the world’s most important archaeological areas. A management plan has been developed to safeguard this World Heritage Site >> more

Keeping Venice Afloat To help keep Venice afloat and restore the fragile ecosystem of the surrounding Venice Lagoon, CREA is using complex mathematical models that work within MicroStation Venice is in danger of slowly disappearing under the waves of the lagoon upon which it was built twelve hundred years ago. Complex mathematical models >> more

United Water Adopts Innovative Modeling Processes to Improve Water System Management United Water and IDModeling standardize water model building and analysis using Bentley’s water software To focus on improving efficiency in its water networks, United Water worked with IDModeling, a company that delivers hydraulic modeling solutions for growing and maintaining >> more

Manila Water improves the reliability and efficiency of the Antipolo Water Supply System How the people of Antipolo can now enjoy clean and potable water 24x7 In order to optimize the Antipolo Water Supply System, Manila Water’s plan was to: Cater for the anticipated rapid growth of the area from a current >> more

WaterGEMS Powers Design of Breakthrough 24-by-7 Water System in India Technical innovation showcased as inspiration for water utilities in developing economies Supplying potable water to dense populations in developing countries is a perpetually daunting task for water utilities. It is estimated that 1.6 million people die >> more

Skeletonization of water distribution model allows Toronto to save more than one million dollars Skeletonization of water distribution model allows the city to comply with two different departments' model requirements for major cost savings   The City of Toronto operates and maintains an extensive water network that includes more than 3,500 miles of water mains, over 65,000 water valves, almost >> more

Hydraulic and water quality modeling helps Black & Veatch Hydraulic and water quality modeling helps Black & Veatch boost client productivity In March 2003, Black & Veatch started a project to streamline the hydraulic and water quality modeling processes for one of the largest wholesale water >> more

Copper Coast Water Supply System upgrade capitalizes on WaterGEMS Water distribution modeling software provides South Australian Water Corporation with efficiency and time savings for model building, design and analysis The Copper Coast water supply system serves a permanent population of approximately 10,000 people in three townships; Kadina, Moonta and Wallaroo on the Yorke Peninsula >> more

Water distribution model of Chatham-Kent gives autonomony to engineering Water distribution model of Chatham-Kent gives autonomy to its engineering department The Municipality of Chatham-Kent has a population of 110,000 and is located in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Chatham-Kent occupies a geographic area of approximately 2,500 square >> more

Maroochy Water Services improves efficiency with MicroStation Maroochy Water Services significantly improves efficiency with the use of MicroStation Maroochy Water Services is a local government water supply and wastewater utility on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. Maroochy Water Services is responsible for >> more

Linking City of Bethlehem's SCADA System to WaterCAD The Engineers at the City of Bethlehem Public Works Department use SCADA data to provide for better operator training, real-time system control, energy cost reductions, emergency response planning, and forensic analyses Water Distribution Modeling and SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) technology has evolved immensely in recent decades. A few years ago, integrating SCADA with a >> more

JJG Streamlines Production of Gwinnett County's Largest Public Project with Bentley AutoPLANT AutoPLANT model of advanced water reclamation facility decreases design staffing by 10 percent The F.Wayne Hill Water Resources Center is an advanced water reclamation facility located in Gwinnett County, Georgia.The plant, one of the few water reclamation facilities >> more

3D Model of Wastewater System Reduces Design Time Process Plus reduces errors and field rework using AutoPLANT Explorer/ID on a $6.5 million wastewater treatment facility   Before the advent of 3D software, errors found in drawings would delay construction time by requiring rework in the field.With today’s technology, the digital models >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: M and S Engineering Vintage Oaks at the Vineyard Vintage Oaks at the Vineyard is a 3,200-acre, 2,200-lot development in the Texas Hill Country. A huge part of the utility design involved a water >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: Sydney Ports Corporation Sydney Cove Sydney Ports Corporation’s major navigation and shipping responsibilities in Australia’s Sydney Harbour are outlined in its Port Safety Operating Licence (PSOL) issued by the state >> more

Atkins Water and Environment: Bentley Case Studies A New Look at Waste! Atkins has won an Award of Excellence from Bentley for its expertise in 3D design, recognizing the company’s achievements in developing integrated 3D visualizations at >> more

Atkins Water - Bolton Wastewater Treatment Works 2007 BE Award Winner: Atkins Water – Bolton Wastewater Treatment Works The Bolton Wastewater Treatment Works project is a $78.5 million improvement scheme that includes significant refurbishment works on the existing plant. Construction work consists of >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: York Internation a Johnson Controls Company Renewable Energy Corp, Moses Lake Expansion The $7 million Moses Lake Expansion project will double Renewable Energy Corp.’s capacity to produce polysilicon at its Washington state facility. The project is comprised >> more

Stockholm Water: Easier and Faster Access to Project Documents Saves Time and Money ProjectWise Enables Digital Document Management Stockholm Water produces and supplies high quality drinking water to more than 1 million people in Stockholm, Huddinge and nine neighboring municipalities in Sweden. They >> more

2007 BE Award Winner: Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County San Jose Creek Central Plant Expansion The Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County Joint Administration Office provides wastewater collection, treatment, and recycling as well as solid waste disposal for approximately 5.2 >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: Klinger und Partner GmbH KWISS (Klaer Werke Informations System Stuttgart) KWISS — the Sewage Works Information System of the State Capital of Stuttgart — is a GIS especially adapted to the needs of sewage treatment >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: Camp Dresser and McKee St. Augustine LPRO Water Treatment Plant The increasing maintenance of an aging lime-softening water treatment plant represented a financial and reliability risk for the City of St. Augustine, Florida. Consequently, the >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: Swinerton Management and Consulting MacDonald Avenue Part of the San Francisco Bay Area, Richmond encompasses 56 square miles of land and 32 miles of shore line. Excessive precipitation causes sanitary sewer >> more

USFilter Electrocatalytic Products USFilter Electrocatalytic Products (USFEP) USFilter Electrocatalytic Products (USFEP), a group within USFilter, recently made the decision to integrate Bentley MicroStation and plant design solutions to improve quality, meet schedules, >> more

3D Modeling Helps Ionics Stay Above Water Ionics designs desalination plants more quickly and with greater accuracy—slashing design time by two-thirds—using Bentley® AutoPLANT Ionics, Incorporated, is a global separations technology company specializing in membranes used for purification, concentration, treatment and analysis of water, including wastewater and ultrapure water. >> more

2007 BE Award Winner: ISKI Genel Mudurlugu Infrastructure Integration of Mega City—Istanbul In water and sewerage system management, most activity is related to geographical references. The ISKABIS project’s goal was to provide an effective means for users >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: Federal Aviation Administration Nation-wide FAA Standard Engineering Drawing Management System with ProjectWise The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) needed to deploy a single, enterprise drawing management system that could roll forward years of legacy data and mitigate the >> more

Tracy Wastewater Treatment Plant The Tracy Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) The Tracy Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) Phase 1B expansion project involved a complex engineering design to upgrade and expand existing facilities constructed in the 1950s. >> more

2007 BE Award Winner: Dutch Ministry of Finance Geospatially Enabling the Dutch Ministry of Finance The goal of Dutch Ministry of Finance’s project was to create an integrated GIS-SAP solution that would provide administrative and geospatial data in one user >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: USACE Vicksburg Mississippi USACE MVD Regionalization The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mississippi Valley Division (MVD), has implemented ProjectWise as a common environment and folder structure for all six districts >> more