Winner

HDR Engineering, Inc.

Southwest Parkway Interchange
Forth Worth, Texas

Southwest Parkway is a proposed 8.2-mile, six-lane tollway to be built and maintained by the North Texas Tollway Authority. Extending from Fort Worth's central business district at IH-30 to southwest Fort Worth, it eventually connects to the 13-mile Chisholm Trail project in Johnson County. Southwest Parkway will improve regional mobility by relieving the growing traffic congestion in the greater Fort Worth area.

To integrate such a diversified design team across multiple locations, ProjectWise was selected as the DMS for all project files, which included not only CAD files, but also engineering calculations, spreadsheets, word documents, and all email correspondence. Having used ProjectWise on previous large-scale collaborations, the project management team easily installed the framework for efficient work sharing and workload balancing.

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Finalist

Engevix Engenharia S.A.

Cacu Hydroelectric Power Plant
Caçu/Goiás, Brazil

The Cacu Hydroelectric Power Plant, a 65-megawatt facility capacity located in the state of Goiasin in mid-west Brazil, will generate enough energy to provide electricity to 470,000 people. As part of the Brazilian government's growth acceleration program, the main challenge was the project participants being dispersed around the country.

Using ProjectWise, the firm increased collaboration and effective participation of all involved to produce a project of highest quality. In addition, InRoads was used for the geotechnical design, TriForma for the preparation of the forms and architecture design, PlantSpace for electric and mechanics disciplines, and Bentley Mechanical System for the ventilation and air conditioning. Bentley Institute was also fundamental in providing training. 

Winner

Gautrain

Gautrain Rapid Rail Link
Johannesburg, South Africa

With Gauteng Province’s growth limited by congested highways and lack of public transportation, the South African government realized that it needed to create new infrastructure conducive to growth. Through a consortium of public and private partnerships, the Gautrain Rapid Rail Link will be a modern railway that links Tshwane to Johannesburg and Sandton to ORTIA International Airport. Eleven stations will be linked by 80 kilometers of rail with speeds up to 160 kilometers per hour.

All initial designs and collaboration was conducted on ProjectWise. For the tendering process, a unique customized solution was introduced with five levels of security. Redundancy planning and systems addressed risks of disasters and errors, and all members of the project team were given training and expected to use the system.

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