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BUILDING

Construction and Delivery

2007 BE Award Finalist: General Motors and Ghafari Associates
3D Enabled Design/Construction for the General Motors Toledo Transmission Plant Expansion
General Motors is expanding its Toledo, Ohio, transmission plant to produce a new Hydra-Matic 6L80 six-speed, rear-wheel-drive automatic transmission for full-size SUVs and trucks. The >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: Norconsult AS
Sauda Hydro Power Project
The Sauda Hydro Power Project is the largest hydro power project currently under construction in Norway. Reconstruction and enlargement of the existing power plant will >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: CAD-Phil
3D Building Warehouse with HVAC, Electrical and Piping for Pharmeutical Company
CAD-Phil completed a storage and warehouse site in Belgium for a well-known pharmaceutical company. Requiring high-level security and good manufacturing procedures, these projects are quality-controlled >> more

Prescription for Faster Design
MicroStation V8 and Bentley Architecture help SWECO FFNS and AstraZeneca take Nexium IV to market
Time was a critical factor in developing a design plan for a new manufacturing facility to produce AstraZeneca's promising new stomach ulcer medication Nexium IV, >> more

2005 BE Award Winner: General Motors/Ghafari Associates, LLC
BIM for Multiple Disciplines - Delta Township Assembly Complex
Building information modeling (BIM) saves construction costs for General Motors auto plants Integrating structural data with master model saves time, improves accuracy Traditionally, the full >> more

2007 BE Award Winner: Dvorak architekti s.r.o.
Vrnata House
The Vrnata House in Prague, a simple single-story structure with walls in brick and a steel-based roof structure, is located on the outskirts of the >> more

DFW Expansion Gets Off the Ground
Airport’s biggest-ever project links firms around the globe
The world’s third-busiest airport needed to grow fast. But the massive expansion plan for Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW) got off to a slow start. Consultants >> more

Design, Analysis and Documentation

2007 BE Award Finalist: Ghafari Associates and General Motors
Managing Complexity: Faciliating 3D Enabled Delivery on a Series of Automotive Projects
GHAFARI Associates served as the architect/engineer and 3D integrator on a series of six design/build projects for General Motors where 3D-enabled delivery and BIM were >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: USACE Savannah Georgia
USACE Savannah Center of Standardization
The Centers of Standardization is an initiative to consolidate the responsibilities of programming, planning, design and design review, and contracting of specific facility types used >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: Arup
The Elements-Livingston
The Elements is a £90 million extension to the Almondvale Shopping Center in Livingston, Scotland, consisting of six new buildings linked by a high-quality mall >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: KNA Consulting Engineers
Murrieta Mesa High School
Murrieta Mesa High School, a $120 million high-school project located on a 62-acre site in Murrieta, California, will have a capacity of approximately 2,300 students. >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: Het Muziektheater
Tannhäuser Opera
Het Muziektheater in Amsterdam, which is also the site of De Nederlandse Opera and Het Nationale Ballet, brings in guest performers from around the world. >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: Dewberry
United States Courthouse
Dewberry teamed with Koetter/Kim & Associates Inc. to plan and design a new $87 million federal courthouse for the General Services Administration in Rockford, Illinois. >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: USACE Fort Worth
USACE Fort Worth District Basic Combat Trainee Barracks BIM
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is standardizing the design of its military facilities and has designated eight district offices as Centers of >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: NBBJ and Korda Nemeth
Glickman Tower
The Glickman Tower is a 325,000 square-foot outpatient building on the main campus of the Cleveland Clinic near downtown Cleveland, Ohio. The project consists of >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: HKR Architects
Fore Street
The Moorgate Telephone Exchange building on Fore Street in London occupies about 115,000 square feet of space on two basement and ground levels and five >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: PLH Arkitekter AS
New Media Center for the Aller Corporation
The new building being designed for Aller, one of Denmark's largest media companies, is situated on the Copenhagen harbor. It is comprised of 18,000 square >> more

Review and Study of the Opera Theater Interior and New Works, Sydney Opera House

A partnership of Utzon Architects and Johnson Pilton Walker along with consulting engineers Arup worked closely on the review and study of the Sydney Opera House’s >> more

2007 BE Award Winner: Fortis Bank
Kanselarij Cluster Restructuring Project
The Kanselarij Cluster Restructuring Project includes nearly 800,000 square feet of renovation, rebuilding, and refurbishment on King Street in Brussels’ Royal Quarter. Many of the >> more

2007 BE Award Winner: M/E Engineering
BioMedical Engineering and Optics Laboratory Building
The Biomedical Engineering and Optics building at the University of Rochester is a 95,000 square-foot teaching/research facility. The five-story structure includes laboratories, offices, and lecture >> more

2007 BE Award Winner: Halff Associates, Inc.
Special Award Winner for a Well-Trained Organization
Halff Associates is a multidiscipline, full-service organization that had doubled in size the past five years. It needed to quickly train new hires while keeping >> more

Prescription for Faster Design
MicroStation V8 and Bentley Architecture help SWECO FFNS and AstraZeneca take Nexium IV to market
Time was a critical factor in developing a design plan for a new manufacturing facility to produce AstraZeneca's promising new stomach ulcer medication Nexium IV, >> more

In a Tight Spot
Building Information Modeling Optimizes Building Services in Tight Spaces
FaberMaunsell put Bentley's Information Modeling (BIM) solution of architectural design applications to the test when it performed 3D prototyping on building services for its 30 >> more

2005 BE Award Winner: Sheppard Robson
BIM for Architecture, Private Building - Ford Centre of Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence
The new Ford Centre of Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence (CEME) building is located at the Heart of the Thames Gateway, the largest area of growth >> more

A New Look for Russia's Hospitals
3D modeling helps NBBJ create patient-focused medical center
Like hospitals the world over, Russian health care facilities often have an institutional look that can intimidate people – heightening a patient’s anxiety, and perhaps >> more

Creating a "Water Cube"
Arup wins gold in Olympic swimming center design
Securing the design contract for the National Swimming Centre for the Beijing 2008 Olympics was a task worthy of gold medal distinction. But with the >> more

The Great Glasshouse
Wales Great Glasshouse reinvents the greenhouse for the 21st Century
The Great Glasshouse in the National Botanic Garden of Wales, now in full operation, reinvents the glasshouse for the 21st century.The design and engineering is >> more

2005 BE Award Winner: General Motors/Ghafari Associates, LLC
BIM for Multiple Disciplines - Delta Township Assembly Complex
Building information modeling (BIM) saves construction costs for General Motors auto plants Integrating structural data with master model saves time, improves accuracy Traditionally, the full >> more

2007 BE Award Winner: WSP Group plc
Manchester Hilton
The Manchester Hilton is currently the tallest post-tension concrete residential building in the United Kingdom. It is a 49-story structure with 279 rooms for the >> more

DFW Expansion Gets Off the Ground
Airport’s biggest-ever project links firms around the globe
The world’s third-busiest airport needed to grow fast. But the massive expansion plan for Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW) got off to a slow start. Consultants >> more

Facility Operations and Management

Managed Environment

2007 BE Award Finalist: Gresham Smith and Partners
ProjectWise Enterprise Implementation
Meeting the needs of its clients often requires Gresham Smith & Partners (GS&P) personnel from several locations to work on the same projects. This brought >> more

2007 BE Award Finalist: Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade and Douglas
CADD Asset Management via a Centralized Enterprise
The goal of this project was to implement a centralized CADD asset management program using Bentley’s Enterprise License Subscription (ELS) and Enterprise Training Subscription (ETS) >> more

Space Management at Frankfurt Airport
Fraport’s goals for its computer-aided facility management system (CAFM) were to provide a tool for space administration and ease the management of all associated documents.
The Fraport AG real estate portfolio contains 35,000 rental units in 350 buildings. Fraport’s goals for its computer-aided facility management system (CAFM) were to provide >> more

Creating a "Water Cube"
Arup wins gold in Olympic swimming center design
Securing the design contract for the National Swimming Centre for the Beijing 2008 Olympics was a task worthy of gold medal distinction. But with the >> more

2007 BE Award Winner: Rogers Stirk Harbour & Parners
The Leadenhall Building
The Leadenhall Building is a 48-story tower opposite Lloyd’s of London that rises 224.5 meters (802 feet) tall; its slender form creating its own distinctive >> more

2005 BE Award Winner: General Motors/Ghafari Associates, LLC
BIM for Multiple Disciplines - Delta Township Assembly Complex
Building information modeling (BIM) saves construction costs for General Motors auto plants Integrating structural data with master model saves time, improves accuracy Traditionally, the full >> more

DFW Expansion Gets Off the Ground
Airport’s biggest-ever project links firms around the globe
The world’s third-busiest airport needed to grow fast. But the massive expansion plan for Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW) got off to a slow start. Consultants >> more

2007 BE Award Winner: LJB Inc
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
The challenge of this project was to create a sophisticated Class A office space to consolidate the operations of Wells Fargo Home Mortgage in Frederick, >> more

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CIVIL

Bridges

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

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

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 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

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

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

Land/Site Development

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

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 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

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

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 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: 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

Managed Environment

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

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

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

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

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

Railways

Roads and Highways

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

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

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 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

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

Transportation Operations, Maintenance and Management

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GEOSPATIAL

Geospatial Engineering