2014 'Be Inspired Awards' Honors 18 Winners

Bentley Systems announced the winners of the 2014 Be Inspired Awards. The awards honor the work of Bentley users improving the world’s infrastructure. They were presented last night at a ceremony during The Year in Infrastructure 2014 Conference in London, United Kingdom. This conference featured presentations and interactive sessions exploring the intersection of technology and business drivers, and how they are shaping the future of infrastructure delivery and investment returns.

Guest keynoters included:

• Professor Andrew McNaughton, FREng, Chief Engineer and Technical Director, HS2 Ltd. Andrew McNaughton has been with HS2 Ltd since 2009, developing the principles, network, and specific route design for high speed rail in Great Britain.
• Ed Merrow, Founder and President of Independent Project Analysis Inc. Ed Merrow is a globally recognized subject matter expert in the execution of large and complex megaprojects and capital projects in general.

During the awards ceremony, 18 Be Inspired Awards winners and seven Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards winners were acknowledged. In addition, this year’s recipient of the Bentley Educator of the Year award, Artur Krawczyk, Ph.D., a lecturer at AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland, was acknowledged.

Nine independent panels of jurors, comprising distinguished industry experts, selected the Be Inspired Awards winners from 54 project finalists. These finalists had been previously chosen from submissions by organizations in 49 countries.

Candidates for Bentley’s Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards, were selected by the jurors from the top finalist projects and other nominations. The nominees were then reviewed by a panel of Bentley executives, who evaluated them based on the criteria established for each award.

See the award winners.

Source: Bentley Systems