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Bentley announces winners of 2010 Be Inspired Awards
Bentley Systems, Inc., announced the winners of the 2010 Be Inspired Awards and Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards on Oct. 21 at a gala dinner in Amsterdam. The awards — which honor the extraordinary work of Bentley users who are improving and sustaining the world’s infrastructure — recognized a total of 24 winners, representing project work in 16 different countries. Of the 24 winners, 19 were selected from 55 finalists for the Be Inspired Awards, and five were selected for the second-annual Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards.
“The recipients of this year’s awards are being acknowledged for their exceptional talent and achievements in innovatively employing information modeling and collaboration technology and implementing best practices in sustaining infrastructure,” said CEO Greg Bentley. “On behalf of my colleagues at Bentley, I heartily congratulate these winners for their exemplary projects, [which are] improving infrastructure and contributing to our world’s economic and environmental resilience. Their work is an inspiration to us all.”
Bentley posted highlights of this year’s winning projects on its website, including detailed descriptions of all nominated projects in the print and digital versions of “The Year in Infrastructure 2010,” to be published by the year’s end.
To read more about the event and see the list of recipients, visit www.gostructural.com
Using CFD visualization to improve the integrity and safety of structures
In a post-9/11 world, integrity of structures is of paramount importance. Weidlinger Associates Inc., a structural engineering and applied mechanics firm based in New York City, augments advanced analysis with computational fluid dynamics visualization tools to solve research and design problems related to the safety of civilian and military buildings and infrastructure. Running alongside the December issue of sister publication Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure, this web-exclusive article will detail the firm’s seismic retrofit of the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge. To read the article, visit www.rebuildingamericasinfrastructure.com, click on Magazine, and view the Web Exclusive.
