This category recognizes projects that demonstrate digital innovation in planning, design and engineering, or operations and maintenance of bridges and tunnels. Please showcase your innovative use of Bentley applications, either independently or combined with other software—including iTwin, OpenBridge, OpenRail, OpenRoads, MicroStation, PLAXIS, SYNCHRO, AssetWise, and ProjectWise—across the entire project and asset lifecycle.

Please include any quantitative results relating to cost savings and productivity, as well as quality and safety if applicable. Remember to include high-quality visuals—such as images, screenshots, animations, charts, videos, and diagrams—and provide actual models and product screenshots. Please also provide examples of how you are leveraging digital twins and AI across the lifecycle to advance project delivery and enhance asset performance.

Criteria 1

Emphasize both the uniqueness of the challenges and the ingenuity of the solutions, as well as how effectively the project addresses complex issues, including:

• Unconventional challenges that require novel engineering approaches and unique solutions.
• Integration of cutting-edge techniques that go beyond standard practices.
• Adaptability of methods and technologies to project specific constraints and complexities.
• Originality in the project’s approach to planning, design, construction, or operation.

Criteria 2

Focus specifically on the strategic use of digital tools, such as digital twins, as well as the level of their integration in projects, including:

• Strategic application of Bentley software to significantly improve project workflows and outcomes, emphasizing interoperability and integration.
• Integration of digital twins for design, construction, operation, and maintenance.
• Advanced use of APIs to customize and enhance workflows and leverage third-party technologies.
• Level of data integration across various project phases and disciplines, ensuring data consistency and accessibility for all stakeholders.
• Use of virtual and augmented reality for design reviews, stakeholder engagement, and training purposes.

Criteria 3

Measure how well projects use advanced technology to achieve better project performance, including:

• Quantifiable improvements in design time, accuracy, deliverables, and overall productivity.
• Demonstrated cost savings through efficient design and construction methods.
• Reduction of project risk through better planning, collaboration, and data-driven decision-making.
• Improved safety through better site management, worker safety protocols, and the use of technology to minimize accidents and hazards.
• Optimization of project lifecycle, from initial design to operation and maintenance, supported by digital tools.

Criteria 4

Provide measured/quantified return on investment (ROI) achieved using Bentley software, including:

• Cost savings (energy efficiency, water loss, design, construction and maintenance costs).
• Time savings.
• Resource optimization.
• Risk management (mitigation measures and solutions).

Criteria 5

Showcase sustainability impact of the project (climate adaptation, society, community, safety, environmental, etc.), including:

• Energy savings.
• Lower carbon footprint.
• Improved resilience.
• Improved quality of life.
• Mitigated risk.

Submissions must include high-quality, engaging, and informative images, screenshots, models, simulations, animations and movies, charts, and/or diagrams.

If you have any questions about the criteria, please contact us at InfrastructureAwards@bentley.com