ANAHEIM, CA, USA, Sep 17, 2020 – Verisurf Software, Inc. is pleased to announce its new Verisurf 2020 release. Verisurf 2020 is the latest release of the popular measurement software for automated quality inspection and reporting, 3D scanning and reverse engineering, tool building, and assembly guidance. Enhancements in the 2020 release include an array of reverse engineering tools with new Quick Surface modeling option, expanded device support to keep up with emerging measurement and data capture technologies, added productivity features, based on ongoing customer feedback, and many features designed to support efficient measurement workflows.

“Today’s manufacturing companies want to 3D scan and measure virtually everything they produce, whether it be for quality inspection and reporting, reverse engineering, or tool building. Our new 2020 release provides customers with complete measurement solutions that are powerful and easy to use, delivering excellent price/performance,” said Ernie Husted, President, and CEO of Verisurf.  “We are proud to say, with Verisurf software you can finish the job, from managing CMMs to 3D scanning and data collection, to 3D CAD modeling, Class-A surface modeling, and verification of finished parts,” added Husted.

Verisurf is the only measurement, inspection, and reverse engineering software dedicated to Model-Based Definition (MBD) and built on a CAD/CAM platform.  This enables greater compatibility, workflow integration, and more complete end-to-end solutions customers are looking for.

Verisurf 2020 highlights include:

1. New Quick Surface option for Verisurf Reverse that quickly creates high-quality surfaces from scanned meshes or STL files. Quick Surface maintains curvature continuity between adjacent surfaces and is ideal for creating smooth, freeform CAD surfaces, ideal for high-speed toolpaths, either from organic or prismatic meshes
2. New mesh editing hotkeys enable rapid selection and switching between powerful edit tools
3. Improved Power Mesh settings can quickly merge, clean up, refine, smooth, extend, fill holes, and create meshes in one step
4. Assure Mesh Continuity with New Stitch Mesh connects mesh edges and vertices within a user-settable tolerance, making it easy to mesh multiple CAD surfaces then stitch them together into a single, watertight mesh
5. Quad Mesh produces highly-uniform, triangular or quad-type smooth meshes prior to surfacing that are aligned with the surface’s flow of curvature
6. Optimize Mesh reduces the size of any polygonal mesh without compromising form integrity
7. Improved Sketching on Meshes tool automatically snaps to any existing, parametric spline node or wireframe entity on the mesh
8. Improved Project Grid option for Mesh Construct tool projects a grid-shaped point cloud onto the displayed mesh surface based on the current Graphics view
9. Bundle Points feature has been updated to improve data management, quality, and reporting
10. Addition of Analysis Projection settings to Ops Manager streamlines workflows
11. Updated device support for the latest metrology hardware
12. All-in-one Translator Bundle for common native geometry formats, including automatic updates
13. Verisurf Software Mobile Companion app for iOS and Android phones
14. Hands-free VS Watch lets operators view dynamic Build or Measure DROs hands-free on iOS- or Android-compatible watches

About Verisurf

Verisurf Software, Inc. is a measurement solutions company, committed to delivering advanced surface analysis, quality inspection, assembly guidance, and reverse engineering. Verisurf products and processes are vital to maintaining a digital thread between design, engineering, manufacturing, and finished part validation. Based on a powerful CAD/CAM platform, Veris urf is committed to digital Model-Based Definition (DPD) (MBD), open standards, and interoperability with all coordinate measuring machines and CAD software. Verisurf solutions help manufacturers produce higher quality products in less time. For more information about Verisurf 2020, visit www.verisurf.com/version/verisurf-2020/ or view the Verisurf 2020 playlist on YouTube.

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NORCROSS, GA, USA, Sep 16, 2020 – Hexagon’s Geospatial division has launched HxGN Smart Census 2020, a significant update to its end-to-end population and housing census management solution. The latest release improves digital enumeration by allowing households to complete census questionnaires online or over the telephone, significantly reducing the need for in-person interviews and field-based data collection.

HxGN Smart Census 2020 offers self-enumeration capabilities to reduce administrative burden and costs

HxGN Smart Census 2020’s new Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing and Computer-Assisted Web Interviewing modules complement its existing Computer-Assisted Personal Interviews capabilities, enabling multimodal electronic data collection by national statistics offices. The telephone- and web-based capabilities will reduce administrative burden and costs, increase privacy for households and help government agencies and officials safely conduct a census in the pandemic era.

“Conducting a census is a large undertaking for national statistical offices. The current global pandemic makes it even harder for nations to collect critical population and housing data,” said Mladen Stojic, president of Hexagon’s Geospatial division. “HxGN Smart Census 2020’s new self-enumeration capabilities are designed to minimize the use of field workers and help officials conduct a census in the safest possible way.”

Built on more than 20 years of population and housing census domain expertise, HxGN Smart Census 2020 combines traditional GIS functionality with a powerful workflow and workforce management tool. It provides a complete solution for each stage of the census cycle: pre-enumeration mapping, digital enumeration, and post-enumeration dynamic mapping. With transparent pricing and flexible licensing models, HxGN Smart Census is configurable to meet the exact needs and requirements of census projects in every country in the world.

Currently, HxGN Smart Census 2020’s self-enumeration capabilities are being implemented and tested in Europe for an upcoming 2021 census.

To learn more about HxGN Smart Census 2020, visit https://www.hexagongeospatial.com/products/mapp-portfolio/mapp-enterprise/smart-census.

About Hexagon

Hexagon is a global leader in sensor, software and autonomous solutions. We are putting data to work to boost efficiency, productivity, and quality across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, safety, and mobility applications.

Our technologies are shaping urban and production ecosystems to become increasingly connected and autonomous — ensuring a scalable, sustainable future.

Hexagon’s Geospatial division creates solutions that visualize location intelligence, delivering a 5D smart digital reality with insight into what was, what is, what could be, what should be, and ultimately, what will be.

Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) has approximately 20,000 employees in 50 countries and net sales of approximately 4.4bn USD. Learn more at hexagon.com and follow us @HexagonAB.

SURREY, UK, Sep 16, 2020 – Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence has released QUINDOS 2020.2, the latest version of the highly flexible and powerful measurement software catering for a range of applications from standard inspection, through special geometries, to powertrain.

QUINDOS has now integrated the closed loop concept of the VDI/VDE standard 2610 (Version 2.6 and 2.7) with the new GDE (Gear Data Exchange) interface for cylindrical gears. This enables users to easily transfer and distribute gear data electronically. In addition to the geometrical parameters, information on profile and helix, pitch, run-out, and specialised measurements can be transferred between systems in a standardized procedure. Tolerance limits, measurement values, and tooth deviations of straight and helical cylindrical gears can now be efficiently processed by external database systems in the design, manufacturing, quality control, and quality assurance departments without data transfer errors.

The import functionality for the digital gear data also significantly reduces programming effort. The data are quickly transferred into the dialogue in the QUINDOS Gear option where the digital information can be checked, modified, and used to directly generate a measurement sequence or for post hoc evaluation.

QUINDOS also sets another milestone with the integration of the latest ISO 5459 standard for datums and datum systems. The default settings for the association methods are aligned with the latest standards and thus ensure compliant application. A single intelligent dialogue allows the user to configure the information from the datum section step by step from the association method to the degrees of freedom. The additional support functions integrated in QUINDOS ensure comprehensive transparency in relation to how the inputs are processed and the internal calculations.

The QUINDOS Screw Compressor option is another major enhancement. The new feature for profile sections of cylindrical main and gate rotors in vertical measurement position not only performs measurement and evaluation of rotors depending on the selected measurement technology (tactile or optical), but also includes automatic alignment of this special geometry based on the geometrical data with respect to the rotary table or fixture coordinate systems. The intuitive user-oriented interface supports data input, export as ASCII or the specialized Klingelnberg format, and data transfer via statistics files.

The measurement and analysis of topography has been integrated in the QUINDOS Gear option in QUINDOS 2020.2 to enhance the basis for prototype and tool inspection. The software provides easy-to-use illustrations of the tooth measurement deviations to ensure certainty in the evaluation of the topography.

“The integration of the latest standards, ensuring transparency and complete traceability of results are well-proven traditions in QUINDOS, which are once again demonstrated in the new release version 2020.2,” says Karin Schneider, Product Manager for QUINDOS. “With this latest version, customers can continue to make their measurement processes more efficient and effective.’

Availability

QUINDOS 2020.2 is available for download now. For more information visit HexagonMI.com.

We recommend purchasing a current Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA) in order to benefit from the newest QUINDOS functions and latest updates. The SMA also enables ongoing access to technical Support and Service.

About Hexagon

Hexagon is a global leader in sensor, software and autonomous solutions. We are putting data to work to boost efficiency, productivity, and quality across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, safety, and mobility applications.

Our technologies are shaping urban and production ecosystems to become increasingly connected and autonomous – ensuring a scalable, sustainable future.

Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division provides solutions that utilise data from design and engineering, production and metrology to make manufacturing smarter.

Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) has approximately 20,000 employees in 50 countries and net sales of approximately 3.9bn EUR. Learn more at hexagon.com and follow us @HexagonAB.

FLORENCE, KY, USA, Sep 16, 2020 – Exploring ways for shops of all sizes to amplify productivity, Mazak’s All Axes LIVE September event takes place on September 23 at 11:00 a.m. EDT. This episode will stream live from Mazak’s manufacturing plant in Florence, Kentucky, and the company’s new Orlando Technical Center, as well as from Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

In this edition of All Axes LIVE, Mazak will showcase the flexibility and full DONE IN ONE part processing capability of its QUICK TURN 250MSY Multi-Tasking Machine. The company will also demonstrate its industry proven HCN-5000 Horizontal Machining Center outfitted with the Multi-Pallet Pool (MPP) System – a compact automated part loader/unloader that makes it easy to integrate unmanned operations.

To help shops minimize unexpected downtime, event attendees will experience how Mazak’s Spindle Health Monitoring System uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) for 24/7 remote monitoring of spindle performance. Streaming from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the demonstration of Mazak’s VC-500A/5X AM HWD HYBRID Multi-Tasking Machine will spotlight high-speed Hot Wire Deposition (HWD) programable welding additive technology paired with the Vertical Machining Center’s full 5-axis subtractive machining capability.

“Over one thousand manufacturers registered for our first All Axes LIVE event,” said Dan Janka, president of Mazak, “and we expect the following events in the series to prove just as engaging and valuable for our customers. At Mazak, our number one goal is to keep pace with customer demands for increased sales and service support – as well as with new and innovative technology. With that said we’ll kick off this All Axes LIVE event on our manufacturing plant floor in Kentucky where attendees will experience Mazaks making Mazaks along with some of the latest automation we’ve incorporated into our manufacturing operations that will allow us to quickly and efficiently meet growing customer demand.”

Mazak’s All Axes LIVE event format is one that elevates the customer experience through both live and on-demand cutting demonstrations, technology presentations and opportunities for customers to ask questions and interact with Mazak experts in real time. Attendees can also use the event application to schedule meetings and visits to Mazak’s eight North American Technology Centers.

The next episodes of All Axes LIVE events are scheduled for October and December of 2020, as well as for January 2021. Additional details and registration for upcoming All Axes LIVE events are coming soon. Also, to schedule a visit to Mazak Kentucky or any of the company’s Technology or Technical Centers, please contact your local Mazak sales representative. For more information, visit MazakUSA.com and follow Mazak on Facebook, Twitter.

About Mazak Corporation 

Mazak Corporation is a leader in the design and manufacture of productive machine tool solutions. Committed to being a partner to customers with innovative technology, its world-class facility in Florence, Kentucky, produces over 100 models of turning centers, Multi-Tasking machines and vertical machining centers, including 5- axis models. Continuously investing in manufacturing technology allows the Kentucky Mazak iSMART Factory to be the most advanced and efficient in the industry, providing high-quality and reliable products through its “Production-On-Demand” practice. Mazak maintains eight Technology Centers across North America to provide local hands-on applications, service and sales support to customers. For more information on Mazak’s products and solutions, visit www.mazakusa.com or follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ, USA, Sep 16, 2020 – Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), the international consortium driving the creation and adoption of open geospatial standards, and Open Design Alliance (ODA), the leading provider of CAD and BIM interoperability solutions, announced a strategic partnership to promote and strengthen the use of open standards for the location and geospatial industries.

OGC is a not-for-profit international standards organization founded in 1994, and comprised of industry, government and academic members dedicated to advancing interoperability among IT systems that process geo-referenced information.

ODA is a not-for-profit technology consortium that builds Software Development Kits (SDKs) for popular CAD and BIM standards including IFC, .dwg, and Autodesk® Revit® files. ODA software is used by more than 1000 companies world-wide, and its solutions are a recognized standard in the industry.

OGC’s leadership in creating open standards forms a natural synergy with ODA’s expertise in standards implementation. The partnership between OGC and ODA is intended to develop and strengthen this synergy to the benefit of both organizations, and to the broader community.

“OGC and ODA have complementary efforts to achieve data interoperability,” said Nadine Alameh, OGC CEO. “OGC is excited to work with ODA to help our respective members and the larger user community do more with BIM, CAD, and Geospatial data.”

“ODA is very pleased to be partnering with OGC,” said Neil Peterson, ODA President. “ODA and OGC have a significant number of common members, and this cooperation will help to fast-track projects that are of key interest to both organizations.”

About OGC

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is an international consortium of more than 500 businesses, government agencies, research organizations, and universities driven to make geospatial (location) information and services FAIR – Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable.

OGC’s member-driven consensus process creates royalty free, publicly available geospatial standards. Existing at the cutting edge, OGC actively analyzes and anticipates emerging tech trends, and runs an agile, collaborative Research and Development (R&D) lab that builds and tests innovative prototype solutions to members’ use cases.

OGC members together form a global forum of experts and communities that use location to connect people with technology and improve decision-making at all levels. OGC is committed to creating a sustainable future for us, our children, and future generations. Visit ogc.org for more info on our work.

About ODA

ODA builds SDKs for people who work with complex engineering data. We offer platform-agnostic solutions for proprietary and open engineering formats, including data access, visualization, cloud development, publishing and more. For more information, visit opendesign.com.

TROY, MI, USA, Sep 16, 2020 – Altair, (Nasdaq: ALTR) a global technology company providing solutions in data analytics, product development, and high-performance computing (HPC), announced the acquisition of Univa, a leading innovator in enterprise-grade workload management, scheduling, and optimization solutions for HPC and artificial intelligence (AI) on-premises and in the cloud.

Altair is a leading provider of HPC workload and workflow management technology to the manufacturing, weather, research, and government verticals, and is an innovator in the electronic design automation (EDA) space. The Univa acquisition enables Altair to further expand into life sciences and financial services.

“Altair has invested significantly in HPC and cloud technologies for several years,” said James Scapa, Altair’s chief executive officer and founder. “The addition of Univa’s technology and its very experienced team further cements our leadership position in this fast-moving space.”

Altair and Univa’s solutions optimize throughput and performance of applications, containers, and services to help hundreds of companies manage thousands of applications and run billions of tasks every day to obtain actionable insights and achieve faster time-to-results.

“The Univa team is thrilled to join the Altair ecosystem and unleash the power of our technology,” said Fritz Ferstl, chief technology officer of Univa. “We believe HPC is emerging as a critical element of digital transformation as it plays a significant role in all areas of computational science and data analytics.”

Altair will continue to invest in Univa’s technology to support existing customers while integrating with Altair’s HPC and data analytics solutions. These efforts will further enhance the capability and performance requirements for all Altair customers and solidify the company’s leadership in workload management and cloud enablement for HPC.

Univa has two flagship products:

1. Univa Grid Engine is a leading distributed resource management system to optimize workloads and resources in thousands of data centers, improving return-on-investment and delivering better results faster.
2. Univa Navops Launch simplifies the migration of enterprise HPC workloads to the cloud while reducing costs as it provides real-time insights into workloads and spending with complete visibility to HPC cloud resources.

Univa is headquartered in Chicago, with offices in Canada and Germany.

About Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR)

Altair is a global technology company that provides software and cloud solutions in the areas of data analytics, product development and high-performance computing (HPC). Altair enables organizations across broad industry segments to compete more effectively in a connected world while creating a more sustainable future. For more information, visit www.altair.com.

SANTA CLARA, CA, USA, Sep 15, 2020 – NVIDIA and SoftBank Group Corp. (SBG) announced a definitive agreement under which NVIDIA will acquire Arm Limited from SBG and the SoftBank Vision Fund (together, “SoftBank”) in a transaction valued at $40 billion. The transaction is expected to be immediately accretive to NVIDIA’s non-GAAP gross margin and non-GAAP earnings per share.

The combination brings together NVIDIA’s leading AI computing platform with Arm’s vast ecosystem to create the premier computing company for the age of artificial intelligence, accelerating innovation while expanding into large, high-growth markets. SoftBank will remain committed to Arm’s long-term success through its ownership stake in NVIDIA, expected to be under 10 percent.

“AI is the most powerful technology force of our time and has launched a new wave of computing,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “In the years ahead, trillions of computers running AI will create a new internet-of-things that is thousands of times larger than today’s internet-of-people. Our combination will create a company fabulously positioned for the age of AI.

“Simon Segars and his team at Arm have built an extraordinary company that is contributing to nearly every technology market in the world. Uniting NVIDIA’s AI computing capabilities with the vast ecosystem of Arm’s CPU, we can advance computing from the cloud, smartphones, PCs, self-driving cars and robotics, to edge IoT, and expand AI computing to every corner of the globe.

“This combination has tremendous benefits for both companies, our customers, and the industry. For Arm’s ecosystem, the combination will turbocharge Arm’s R&D capacity and expand its IP portfolio with NVIDIA’s world-leading GPU and AI technology.

“Arm will remain headquartered in Cambridge. We will expand on this great site and build a world-class AI research facility, supporting developments in healthcare, life sciences, robotics, self-driving cars and other fields. And, to attract researchers and scientists from the U.K. and around the world to conduct groundbreaking work, NVIDIA will build a state-of-the-art AI supercomputer, powered by Arm CPUs. Arm Cambridge will be a world-class technology center.”

“NVIDIA is the perfect partner for Arm,” said Masayoshi Son, chairman and CEO of SBG. “Since acquiring Arm, we have honored our commitments and invested heavily in people, technology and R&D, thereby expanding the business into new areas with high growth potential. Joining forces with a world leader in technology innovation creates new and exciting opportunities for Arm. This is a compelling combination that projects Arm, Cambridge and the U.K. to the forefront of some of the most exciting technological innovations of our time and is why SoftBank is excited to invest in Arm’s long-term success as a major shareholder in NVIDIA. We look forward to supporting the continued success of the combined business.”

“Arm and NVIDIA share a vision and passion that ubiquitous, energy-efficient computing will help address the world’s most pressing issues from climate change to healthcare, from agriculture to education,” said Simon Segars, CEO of Arm. “Delivering on this vision requires new approaches to hardware and software and a long-term commitment to research and development. By bringing together the technical strengths of our two companies we can accelerate our progress and create new solutions that will enable a global ecosystem of innovators. My management team and I are excited to be joining NVIDIA so we can write this next chapter together.”

Commitment to Arm and the UK

As part of NVIDIA, Arm will continue to operate its open-licensing model while maintaining the global customer neutrality that has been foundational to its success, with 180 billion chips shipped to-date by its licensees. Arm partners will also benefit from both companies’ offerings, including NVIDIA’s numerous innovations.

SoftBank and Arm are fully committed to satisfying the undertakings made by SoftBank when it acquired Arm in 2016, which are scheduled to complete in September 2021. Following the closing of the transaction, NVIDIA intends to retain the name and strong brand identity of Arm and expand its base in Cambridge. Arm’s intellectual property will remain registered in the U.K.

NVIDIA will build on Arm’s R&D presence in the U.K., establishing a new global center of excellence in AI research at Arm’s Cambridge campus. NVIDIA will invest in a state-of-the-art, Arm-powered AI supercomputer, training facilities for developers and a startup incubator, which will attract world-class research talent and create a platform for innovation and industry partnerships in fields such as healthcare, robotics and self-driving cars.

Additional Transaction Details

Under the terms of the transaction, which has been approved by the boards of directors of NVIDIA, SBG and Arm, NVIDIA will pay to SoftBank a total of $21.5 billion in NVIDIA common stock and $12 billion in cash, which includes $2 billion payable at signing. The number of NVIDIA shares to be issued at closing is 44.3 million, determined using the average closing price of NVIDIA common stock for the last 30 trading days. Additionally, SoftBank may receive up to $5 billion in cash or common stock under an earn-out construct, subject to satisfaction of specific financial performance targets by Arm.

NVIDIA will also issue $1.5 billion in equity to Arm employees.

NVIDIA intends to finance the cash portion of the transaction with balance sheet cash. The transaction does not include Arm’s IoT Services Group.

The proposed transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including the receipt of regulatory approvals for the U.K., China, the European Union and the United States. Completion of the transaction is expected to take place in approximately 18 months.

About SoftBank 

The SoftBank Group invests in breakthrough technology to improve people’s quality of life around the world. The SoftBank Group is comprised of SoftBank Group Corp. (TOKYO: 9984), a holding company that includes telecommunications, internet services, AI, smart robotics, IoT and clean energy technology providers; Arm Limited, the world’s leading semiconductor IP company; and the SoftBank Vision Fund, which is investing up to $100 billion to help extraordinary entrepreneurs transform industries and shape new ones. To learn more, please visit https://global.softbank.

About Arm

Arm technology is at the heart of a computing and data revolution that is transforming the way people live and businesses operate. Our advanced, energy-efficient processor designs have enabled intelligent computing in 180 billion chips and our technologies now securely power products from the sensor to the smartphone and the supercomputer. In combination with our IoT device, connectivity and data management platform, we are also enabling customers with powerful and actionable business insights that are generating new value from their connected devices and data. Together with 1,000+ technology partners we are at the forefront of designing, securing and managing all areas of compute from the chip to the cloud.

About NVIDIA

NVIDIA’s (NASDAQ: NVDA) invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern AI — the next era of computing — with the GPU acting as the brain of computers, robots and self-driving cars that can perceive and understand the world. More information at http://nvidianews.nvidia.com/.

EXTON, PA, USA, Sep 15, 2020 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading global provider of comprehensive software and digital twins services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, announced the finalists in the Year in Infrastructure 2020 Awards program. The annual awards program honors the extraordinary work of Bentley software users advancing infrastructure design, construction, and operations throughout the world. Sixteen independent jury panels selected the 57 finalists from over 400 nominations submitted by more than 330 organizations from more than 60 countries.

The Year in Infrastructure 2020 Awards is a highly regarded global competition that recognizes advancements in infrastructure.

The finalists for Year in Infrastructure 2020 Awards for advancements in infrastructure are:

4D Digital Construction

1. DPR Construction – 2019 LSM DS Tech Upgrade
2. Mortenson | McCarthy – a Joint Venture – Allegiant Stadium
3. Office of the Renovation and Expansion Project of the Beijing-Harbin Expressway Section from Lalin River (Boundary between Jilin Province and Heilongjiang Province) to Harbin, Heilongjiang Construction Technological Innovation & Investment Co., Ltd. – Application of 4D Digital Technology in the Management of the Renovation and Expansion Project of the Beijing-Harbin Expressway Section from Lalin River to Harbin

Bridges

1. Arup – Cherrywood Grand Parade Bridge
2. Chongqing Communications Planning, Survey & Design Institute Co., Ltd., Guizhou Communications Construction Group Co., Ltd., Guizhou Bridge Construction Group Co., Ltd. – Digital Design and Construction of Taihong Yangtze River Bridge
3. Sichuan Road & Bridge (Group) Co., Ltd. – Chishui River Bridge of Expressway from Jiangjin (Chongqing-Guizhou Border) to Xishui to Gulin (Guizhou-Sichuan Border)

Buildings and Campuses

1. Beijing General Municipal Engineering Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd. – Innovative Application of BIM in Municipal Engineering Design of Ezhou Civil Airport
2. PT. Wijaya Karya (Persero) Tbk – COVID-19 Modular Hospital with NPI Room
3. Voyants Solutions Private Limited – Bangladesh Regional Waterway Transport Project 1 – Shasanghat (New Dhaka) IWT Terminal

Digital Cities

1. City of Helsinki – Digital City Synergy
2. Skanska-Costain-STRABAG Joint Venture – HS2 Main Works Civils Contract
3. Systematica S.r.l. – MIND: Testbed of New Mobility Paradigms

Geotechnical Engineering

1. Golder Associates Hong Kong Ltd – Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link Tunnel, Southern Landfall
2. HDR Engineering – Oroville Dam 3D Seepage and Stability Modeling of the Tallest Earthen Embankment Dam in the US
3. Saidel Engineering SRL – Nine-story Residential Building above the Subway Tunnels in West Bucharest

Land Site and Development

1. AAEngineering Group – Dzhamgyr Mine – Project Implementation in Extreme Conditions
2. Jacobs Engineering India Pvt. Ltd. – Master Planning and Engineering for Infrastructure Development at Tumakuru, Karnataka
3. KCI Technologies Inc. – HUB404 Concept Database

Manufacturing

1. Citic Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. – The Application of BIM Technology in Fujian Ansha’s Intelligent Green Cement Production Project with a Daily Output of 4,500 Tons
2. MCC Capital Engineering & Research Incorporation Ltd. – BIM Technology-based Construction of Digital Plant for Iron and Steel Base in Lingang, Laoting of HBIS Group Co., Ltd.
3. Shenyang Aluminum & Magnesium Engineering & Research Institute Co., Ltd. – Guinea Alumina Engineering Digital Twin Application Project of CHALCO Hong Kong Co., Ltd.

Mining and Offshore Engineering

1. AAEngineering Group – Digital Twin of AKSU Plant: from Concept to Startup. A Real Story.
2. Sapura Energy Berhad – Transporting of 3-x-330 Class Barge Loaded with Jacket onboard Semi-submersible Vessel
3. Volgogradnefteproekt, LLC – Vladimir Filanovsky Offshore Field Modernization and Production Volume Increase

Power Generation

1. PowerChina Hubei Electric Engineering Co., Ltd. – Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Thermal Power Plant Reconstruction Project
2. Shanghai Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd. – Shanghai Electric Environmental Protection Group Technology Renovation and Expansion Project for Nantong Thermoelectric Waste Incineration
3. TBEA Xi’an Electric Design Co., Ltd. – Application of Digital Technology in the Design of Complex Mountain Wind Farms

Project Delivery

1. Aegea Saneamento – Infra Inteligente Program (Smart Infra Program)
2. Shanghai Water Engineering Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd – The Integrated Delivery and Application of BIM Technology in the Design, Construction, Supervision and Management of Shanghai Water Pump Sluice Project
3. Sweco – Sweco | Digitalization with BIM

Rail and Transit

1. China Railway Electrification Engineering Group Co., Ltd., China Railway Engineering Consulting Group Co., Ltd., China Academy of Railway Sciences Corporation Limited – Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-speed Railway
2. Network Rail Wales and Western Region – Bristol Area Signalling Renewal Enhancements
3. PowerChina Huadong Engineering Corporation Limited – Innovative Application of Digital Engineering Technology in Shaoxing Rail and Transit Construction

Reality Modeling

1. AUAV – Warragamba Water Pipeline Digital Twin
2. Khatib & Alami – Geo-enabling Reality Model Tips and Tricks
3. Merius Oy – Merius Smart Mill

Road and Rail Asset Performance

1. Maryland State Highway – Maryland One (SUPERLOAD) Violation Tracking & Asset Insight
2. Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) – Collaborative Information System Implementation – Whole Lifecycle Common Data Environment
3. SMRT Trains Ltd – Predictive Decision Support System (PDSS)

Roads and Highways

1. Sichuan Road & Bridge (Group) Co., Ltd. – BIM Technology Application on Chengdu-Yibin Expressway
2. Sweco Nederland B.V. – Oosterweelverbinding Antwerpen
3. SAI-SYSTRA Group – Mumbai Coastal Road Project (South) Package – II

Structural Engineering

1. CNI Ingenieros Consultores SAS – Engineering Laboratories and Research Building
2. Indian Railways – Design & Construction of the World’s Tallest Rail Pier Girder Bridge
3. WSP – WSP overcomes Complex Challenges with Bentley’s Technology to Deliver Principal Tower

Utilities and Communications

1. IOB Technology Sdn Bhd – BIM for Substation and Electrification Design of Double Rail Track, Johor, Malaysia
2. Qinghai Kexin Electric Power Design Institute Co., Ltd. – Dayu 110kV Electrical Transmission and Transformation Project in Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, China
3. Sterlite Power Transmission Limited – Sterlite BIM

Utilities and Industrial Asset Performance

1. • Gazdaş Gaziantep Doğal Gaz Dağitim A.Ş. & Trakya Bölgesi Doğal Gaz Dağitim A.Ş. – Enterprise GIS Project for Natural Gas Utility on SAP/IS-U
2. Glencore – Implementing Asset Reliability Tool for Copper and Nickel Smelters
3. Shell QGC – Evolution of Engineering Data, Documents and Information Management

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants

1. AECOM/Wessex Water – Durleigh WTC Reconstruction
2. Hatch – Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant Outfall
3. PowerChina ZhongNan Engineering Corporation Limited – Research on the Deep Application of BIM and Digital Twin Technology of Water Delivery Project Based on Bentley

Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Networks

1. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo – Operational Restructuring Project of Cursino Water Supply System in São Paulo City
2. DTK Hydronet Solutions – Digital Water Network Engineering & Asset Management of Dibrugarh Water Supply Project
3. NJS Engineers India P Limited – JICA Assisted Guwahati Water Supply Project

The finalists, chosen by independent juries of industry experts, present their projects during a pre-conference showcase beginning October 5 through October 16, 2020.

Chris Barron, Bentley’s chief communications officer, said, “The circumstances of the global pandemic have made the past few months a challenge for us all, and it is a testament to our users’ resilience that we received over 400 nominees for our Year in Infrastructure Awards program. While we are not able to present this year’s conference and awards ceremony in front of a live audience, the new virtual format gives us the opportunity to re-invent Year in Infrastructure and take full advantage of ‘going digital.’ Attendees can access our informative sessions in real time, or on-demand, making it easier for anyone to attend multiple sessions that might have ran concurrently. We are also providing new and exciting ways to engage with infrastructure thought leaders from around the world and to explore and share their innovative insights.”

The agenda of the Year in Infrastructure 2020 Conference features:

1. Pre-Conference Live Judging – The Year in Infrastructure 2020 Awards Finalists Presentation – Oct. 5 – Oct. 16 — Hear from the people behind the most extraordinary infrastructure projects of the year, as they tell their story of how they leveraged digital advancements to achieve unprecedented outcomes.
2. TwinTalks – Digital Twins Go Mainstream — Featuring moderated panel discussions with users, Bentley executives, and industry analysts who will share how digital twins are gathering mainstream adoption in six sectors.
3. Executive Perspectives: Digital Twins for Infrastructure Resilience — Greg Bentley, CEO Bentley Systems – Discover the software and cloud-service enhancements that empower users to create and operate economically and environmentally sustainable infrastructure.
4. Executive Perspectives: Digital Twins — Join Keith Bentley, founder and chief technology officer, Bentley Systems, to learn how users have created digital twins to support accessibility, interoperability, and open standards.
5. Digital Twins: Making the Business Case for Digital Twins — Learn how leading organizations have made compelling and successful business cases for deploying digital twins that improve project delivery and asset performance. Featuring Adam Klatzkin, Bentley’s vice president, business development, and Richard Cooper, Bentley’s strategic director.
6. Digital Twins Showcase: Twinfrastructure! Twinnovation! — Greg Demchak, director of Bentley’s iTwin Innovation Lab, Mehreen Javaid, Bentley’s digital integrator, and Sanjeev Shah, Bentley’s business development director showcase how users leverage mixed reality (XR) to visualize the past, present, and future of their projects, and create digital twins of existing assets to implement remote inspection and remote assist digital workflows.
7. Live: Year in Infrastructure 2020 Awards Ceremony Oct. 21. After careful deliberation, by independent expert juries, the winners of the Year in Infrastructure 2020 Awards will be announced in a live global broadcast at 12:30 p.m. EDT. Don’t miss what has been called the Academy Awards of Infrastructure. Register and watch live.

More about the Year in Infrastructure 2020 Awards program and conference

Image and caption: The Year in Infrastructure 2020 Awards is a highly regarded global competition that recognizes advancements in infrastructure.

About Bentley Systems

Bentley Systems is a leading global provider of software solutions to engineers, architects, geospatial professionals, constructors, and owner-operators for the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure. Bentley’s MicroStation-based engineering and BIM applications, and its digital twin cloud services, advance the project delivery (ProjectWise) and the asset performance (AssetWise) of transportation and other public works, utilities, industrial and resources plants, and commercial and institutional facilities.

Bentley Systems employs more than 4,000 colleagues and generates annual revenues of more than $700 million in 171 countries outside the United States. From inception in 1984, the company has remained majority-owned by the Bentley brothers. www.bentley.com.