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Creighton Manning Engineering Receives a Be Inspired Infrastructure Best Practices Award
At a time when infrastructure’s critical role in sustaining our economy and sustaining our environment is receiving unprecedented attention, the world’s leading architects, engineers, owner-operators and geospatial professionals were invited to convene in Charlotte, North Carolina at the Infrastructure Best Practices Symposium and Awards to honor outstanding achievements in infrastructure, represented by the top projects of the 2009 Be Inspired Awards. The event was sponsored by Bentley Systems, Inc., the developers of MicroStation/ Inroads software for infrastructure design. MicroStation is used by engineers, architects, GIS professionals, constructors, and owner operators to design, model, visualize, document and map infrastructure projects. Be Inspired Award Winner This year, the finalists for each of the 17 award categories represent the full breadth of infrastructure types. Creighton Manning Engineering won the Innovation in Roads award for the Route 85 Slingerlands Bypass. Slingerlands Bypass was selected by NYSDOT Region 1 in 2005 as a pilot project for the integration of automated machine control grading and the use of Quantity Manager, a Bentley system that utilized GPS technology for inspection purposes. Full 3D models were developed for all aspects of the project design including the roundabouts. The 3D data and Inroads ALG files were provided electronically to the contractor. The contractor, Delaney Construction, used GPS and automated grading equipment to construct the $15.2 million project, which was completed in 2008. The projects nominated for the Be Inspired Awards come from Bentley’s users around the globe, and the winning projects are selected by a rigorous jury of independent experts in various fields of infrastructure. The awards celebrate outstanding achievements in infrastructure design, engineering, construction and operations across the globe, as well as the innovation in best practices among the infrastructure professionals who make these projects possible. The 17 Be Inspired Award winners were announced during a dinner and awards ceremony held October 13, 2009. The independent panel of Be Inspired Awards jurors selected the winning projects from more than 250 nominations. Finalists in the Innovation in Roads category included five projects from around the world. In extending congratulations to the Be Inspired Award winners during his toast following the dinner, Jay McGraw, Group Publisher, McGraw-Hill Construction, which publishes Engineering News-Record, said, “I am delighted to be here this evening to personally congratulate the Be Inspired Award winners and express my admiration for the remarkable achievements of infrastructure professionals, who improve quality of life for us all.” CEO Greg Bentley said, “The Be Inspired Awards honor and celebrate outstanding infrastructure projects from around the globe. Each is benchmark-setting, accomplished through innovative information modeling technology and best practices, successfully implemented by talented and imaginative infrastructure professionals. “Tonight we recognize an additional 17 extraordinary achievements, and I sincerely congratulate each of the winners. I also wish to acknowledge the important contributions that all of this year’s nominees have made to sustaining infrastructure. I avidly review their stories, and, along with my Bentley Systems colleagues, I am always truly inspired.” Bentley posted highlights of this year’s winning projects on its website, www.bentley.com, and included detailed descriptions of all nominated projects in the print and digital versions of The Year in Infrastructure 2009. As a benefit to winning a Be Inspired award, Bentley donated $1,000 to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Capital Region in honor of Creighton Manning Engineering and NYSDOT.
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