{"id":731,"date":"2013-10-03T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/2013\/10\/03\/autodesk-excellence-in-infrastructure-2013-awards-spotlight-the-worlds-best-civil-infrastructure-projects\/"},"modified":"2013-10-03T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-03T09:00:00","slug":"autodesk-excellence-in-infrastructure-2013-awards-spotlight-the-worlds-best-civil-infrastructure-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/autodesk-excellence-in-infrastructure-2013-awards-spotlight-the-worlds-best-civil-infrastructure-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Autodesk Excellence in Infrastructure 2013 Awards Spotlight the World’s Best Civil Infrastructure Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

Check out the winning projects from the USA, UK, Netherlands and India<\/em><\/p>\n

It seems these days all we hear about is an endless parade of gloom and doom stories about the world\u2019s crumbling civil infrastructure.  And the general public is getting the message. In the US, for example, a recent Harris Interactive poll<\/a>* revealed that Americans rank major infrastructure failures as their greatest infrastructure-related concern.<\/p>\n

Sure, it\u2019s important to point out where things are falling apart, but it\u2019s equally important to promote extraordinary examples of practical, cost effective and inspiring solutions that show how the latest in technology can make a profound difference. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s the motivation behind the Autodesk Excellence in Infrastructure Competition<\/a>, now in its second year. Hosted by Autodesk, Inc.<\/a> and CGarchitect<\/a>, a leading online magazine and end-user community for visualization and design professionals, each winner demonstrated an exemplary use of Building Information Modeling<\/a> (BIM) for civil infrastructure.<\/p>\n

The 2013 winners are:<\/p>\n

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Rendering courtesy of Gensler<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

1st<\/sup> Place: HNTB<\/a> for the Denver International Airport Hotel and Transit Center Program<\/a>. View the Denver Airport South Terminal Redevelopment Program video on YouTube:<\/p>\n

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2nd Place: iNFRANEA<\/a> for Room for River Waal<\/a> in Nijmegen, Netherlands. View the Room for River Waal project video on YouTube:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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3rd<\/sup> Place: The alliance of Galliford Try<\/a> Costain<\/a> Atkins<\/a> for the Liverpool Wastewater Treatment Works<\/a>.  View the Liverpool Wastewater Treatment Works \u2013 GCA video on YouTube:<\/p>\n

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Special Visualization Award: VR Real Technologies<\/a> (VRRT) for its work on the DFL India<\/a> Cyber City Gurgaon<\/a> animation.  View the Cyber City Gurgaon Visualization Award video on YouTube:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cEach of the winning projects offers a model for the application of forward-thinking Building Information Modeling workflows and technologies for infrastructure projects,\u201d said Lisa Campbell, vice president industry strategy and marketing, Autodesk. \u201cFirst place HNTB, for example, employed Autodesk technologies to drive a BIM process from early stages of planning through design, and now into construction \u2013 engaging a large group of stakeholders from the airport to a host of design and engineering firms working to make this project successful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Managed by CGarchitect, and co-sponsored by Autodesk and HP, the competition\u2019s jury of industry experts<\/a> selected the winners from submissions covering a wide range of transportation, land development, urban planning, water\/wastewater and energy related projects.  Entries were judged based on complexity, innovative use of technology, sustainability factors and the overall value Autodesk software and BIM for Infrastructure provided to the project outcome, whether used to plan, design, build or manage infrastructure projects. The winners will be honored at the upcoming Autodesk University 2013<\/a> conference this December in Las Vegas, and will be given more than $10,000 in prizes by competition sponsors including HP<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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