Los finalistas de los Be Inspired 2014

El 6 de Noviembre se estará realizando en Londres, la premiación anual de los premios Be Inspired.  Esta fecha coincidirá con la conferencia sobre tecnologías aplicadas a la gestión de infraestructuras inteligentes, que será los días Martes, Miércoles y Jueves.  Aquí, quienes atendamos la Conferencia podremos participar de 6 interesantes foros, sobre Visión de Futuro, Servicios Públicos, Gestión de Energía Renovable, Transporte y Edificios Inteligentes.

9 Jurados independientes tendrán la tarea de valorar los 54 proyectos, que por ahora son finalistas y que provienen de 49 diferentes países, distribuidos de la siguiente manera:

• América del Norte: 16
• Asia: 14
• Europa: 11
• España y Latinoamérica: 6
• Oceanía: 4
• Medio Oriente: 3
• Africa: 1

En esta ocasión por parte de América Latina y España sobresalen al menos 6 proyectos que he marcado en rojo para que los puedan identificar con facilidad:

• España y Uruguay en Proyectos relacionados con la Gestión del Territorio, que de nuevo ha sido incluido en esta edición,
• Perú en Minería y Metales,
• y, Brasil que compite en tres categorías: en Transporte, Carreteras y Sistemas Fluviales.

Estos son los finalistas

Innovación en gestión de ciclo de vida

• Agrium Inc. – Agrium Vanscoy Potash Operations Reliability Improvement Project – (Vanscoy, Saskatchewan, Canadá)
• Severn Trent Water Ltd – EToN 6: Technology in Street Works – (Midlands, United Kingdom)
• Tenaga Nasional Berhad – Asset Performance Management at Tenaga Nasional Berhad Power Plants – (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Innovación en Puentes

• Anhui Transport Consulting & Design Institute Co., Ltd – Second Wuhu Yangtze River Highway Bridge – (Wuhu, Anhui, China)
• Hanson Professional Services Inc. – Alaska’s Northern Rail Extension: Tanana River Bridge – (Salcha, Alaska, United States)
• HDR – Tappan Zee Hudson River Crossing: The New NY Bridge – (Westchester, New York, United States)

Innovación en Edificios

• John Portman & Associates – Yinchuan Greenland Center – (Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China)
• Morphosis Architects – Emerson College Los Angeles – (Los Angeles, California, United States)
• MWM Architekci Sp. z o.o. – Hotel Arłamów – (Ustrzyki Dolne, Podkarpacie, Poland)

Innovación en Construcción

• Arabtec Construction LLC – Fairmont Hotel – (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)
• Jacobs – EPC Success Using ConstructSim – (Houston, Texas, United States)
• Michigan Department of Transportation – ProjectWise: A Change in Construction – (Michigan, United States)

Innovación en Gobierno

• City of Eindhoven – 3D City and IFC Integrated – (Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands)
• Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd. – Disaster Prevention and Risk Reduction Project – (Nagano Prefecture, Japan)
• Ordnance Survey Ireland – A New Authoritative Spatial Data Infrastructure for Ireland – (Dublin, Ireland)

Innovación en Gestión y Desarrollo Territorial

• Arup – Civil BIM Implementation for Campus Projects in Qatar – (Doha, Qatar)
• Barcelona Regional S.A. – Sediment Balance of the Beaches of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)
• Cathie Associates – Montevideo Multipurpose Harbour – (Montevideo, Uruguay)

Innovación en Megaproyectos

• Guangdong Hydropower Planning & Design Institute – 3D Design for Qingyuan Pumped Storage Power Station: Detailed Design and Construction – (Qingyuan, Guangdong, China)
• Jacobs and Bouygues Civil Works Florida – Port of Miami Tunnel and Access Improvements – (Miami, Florida, United States)
• QGC Pty Limited – The Journey from Physical Assets to Digital Assets for the Queensland Curtis LNG Project – (Gladstone, Queensland, Australia)

Innovación en Minería y Metales

• Ausenco – Constancia Project – (Chamaca and Livitaca, Chumbivilcas, Perú)
• Ausenco – Goldstrike – (Eureka County, Nevada, United States)
• Vale Manitoba Operations – T1 Mine, 4160 Level Loading Pocket Redesign and Rebuild – (Thompson, Manitoba, Canada)

Innovación en Plataformas Marinas

• Dockwise Shipping B.V. – SHWE Transportation and Installation – (Bay of Bengal, Myanmar)
• Orca Offshore – Centrica F3-FA Self-installing Platform – (Dutch North Sea, Netherlands)
• SNC-Lavalin UK Limited – Mariner Jacket Detailed Design – (Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom)

Innovación en Generación de Energía

• Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd. – Development of Decommissioning Engineering Platform Based on Plant 3D Model – (Japan)
• I.Y. Genesis Advanced Engineering Ltd. – Bobo II-III 54 MW Power Plant – (Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso)
• Kavin Engineering And Services Private Limited – Power Plant for Garraf Development Facility Operation – (Iraq)

Innovación en Procesos de Manufactura

• 3DDraughting – LPG Import and Storage Terminal – (Saldanha Bay, Western Cape, South Africa)
• Eastman Chemical Company – Eastman’s Journey to a New Global Information-sharing Platform – (Kingsport, Tennessee, United States)
• Tianjin MCC20 Construction Co., Ltd – 1×600m2 Sintering Machine Phase-I Project – (Rizhao, Shandong, China)

Innovación en Optimización de Proyectos

• Bechtel – Vauxhall Underground Station: Congestion Relief and Step-free Access Project – (London, United Kingdom)
• J.L. Patterson & Associates, Inc. – Tehachapi Mountains Double Track Project – (Tehachapi, California, United States)
• MMC Oil & Gas Engineering Sdn Bhd – MMCOG Integrated Data Administration – (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Innovación en Transporte y Ferrocarriles

• Hatch Mott MacDonald – Intelligent Rail Signal Design via 2D Schematics and 3D Models – (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada)
• JM Souto Engenharia – Detailed Project for the Adequacy of the Alternative Railway Route – (Congonhas, Minas Gerais, Brazil)
• Track Access Services Ltd – Track Access Survey and Sighting – (United Kingdom)

Innovación en Carreteras

• Engevix Engenharia, Themag Engenharia, and Planservi Engenharia – Santos Guarujá Tunnel – (Santos and Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil)
• Washington State Department of Transportation – I-90: Snoqualmie Pass East, Phase 1A through Phase 2A – (Hyak, Washington, United States)
• Well-Connected Alliance – The Waterview Connection – (Auckland, New Zealand)

Innovación en Ingeniería Estructural

• Beijing Building Construction Research Institute Co., Ltd.; Beijing Institute of Architectural Design; National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences – Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) – (Karst, Guizhou, China)
• D&H Steel Construction – Westgate Footbridge – (Waitakere, Auckland, New Zealand)
• Fitzpatrick Engineering Group – Octapharma Blood Plasma Facility – (Charlotte, North Carolina, United States)

Innovación en utilidades y Redes de Servicios

• China Southern Power Grid Research Center – Zhaotong Converter Station – (China)
• ElectraNet – Bentley Substation Implementation and Integration into ElectraNet SOP – (Adelaide, South Australia, Australia)
• Time Warner Cable – An Enterprise GIS Strategy for Increased Revenue and Lower Costs Using Bentley’s Communications Solution – (Centennial, Colorado, United States)

Innovación en Suistemas de Aguas, Alcantarillados y Plantas de Tratamiento

• CH2M HILL – Skyway Wastewater Treatment Plant Phase II Expansion – (Burlington, Ontario, Canada)
• MWH – Seafield Wastewater Treatment Works Thermal Hydrolysis Plant – (Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom)
• Power China Central Southern Geotechnical Design Institute Co., Ltd. – 3D Collaborative Design Accelerates Industry Revolution: The Standardized Design and Application of Water Project – (Qingzhen, Guizhou, China)

Innovación en modelado de Aguas fluviales y redes de agua servida

• AECOM India – Delhi Jal Board – Sewerage Master Plan – 2031 for NCT of Delhi – (New Delhi, Delhi, India)
• Manila Water Company, Inc. – Marikina North Project – (Marikina City, Philippines)
• Sabesp – Overview and Supervision: Cantareira Water Supply System – (São Paulo, Brazil)