AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (Bentley Systems’ Year in Infrastructure 2025), Oct 17, 2025 – Bentley Systems has announced the winners of the 2025 Going Digital Awards. The annual awards recognize infrastructure professionals who use Bentley software to improve how infrastructure is designed, built, and managed.
This year, nearly 250 projects from 47 countries were nominated. Independent judges selected winners in 12 categories during Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure conference, held October 15–16 in Amsterdam.
“Congratulations to this year’s Going Digital Award winners,” said Chris Bradshaw, chief sustainability and education officer, Bentley Systems. “These groundbreaking projects demonstrate how leading infrastructure engineering and construction companies, together with innovative owner-operators, are harnessing digital advancements – from connected data to AI – to transform project delivery and elevate asset performance. Your achievements are setting the standard for resilience, sustainability, and impact across infrastructure sectors.”
2025 Going Digital Awards Winners
Bridges and Tunnels
- Italferr S.p.A. (Italy) – Leveraging Digital Technologies for Improved Infrastructure Management
Cities, Campuses, and Facilities
- Voyants Solutions Private Ltd. (India) – Preparation of Masterplan, Detailed Design and Project Management of Atal Puram Township, Agra, India
Construction
- Deloitte and Vale (Brazil) – SYNCHRO 4D Powering the World’s First Iron Ore Briquetting Plant
Energy Production
- Baosteel Engineering & Technology Group Co., Ltd. (China) – Digital Intelligent Construction Project for a Steel Plant Based on Bentley Technology
Geospatial and Reality Modeling
- Al Madinah Region Development Authority (MDA) (Saudi Arabia) – Manarah Urban Data Platform
Project Delivery
- Egis (France) – Canal Seine Nord Europe
Rail and Transit
- PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) (Indonesia) – Smart Infrastructure by KAI & AssetWise Linear Analytics
Roads and Highways
- Jabatan Kerja Raya Sarawak (JKRS) (Malaysia) – Sarawak Sabah Link Road Phase 2
Structural Engineering
- AVS Engineers | ISID Architect, Nikhil Mahashur and Associates, Structural Engineer – Siddharth Sharma (India) – Fairmont Udaipur Palace
Subsurface Modeling and Analysis
- Fervo Energy (United States) – Cape Station
Transmission and Distribution
- China Energy Engineering Group Guangxi Electric Power Design Institute Co., Ltd. (China) – Application of GIS+BIM Digital Intelligence Technology to the Lifecycle of China Southern Power Grid’s Guangxi Nanning 500kV Power Transmission and Transformation Project
Water and Wastewater
- PT Wika Tirta Jaya Jatiluhur (WTJJ) (Indonesia) – SPAM Regional Jatiluhur I: Transforming Water for a Better Tomorrow
Founders’ Honors
Bentley also recognized 18 projects with Founders’ Honors, selected by the company’s founders. The awards highlight projects and organizations that advance infrastructure and improve quality of life.
The 2025 Founders’ Honors recipients are:
- AECOM (United Kingdom) – Old Oak Common Great Western Railway Station Rail Systems
- Ansys RF Channel Modeler for NASA Lunar Mission Planning (The Moon) – NASA Lunar Mission Planning for Ground Subscribers on the Moon
- Aquawolf (United States) – From Fire Zones to Storms: A Case for Efficient and Smart Pole Modeling
- Arcadis (Australia) – Coffs Harbour bypass
- Aurecon (New Zealand) – Digitizing Urban Ground: Transforming Subsurface Engineering
- citiME Consultancy LLC (United Arab Emirates) – Micromobility Modeling in Abu Dhabi’s Strategic Transport Model
- DC Water (United States) – From Blueprint to Reality: DC Water’s Digital Twin Implementation
- DPR Construction (United States)– Building with Care: Lean 4D Planning for Children’s Hospital
- Environmental Systems Lab, Cornell University (United States) – Energy Atlas: A Digital Twin for Decarbonizing Ithaca’s Building Stock
- Forte and Tablada, Inc. (United States) – 17th Street Canal Pump Station Digital Twin
- Geoambiente S/A (Brazil) – High-Resolution Modeling for Groundwater Remediation Using Leapfrog
- Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) (Lithuania) – Digital Twin for Buildings Operational Carbon Evaluation
- Leviatan Group (Romania) – Optimized 4D Planning for Military Educational Campus
- Ormat Technologies Inc. (Dominica) – Roseau Valley Geothermal Project
- PowerChina Henan Electric Power Survey & Design Institute Co., Ltd. (China) – Substation Flood Risks Assessment, Monitoring, and Early Warning System
- PT Hutama Karya (Indonesia) – Trans Papua Road – Mamberamo-Elelim section
- PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (Indonesia) – Lumut Balai Unit-3
- Shanghai Investigation, Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd. (China) – Digital Innovation in the Full Lifecycle of Offshore Wind Power
Bentley-Envision Award for Sustainable Infrastructure
The Bentley-Envision award for sustainable infrastructure recognized the Going Digital Award project that delivered measurable environmental and social impact beyond technical and economic goals.
The Bentley-Envision Award recipient is:
- GeoStruXer (Saudi Arabia) – Seismic Rehabilitation of Creeping Ground using Sustainable Micropiled PTRaft
All Bentley-Envision submissions were reviewed by the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI), the nonprofit organization that develops and manages the Envision sustainable infrastructure framework, in partnership with Bentley’s sustainability team.
Educator of the Year Award
The Bentley Systems’ Educator of the Year Award honors an academic professional for advancing infrastructure education through innovative teaching, student engagement, and technology integration.
This year’s winner is:
- Irfaan Peerun, Griffith University, Australia
Source: Bentley Systems
About Bentley Systems
Bentley Systems, founded in 1984, develops software for infrastructure engineering with a focus on supporting the design, construction, and operation of critical assets across transportation, water, energy, urban, and utility sectors. Its solutions are used globally by engineers, architects, constructors, and asset owners across various disciplines and project phases. The company provides integrated tools for modeling, simulation, project delivery, and asset performance management. A key area of focus is enabling digital twins to improve data integration and decision-making throughout the infrastructure lifecycle. Bentley’s software supports workflows across multiple engineering domains, helping users manage complexity and improve the reliability and resilience of infrastructure systems. Headquartered in Exton, PA, Bentley Systems operates in 40 countries with a workforce of around 5,500 employees. It serves approximately 41,000 customers in 190 countries. For the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, the company reported revenues of about $1.4 billion, reflecting its continued role in advancing infrastructure technologies on a global scale.