Prestigious annual awards program recognizes infrastructure professionals who use Bentley software in exceptional ways to drive real-world impact
EXTON, Pa. – August 19, 2026 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced the finalists for its 2026 Year in Infrastructure (YII) Awards program. For more than two decades, the annual awards have celebrated infrastructure professionals and their innovative use of Bentley software to improve how infrastructure is designed, built, and operated.
Selected by independent panels of global industry experts, this year’s finalists demonstrate how infrastructure professionals are leveraging technologies including digital twins and AI to deliver highly efficient project outcomes. In a review of the 36 finalist projects, 24 finalists reported using AI in some form, while 22 showed strong or supporting evidence of a connected digital foundation.
“The YII Awards honor the professionals behind the infrastructure that communities rely on every day,” said Cate Lochead, chief marketing officer, Bentley Systems. “This year’s finalists show how infrastructure is moving from disconnected files, manual workflows, and periodic inspections to connected information, intelligent automation, and continuous insight. Across the finalists, digital twins, AI, analytics, and connected data help teams make more informed decisions, explore more alternatives faster, and operate infrastructure with greater confidence and resilience. The breadth of projects—from geotechnical and subsurface modeling to wildfire risk and landslide mitigation, coastal and flood infrastructure, and stormwater planning—demonstrates that the future of infrastructure is not just more digital, it is more intelligent.”
Chosen from more than 300 submissions representing 53 countries, the YII Awards 2026 honor projects across 12 categories spanning the infrastructure lifecycle. Finalists were selected for the innovation of their projects, the challenges they addressed, and the results they delivered. Across the submissions, engineers and project teams showed how using Bentley software can help break down information silos, connect data across people and assets, and apply AI to improve decisions and drive measurably better infrastructure.
YII Awards 2026 Finalists by Category
Bridges and tunnels
AYESA Engineering (Portugal): Porto Metro 3.0: Optimizing tunnel design at scale
Parsons (on behalf of Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) (United States): Talmadge Memorial Bridge: Modernizing a critical Savannah crossing
SUDOP PRAHA a.s. (Czech Republic): Praha–Beroun Tunnel: Designing Czechia’s largest rail tunnel
Cities and facilities
Baosteel Engineering & Technology Group (China): Industrial site: City “rust belt rebirth” transformation
Pinnacle Future Build Pvt. Ltd. (India): Pinnacle Madurai campus: A digital twin for smart operations
SUDOP PRAHA a.s. (Czech Republic): Prague main railway station: A digital twin for urban transformation
Construction
AtkinsRéalis (United Kingdom): Hinkley Point C: Advancing 4D construction at scale
DPR Construction and Trillium Advisory Group ULC (United States): Abilene data center: Connecting digital delivery to construction reality
Wills Bros (Ireland): Dublin Port Berths 52 and 53: Improving marine construction with 4D planning
Energy production
CITIC Heavy Industry Machinery Co., Ltd. (China): Wind power equipment: Digital innovation throughout the entire lifecycle
PT Wijaya Karya (Persero) Tbk (Indonesia): Lumut Balai 2 geothermal power plant: Transforming clean energy
South-to-North Water Diversion (Chongqing) New Energy Development Co., Ltd. and POWERCHINA Zhongnan Engineering Corporation Ltd. (China): Chongqing Yunyang Jianquan pumped storage: Innovation in a digital power station
Geospatial and reality modeling
Aboitiz Renewables Inc. (Philippines): GeoShield: Predicting landslide risk with geospatial intelligence
Department of Transport and Planning (Australia): Transport reality capture and integrated reality data management platform: Creating a shared view of the physical network
Haskoning (United Kingdom): Port of Dover: Scaling maritime inspection with drones
Project delivery
Kiewit (United States): LAND: Transforming project delivery through connected data
Port Polska (Poland): Port Polska: Connecting information across a major infrastructure program
RS&H Inc. (United States): Moving I‑4 forward: Connecting project knowledge and delivery
Rail and transit
NMA – Nikhil Mahashur and Associates (India): Hajimalang Gad funicular rail: Engineering access through challenging terrain
Skanska Costain STRABAG JV (United Kingdom): HS2 London tunnels: Rehearsing construction before it happens
SUDOP PRAHA a.s. (Czech Republic): Central Bohemia high-speed rail: Connecting design and project knowledge
Roads and highways
Burgess & Niple Inc. (United States): US-98: Accelerating design-build through digital innovation
PT Wijaya Karya (Persero) Tbk (Indonesia): Semarang-Demak Toll Road: Designing for resilience at the edge of the sea
Torrens to Darlington Alliance (John Holland, Bouygues, Arcadis, Jacobs, Ventia) in partnership with the South Australian Government, Department for Infrastructure and Transport (Australia): Torrens to Darlington (T2D): Digital delivery for South Australia’s north-south corridor
Structural engineering
Arcadis (United States): AutoFW: Automating design of flood protection structures
PT Wijaya Karya Bangunan Gedung Tbk (WIKA Gedung) (Indonesia): Jakarta International Stadium: Engineering the largest retractable roof
QB Engineering & Construction (Philippines): Our Lady of Light Parish Church, Loon: Digitally reconstructing a historic landmark
Subsurface modeling and analysis
Intertechne Consultores S.A. (Brazil): Tailings Dam: Innovative use of geological and geotechnical models and assessment
Mott MacDonald (Czech Republic): Praha-Smíchov–Beroun rail line: Building a connected subsurface model
Mott MacDonald (Singapore): Changi Airport T5: 3D geological modeling and analysis to support planning decisions for T5’s complex ground conditions
Transmission and distribution
APD Global (Australia): Clean Energy Link–North: Accelerating the renewable transition through AI‑enabled digital delivery
Dar International for Engineering Consultancy (Saudi Arabia): Nariyah 380kV substation: Integrated digital delivery of a high-voltage GIS SS
NV5, India (United States): Utility infrastructure protection: Mapping risk across 17,600 miles of grid
Water and wastewater
Evides N.V. (Netherlands): Water distribution: Operational digital twins for a 14,000-kilometer water network
Haskoning India Consulting Pvt Ltd. (India): Delhi stormwater drainage masterplan: Designing for a flood-free national capital
Hunan Provincial Water Resources and Hydropower Survey, Design, Planning, and Research Institute Co., Ltd. (China): Hunan Zishui Quanmutang Reservoir: Applying full lifecycle BIM technology
Finalists will present their projects during Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure event being held at the Fairmont Singapore, October 6-7, 2026. The presentations will focus on the engineering context, project execution, digital methods used, and results achieved.
Bentley will also celebrate select projects with Founders’ Honors. These awards are chosen by Bentley’s founders and executives and recognize projects that reflect Bentley’s purpose of advancing the world’s infrastructure for better quality of life. (read more)
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