Bentley Systems Announces Winners of the 2025 Going Digital Awards

The company also recognizes key projects with Founders’ Honors, the Bentley-Envision winner for infrastructure sustainability, and the 2025 Bentley Educator of the Year

Bentley Systems has announced the winners of its 2025 Going Digital Awards, recognizing infrastructure professionals for their innovative use of Bentley software to improve design, construction, and operations.

The awards were announced on October 17, 2025, during Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure 2025 conference in Amsterdam.

Going Digital Awards: Winners were selected across 12 categories from nearly 250 projects nominated by organizations in 47 countries. These projects showcase how digital advancements, including connected data and AI, are transforming project delivery and asset performance.

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 Entire 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
During the event, Bentley also recognized 18 projects with Founders’ Honors. Chosen individually by Bentley’s founders, Founders’ Honors are presented to a small number of exemplary projects, individuals, and organizations that reflect the company’s mission of advancing the world’s infrastructure for better 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 a pioneering Going Digital Award project that went beyond technical excellence and economic value to deliver exceptional and measurable environmental and social impact.

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 who has made outstanding contributions to infrastructure education. Selected by a panel of independent judges, the winner is recognized for innovative teaching methods, impactful student engagement, and the integration of cutting-edge engineering software and technology into the curriculum.

This year’s winner is:

Irfaan Peerun, Griffith University, Australia

More information about Bentley’s 2025 Year in Infrastructure and Awards program can be found here.

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About Bentley Systems
Around the world, infrastructure professionals rely on software from Bentley Systems to help them design, build, and operate better and more resilient infrastructure for transportation, water, energy, cities, and more. Founded in 1984 by engineers for engineers, Bentley is the partner of choice for engineering firms and owner-operators worldwide, with software that spans engineering disciplines, industry sectors, and all phases of the infrastructure lifecycle. Through our digital twin solutions, we help infrastructure professionals unlock the value of their data to transform project delivery and asset performance.

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