Be Inspired Awards finalists to present their projects at Year in Infrastructure 2015

1 November 2015 Geoff Zeiss

This is the first time I have been able to attend the Year in Infrastructure conference in London.  I fully intended to go last year but events conspired against me. 

A highlight of the conference are the Be Inspired Awards.  The annual Be Inspired Awards competition brings together infrastructure professionals and members of the media to share innovative practices in infrastructure project design, engineering, construction, and operations and to celebrate the extraordinary work of the world’s architects, engineers, contractors and owner-operators. Since 2004 the Be Inspired Awards program has recognized more than 2,000 of the world’s most outstanding infrastructure projects.  Infrastructure projects submitted for the awards across a range of 18 categories, many of which include geospatial technology, are assessed by an independent team of industry expert judges based on each entry’s ability to showcase “BIM advancements” through depth of information modelling, for better asset performance and breadth of information mobility for better project performance.  Categories include innovation in

  1. ASSET PERFORMANCE
  2. BRIDGES
  3. BUILDING
  4. CONSTRUCTION
  5. GOVERNMENT
  6. LAND DEVELOPMENT
  7. MEGAPROJECTS
  8. MINING
  9. OFFSHORE
  10. POWER GENERATION
  11. PROCESS MANUFACTURING
  12. PROJECT DELIVERY
  13. RAIL AND TRANSIT
  14. ROADS
  15. STRUCTURES
  16. UTILITIES AND COMMUNICATIONS
  17. WATER NETWORK ANALYSIS
  18. WATER TREATMENT PLANTS

The top three finalists have been chosen in each Be Inspired Awards category and each has won a trip to London to attend the Year in Infrastructure 2015 Conference from November 2nd through the 5th.  I have gone through the project descriptions and am really excited looking forward to hearing the finalists present their projects Tuesday afternoon.  The winners will be announced Wednesday evening at the Be Inspired Awards Dinner.

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss has more than 20 years experience in the geospatial software industry and 15 years experience developing enterprise geospatial solutions for the utilities, communications, and public works industries. His particular interests include the convergence of BIM, CAD, geospatial, and 3D. In recognition of his efforts to evangelize geospatial in vertical industries such as utilities and construction, Geoff received the Geospatial Ambassador Award at Geospatial World Forum 2014. Currently Geoff is Principal at Between the Poles, a thought leadership consulting firm. From 2001 to 2012 Geoff was Director of Utility Industry Program at Autodesk Inc, where he was responsible for thought leadership for the utility industry program. From 1999 to 2001 he was Director of Enterprise Software Development at Autodesk. He received one of ten annual global technology awards in 2004 from Oracle Corporation for technical innovation and leadership in the use of Oracle. Prior to Autodesk Geoff was Director of Product Development at VISION* Solutions. VISION* Solutions is credited with pioneering relational spatial data management, CAD/GIS integration, and long transactions (data versioning) in the utility, communications, and public works industries. Geoff is a frequent speaker at geospatial and utility events around the world including Geospatial World Forum, Where 2.0, MundoGeo Connect (Brazil), Middle East Spatial Geospatial Forum, India Geospatial Forum, Location Intelligence, Asia Geospatial Forum, and GITA events in US, Japan and Australia. Geoff received Speaker Excellence Awards at GITA 2007-2009.

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