VOF Grontmij - De Weger, a building consortium
consisting of two leading Dutch engineering companies, has won a 2005
BE Award for its Betuweroute rail track in Holland. The award category
was "Civil: Rail Design."
The BE Awards of Excellence, which are selected by an independent jury of industry experts and presented at an evening ceremony during the annual BE Conference (www.be.org), honor the extraordinary work of Bentley users improving the world's infrastructure. These projects set benchmarks for their industries, and showcase the imagination and technical mastery of the organizations that created them.
The Dutch government decided to build the 160-kilometer Betuweroute rail track to decrease traffic on the motorways and triple yearly revenues of goods traffic by train from the Netherlands to other European countries. The Betuweroute, which is the first track line in the Netherlands dedicated to the transport of goods, will be ready in 2007 and cost 4.8 billion euros.
Among the many important project design activities were the alignment of connecting arcs with existing track, design modifications to motorways that crossed the new track, and the modeling of earthworks.
From the start, the Betuweroute has been designed in 3D using Bentley MX. The use of 3D provided important insight into spatial occupation as well as accurate calculations of ground quantities.
In addition, it saved the designers a great deal of time. As Cees Veerhoek, project manager for VOF Grontmij - De Weger, explains, "With the use of MX in this rail design project, our designers were able to change the complicated long section of a complete roadway junction, including the generation of all the necessary work drawings, in a few hours, instead of days."
The MX models have been used throughout the project to generate output data and quality control. The use of MX made it possible for 10 design engineers to work simultaneously on a single project, a capability essential to getting this enormous design project ready in time.
For more information on VOF Grontmij - De Weger's winning project and on all of the other 2005 BE Award projects, visit www.be.org/2005beawardwinners.
About the VOF Grontmij - De Weger Building Consortium
Grontmij NV, established in 1915, specializes in consultancy, design, engineering, management, and the turnkey delivery of projects for building, infrastructure, and the environment. It is most active in the Netherlands, followed by Belgium and Germany. The company currently has about 4,000 employees. For more information, visit www.grontmij.com/site/en-gb.
De Weger is part of Royal Haskoning, an independent, worldwide consultancy firm. Royal Haskoning was founded in 1881 in the Netherlands and currently has a staff of 2,700. Rooted in a technical background, its consultancy services focus on the interaction between people and their environment in the fields of spatial development, infrastructure and transport, architecture and building, mechanical and electrical services, environment, water, coastal and rivers, and maritime. For more information, visit www.royalhaskoning.com.
About the BE Conference
The BE Conference (www.be.org), which consistently scores a 99 percent attendee satisfaction rating, is a once-a-year learning opportunity for Bentley users and their managers offering professional training, technology updates, keynotes, and best practice sharing. At these sessions, attendees better themselves, better their organizations, and better the ways they can improve the world's infrastructure.
To pre-register for BE Conference 2006, go to www.be.org/preregister.
About Bentley
Bentley Systems, Incorporated provides software for the lifecycle of the world's infrastructure. The company's comprehensive portfolio for the building, plant, civil, and geospatial vertical markets spans architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) and operations. With 2004 revenues exceeding $300 million, Bentley is the leading provider of AEC software to the Engineering News-Record Design 500 and major owner-operators.
To receive Bentley press releases as they are issued, visit www.bentley.com/bentleywire. For more information, visit www.bentley.com.
Bentley, the "B" logo, BE, BE Awards of Excellence, and MX are either registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks of Bentley Systems, Incorporated or one of its direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.
The BE Awards of Excellence, which are selected by an independent jury of industry experts and presented at an evening ceremony during the annual BE Conference (www.be.org), honor the extraordinary work of Bentley users improving the world's infrastructure. These projects set benchmarks for their industries, and showcase the imagination and technical mastery of the organizations that created them.
The Dutch government decided to build the 160-kilometer Betuweroute rail track to decrease traffic on the motorways and triple yearly revenues of goods traffic by train from the Netherlands to other European countries. The Betuweroute, which is the first track line in the Netherlands dedicated to the transport of goods, will be ready in 2007 and cost 4.8 billion euros.
Among the many important project design activities were the alignment of connecting arcs with existing track, design modifications to motorways that crossed the new track, and the modeling of earthworks.
From the start, the Betuweroute has been designed in 3D using Bentley MX. The use of 3D provided important insight into spatial occupation as well as accurate calculations of ground quantities.
In addition, it saved the designers a great deal of time. As Cees Veerhoek, project manager for VOF Grontmij - De Weger, explains, "With the use of MX in this rail design project, our designers were able to change the complicated long section of a complete roadway junction, including the generation of all the necessary work drawings, in a few hours, instead of days."
The MX models have been used throughout the project to generate output data and quality control. The use of MX made it possible for 10 design engineers to work simultaneously on a single project, a capability essential to getting this enormous design project ready in time.
For more information on VOF Grontmij - De Weger's winning project and on all of the other 2005 BE Award projects, visit www.be.org/2005beawardwinners.
About the VOF Grontmij - De Weger Building Consortium
Grontmij NV, established in 1915, specializes in consultancy, design, engineering, management, and the turnkey delivery of projects for building, infrastructure, and the environment. It is most active in the Netherlands, followed by Belgium and Germany. The company currently has about 4,000 employees. For more information, visit www.grontmij.com/site/en-gb.
De Weger is part of Royal Haskoning, an independent, worldwide consultancy firm. Royal Haskoning was founded in 1881 in the Netherlands and currently has a staff of 2,700. Rooted in a technical background, its consultancy services focus on the interaction between people and their environment in the fields of spatial development, infrastructure and transport, architecture and building, mechanical and electrical services, environment, water, coastal and rivers, and maritime. For more information, visit www.royalhaskoning.com.
About the BE Conference
The BE Conference (www.be.org), which consistently scores a 99 percent attendee satisfaction rating, is a once-a-year learning opportunity for Bentley users and their managers offering professional training, technology updates, keynotes, and best practice sharing. At these sessions, attendees better themselves, better their organizations, and better the ways they can improve the world's infrastructure.
To pre-register for BE Conference 2006, go to www.be.org/preregister.
About Bentley
Bentley Systems, Incorporated provides software for the lifecycle of the world's infrastructure. The company's comprehensive portfolio for the building, plant, civil, and geospatial vertical markets spans architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) and operations. With 2004 revenues exceeding $300 million, Bentley is the leading provider of AEC software to the Engineering News-Record Design 500 and major owner-operators.
To receive Bentley press releases as they are issued, visit www.bentley.com/bentleywire. For more information, visit www.bentley.com.
Bentley, the "B" logo, BE, BE Awards of Excellence, and MX are either registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks of Bentley Systems, Incorporated or one of its direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.
