Saudi Arabia's Al Madinah Region Development Authority is among the finalists of 2025 Going Digital Awards by Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading infrastructure engineering software company. Its urban data platform Manarah is vying for the top honours under the Geospatial and Reality Modeling category.
MDA is the only entity from the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region to have made it to the finalists list of the 2025 Going Digital Awards released today (August 11) by Bentley Systems, Incorporated.
These awards celebrate the extraordinary achievements of engineers and project teams in advancing infrastructure for better quality of life through digital innovation.
Unveiling the list, Bentley Systems, Incorporated said these finalists demonstrate how leading infrastructure engineering and construction companies and owner-operators are transforming project delivery and asset performance.
They were selected across 12 categories by independent panels of global industry experts from among nearly 250 nominations submitted by organizations in 47 countries, it stated.
All the finalists will present their projects at Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure conference in Amsterdam, with the winners announced on October 16.
This global gathering of infrastructure leaders highlights the trends and technologies shaping infrastructure sectors, it added.
Chris Bradshaw, chief sustainability and education officer, Bentley Systems, said: "We are inspired by the ways infrastructure professionals continue to deliver better, more resilient infrastructure, despite so many global challenges, from climate change to infrastructure workforce shortages."
"This year’s Going Digital Awards finalists demonstrate the tangible impact advances in AI, digital twins, and more are having in driving greater productivity and resilience across the infrastructure lifecycle," he added.
The 2025 Going Digital Awards finalists are:
Bridges and Tunnels
*Italferr SpA (Italy) – Leveraging Digital Technologies for Improved Infrastructure Management
*Pennoni (USA) – I-95 Penn’s Landing CAP Project
*Sener (Brazil) – Salvador-Ilha de Itaparica Bridge
Cities, Campuses, and Facilities
*Adax Consultoria em Tecnologia da Informação Ltda. on behalf of Unidade Gestora de Projetos Especiais (Brazil) – Social and Environmental Program for Manaus and the Interior (Prosamin+)
*MMI Planning & Engineering Institute IX Co., Ltd. (China) – Stamping Workshop of the Prosperity Intelligent Manufacturing Industrial Park Project in Changchun Automobile Economic and Technological Development Zone
*Voyants Solutions Private Limited (India) – Preparation of Masterplan, Detailed Design and Project Management of Atal Puram Township, Agra, India
Construction
*Acciona (Australia) – Transforming Infrastructure 4D Planning Through iModel on Melbourne’s M80 Ring Road
*Deloitte and Vale (Brazil) – Synchro 4D Powering the World's First Iron Ore Briquetting Plant
*Italferr SpA (Italy) – Digital Construction Site 4.0: Innovation and Monitoring of Work Progress
*Mortenson / McCarthy Joint Venture (USA) – Gaylord Pacific Resort & Convention Center
Energy Production
*Baosteel Engineering & Technology Group (China) – Digital Intelligent Construction Project for a Steel Plant Based on Bentley Technology
*PT Wijaya Karya Tbk (Indonesia) – Refuse-derived Fuel (RDF) Rorotan - Pioneering Sustainable Waste to Energy Solution
*Shanghai Investigation, Desfairign & Research Institute Company (China) – Survey and Design of China's First Pumped-Storage Power Station in a Complex Karst Area - Caiziba Pumped-Storage Power Station in Fengjie, Chongqing
Geospatial and Reality Modeling
*Al Madinah Region Development Authority (MDA) (Saudi Arabia) – Manarah Urban Data Platform
*Haskoning (UK) – Holyhead Deepwater Jetty Inspection
*Mott MacDonald (UK) – Bristol Harbour Asset Condition Survey with 3D Geospatial Platform
Project Delivery
*Egis (France) – Canal Seine Nord Europe
*Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC (USA) – Mississippi River Bridge at Lansing
*Italferr S.p.A. (Italy) – New Palermo-Catania-Messina Railway Connection
Rail and Transit
*Network Rail (UK) – Severn Tunnel Digital Transformation
*PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) (Indonesia) – Smart Infrastructure by KAI & AssetWise Linear Analytics
*PT Waskita Karya (Persero) Tbk (Indonesia) – Smart Infrastructure: Digital Transformation of LRT Jakarta Phase 1B
Roads and Highways
*Arcadis (Australia) – Warringah Freeway Upgrade
*Jabatan Kerja Raya Sarawak (JKRS) (Malaysia) – Sarawak Sabah Link Road Phase 2
*PowerChina ZhongNan Engineering Corporation Ltd. (China) – Ecological Highway from Detian Transnational Waterfall to Shuolong Border
Structural Engineering
*AVS Engineers | ISID Architect: Nikhil Mahashure and Associates, Structural Engineer - Siddharth Sharma (AVS Engineers | ISID) (India) – Fairmont Palace Udaipur
*Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (India) – Skywalk at New Delhi Railway Station
*Hyundai Engineering (South Korea) – Design Automation for Modular and Precast Concrete Structures with STAAD
Subsurface Modeling and Analysis
*Anglo American (Brazil) – Integrated Risk Management for Open Pit Operations
*Fervo Energy (USA) – Cape Station
*Flux Energy Solutions (Türkiye) – Geothermal Field Optimization using Numerical Simulation and AI
Transmission and Distribution
*APD Global (Australia) – Digital Transformation of 132kV Bunning Lake Substation
*BAM Infra Netherlands (Netherlands) – Mainstation Schiphol - Amsterdam Airport
*China Energy Engineering Group Guangxi Electric Power Design Institute (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
*CSCEC Aecom Consultants (China) – Numerical Simulation and Analysis of Urban Flood Control and Drainage Capacity in Northwest China Based on Digital Technology
*Empresas Públicas de Medellín EPM (Colombia) – Modeling and Optimization of the Medellín Aqueduct Primary Network
*PT Wika Tirta Jaya Jatiluhur (WTJJ) (Indonesia) – SPAM Regional Jatiluhur I: Transforming Water for a Better Tomorrow