Ontario Construction Report staff writer
CanBIM announced the winners for the 2021 Innovation Spotlight Awards in October as part of its second virtual awards presentation.
Top honours for the night went to AECOM for their submission relating to the Gordie Howe International Bridge. The company won three awards; the Design and Engineering Award, Global Envoy Award and Best In Innovation Award.
The Gordie Howe International Bridge project consists of four major infrastructure components: A six lane 2.5 km bridge, two ports of entry across 297 acres with 42,756 sq. m. of buildings, and the 1-75 interchange with 3 km of road. Once complete, the bridge will be the longest cable stay bridge in the Americas.
CanBIM recognized industry leaders in 10 award categories: Academic Award, Research Award, Entrepreneurship and Startups Award, Digital Products, Digital Supply Chain and Fabrication, Construction Management, Digitalization Strategy, Global Envoy Award, Project Delivery, Asset Management and Lifecycle Award and Design and Engineering.
Top honours were presented to the Best In Innovation Award Winner, which is selected from the winners of each award category. CanBIM also recognized its volunteer of the year with the Industry Trailblazer Award.
The winners are:
Industry Trailblazer Award – Sponsored by GRAITEC
John Ringness, managing director, NEXT FMS
Academic Award – Sponsored by Tucker HiRise Construction
Sina Karimi – École de technologie supérieure (ETS) – Autonomous Robotic Data Collection Integrated with BIM & GIS
Research Award – Sponsored by Planit Measuring
Pomerleau – Smart Data Collection Using Spot and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Entrepreneurship and Startups Award – Sponsored by Pomerleau
Airtasks – Team Productivity Platform for the Building Industry
Digital Products Award – Sponsored by Revizto
Jaibot – Hilti
Digital Supply Chain and Fabrication Award – Sponsored by Maple Reinders
Modern Niagara – Calgary Cancer Centre
Construction Management Award – Sponsored by Brownlee LLP
Magil Construction – Montréal Heart Institute – Construction, Redevelopment & Expansion
Digitalization Strategy Award – Sponsored by WSP
EllisDon Construction – Automating BIM Compliance and QA/QC Reporting
Global Envoy Award – Sponsored by PCL Constructors
AECOM – Gordie Howe International Bridge
Project Delivery, Asset Management and Lifecycle Award – Sponsored by GRAITEC
A Journey to Information Management – Ville de Québec
Design and Engineering Award – Sponsored by Glaholt Bowles LLP
AECOM – Gordie Howe International Bridge
Best In Innovation – Sponsored by Bluebeam
AECOM – Gordie Howe International Bridge
CanBIM multi-casted the awards presentation on all its social channels as a live global broadcast. The 2021 Award was designed and fabricated by HOK Canada and York University. Using digital design and fabrication methods, the team presented a short video outlining the process and inspiration for the 2021 award.