| Charlotte, N.C. –At the gathering of more than
2,000 attendees at BE Conference 2006, Maharashtra Jeevan
Pradhikaran bagged a prestigious international award- “BE Award of
Excellence” in Geospatial Public Works category. Dr. S.V.
Dahasahasra, Chief Engineer (Konkan Region) and his team prepared a
hydraulic model entitled, “Disaster Management – Interlinking of
Water Works in Mumbai Metropolitan Area”, which will be useful for
more than 10 cities in the region in combating risk management. The
model suggests modus operandi of how a metropolitan city can get
alternative water supply if its water supply fails in disaster.
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| This award is given to those who carry
out extraordinary work in improving the world’s infrastructure.
Twenty-nine projects in the professional portion of the program
received this Award during the Conference in Charlotte. These
projects set benchmarks for their industries, and showcase the
imagination and technical mastery of the organizations that created
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winners were announced on 22nd May during a dinner and ceremony
hosted by Peter Sagal of the National Public Radio program “Wait
Wait... Don’t Tell Me!,” and co-sponsored by McGraw-Hill
Construction, publisher of Engineering News-Record. The independent
panel of BE Awards jurors, which included accomplished distinguished
industry experts, selected the winning projects from more than 260
nominations from all over the world.
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