By DayakDaily Team
KUCHING, Oct 17: The Public Works Department (JKR) Sarawak and the Sarawak-Sabah Link Road (SSLR) Phase Two project have received international recognition for sustainable infrastructure project delivery by winning the prestigious Bentley’s 2025 Going Digital Award in the Roads and Highways category in Amsterdam on Thursday (Oct 16).
According to a press release, JKR Sarawak beat two other finalists—Arcadis (Australia) for the Warringah Freeway Upgrade and PowerChina ZhongNan Engineering Corporation Ltd (China) for the Ecological Highway from Detian Transnational Waterfall to Shuolong Border.
JKR Sarawak director, Datu Dr Cassidy Morris, received the award after presenting to an independent international panel of judges on how digital innovation is used to transform project delivery and asset performance on the SSLR2 project.
“We are proud to showcase the digital innovation used in sustainable project delivery of infrastructure. Particularly for the SSLR2 project, the nature of the project and environment in the hilly terrain of northern Sarawak necessitates sustainable project delivery.
“We highlighted to the judges how we are implementing comprehensive digitalisation, innovative applications, with sustainable outcomes.
“Beyond the SSLR2 project, JKRS plays a big part in raising the benchmark on sustainable infrastructure project delivery through leading in policy and implementation for projects in Sarawak and Malaysia,” he said.
The prestigious 2025 Going Digital Awards, organised by global infrastructure software leader Bentley Systems, received nearly 250 nominations from 47 countries. Independent panels of industry experts from around the world shortlisted finalists across 12 categories.
Bentley’s Going Digital Awards celebrate outstanding infrastructure projects and the people behind them, recognising their achievements in advancing infrastructure through digital innovation to improve quality of life. — DayakDaily
