The novelty for this year is that the category dedicated to equipment has returned: Product/Equipment Innovation of the year.
Innovations, whether for a new product or new knowledge of an existing product, are at the heart of the tunnelling sector and address challenges of safety, cost-effectiveness, academic research and sustainable objectives.
Major Project of the Year (over €500M)
- Tamoios Highway – The construction of the largest road tunnel in Brazil (Brazil)
- CVB Tideway East (UK)
- Purple Line Extension, Section 1 (USA)
Project of the Year (between €50M and €500M)
- Subsea rock tunnels (Faroe Islands)
- Xiamen Metro Island-Xiang’an Cross-sea Tunnel (China)
- World’s first spiral excavation using H&V Shield Tunneling Method (Japan)
- Tiantaishan Tunnel Project of Baoji- Pingkan Highway (China)
Project of the Year incl. Renovation (up to €50M)
- Circle Line 6 Contract 885 – Construction of Prince Edward Road Station and Tunnels (Singapore)
- Underground Tunnel Project Passing through Taiyuan Railway Station (China)
- Guanyinyan Tunnel: An Urban Tunnel Project of the Unequal Span Four-arch Tunnel with two-way and Ten-lane (China)
- Huanping Road Project (China)
Technical Innovation of the Year
- Technology for Shallow Three-lane Extra-large-section Rectangular Pipe-jacking Tunnel (China)
- Unprecedented In-Tunnel Diameter Conversion of the Largest Hard Rock TBM in the U.S. (USA)
- Semi-continuous Advance for Single Shield TBMs using Centre of Thrust Technology (UK)
- Shield Tunnel of Super-Large Section Embedded In Soft-Hard Stratum at High Earthquake-Intensity Area (China)
Beyond Engineering
- Multi-pipe jacking Method for the Construction of the City-core Metro Station in Soft Soil Stratum (China)
- Urban Long Span Tunnel Construction Hazard Mitigation Technology and Application (China)
Product/Equipment Innovation of the Year
- Non-Circular Tunnel Boring in Hard Rock (Mexico)
- Integration of Robotics into the Construction Works of the Chuquicamata Underground Mining Site (Chile)
- Equipping the TBM with “Ears” — Real-time Tunnel Geological Prediction System for the TBM Based on Rock-boring Seismic Source' (China)
Innovative Underground Space Use
- Innovative Application of Low-carbon and Energy-saving technology to Erlangshan Tunnel on Sichuan-Tibet Expressway-A Power-generating and Self-breathing Tunnel (China)
- Underground Transportation Complex in the Optics Valley Plaza (China)
- V-column Space of Shenzhen Huangmugang Transportation Hub (China)
Young Tunneller of the Year
- Cláudio Cabral Dias (Portugal)
- Erica Frederickson (USA)
- Feng Huanhuan (China)
- Han Chen (China)
- Lorenzo Peila (Italy)
- Rob Margariti Smith (UK)
- Sylvia De Vuyst (Norway)
The Jury of the 8th edition of ITA’s Awards:
More information on ITA Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards website: https://awards.ita-aites.org/