A panel of 17 judges, led by ITA president Tarcisio Celestino, evaluated and chose finalists to move onto the second evaluation stage, which will be held at the 13-16 November conference in Paris. (Full disclosure: each year the panel of judges includes a rotating member of the tunnelling media and editor of Tunnels & Tunnelling International Alex Conacher is this year’s representative.)

MAJOR PROJECT OF THE YEAR (over EUR 500M)

  • Confederation LRT line – Canada
  • Delhi Metro Phase 3 expansion of networks – India
  • Qatar Rail Metro – Qatar
  • Tehran Metro Line 6 – Iran

PROJECT OF THE YEAR (between EUR 50M and EUR 500M)

  • Blue Plains Tunnel – US
  • Citybanan, B4-9523 Norrströmstunnel – Sweden
  • MTR Shatin to Central Link (SCL) Contract 1103 Hin Keng to Diamond Hill Tunnels – Hong Kong
  • Túnel Emisor Poniente (TEP) II – Mexico

PROJECT OF THE YEAR (up to EUR 50M)

  • Fjærland hydropowerplants – Norway
  • Southwark to City of London deep cable tunnel – UK
  • Tunnel Kennedy – Chile
  • TECHNICAL PROJECT INNOVATION OF THE YEAR
  • Construction of bifurcation section of underground expressway underneath residential area, application of enlargement/widening technology of TBM tunnel, first challenge in the world wide tunnelling industry – Japan
  • Implementing BIM concepts to Karavanke tunnel – Slovenia
  • Trenchless construction of pedestrian underpass using a rectangular box jack TBM at Thomson-East Coast Line Havelock Station – Singapore

TECHNICAL PRODUCT/EQUIPMENT INNOVATION OF THE YEAR

  • Automatic drilling jumbo – Finland
  • RowaTrain – Self-driving trackless supply logistic system – Austria
  • Strength monitoring using thermal imaging (SMUTI) – UK

SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR

  • Anacostia River Tunnel in Washington D.C. – US
  • ITO Metro Station – India

SAFETY INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR

  • BSCU SCL radial joint design – UK
  • MineARC’s Guardian remote Monitoring and diagnostics for refuge chambers – Australia
  • Telemach Cutterhead disc robotic changing system – Hong Kong

INNOVATIVE UNDERGROUND SPACE CONCEPT OF THE YEAR

  • Bostanci Intermodal Hub – Turkey
  • Cavern Master Plan of Hong Kong – Unlock hidden land resources for sustainable city development – Hong Kong
  • Underground cemetery in tunnels – Israel

YOUNG TUNNELLER OF THE YEAR

  • Anthony Bauer – US
  • Juan David Herrera – Colombia
  • Michele Janutolo Barlet – France
  • Roberto Schuerch – Switzerland
  • Tobias Andersson – Norway