ITA Tunnelling Awards 2022: The list of the finalists disclosed

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