After a one-day technical conference dealing with innovation and productivity in tunneling, followed by a one-day awards conference, the ITA Tunnelling Awards, judges have revealed their choices and awarded 8 outstanding projects and also the Young Tunneller of the Year and someone’s Life Time Achievement. After a detailed examination process the 100 candidacies were reduced to 30 finalists. The latter had the chance to go on stage to argue and support their projects in front of the whole Tunneling Industry, and the winners are:

• MAJOR PROJECT OF THE YEAR (OVER €500M) - The New Guanjiao Tunnel on Qinghai-Tibet Railway
• TUNNELLING PROJECT OF THE YEAR (BETWEEN €50M AND €500M) - Downtown Line Stage 3 Contract 937 Construction of Fort Canning Station and Tunnels in Singapore
• OUTSTANDING PROJECT OF THE YEAR (UP TO €50M) - Chongqing Hongqihegou metro station
• RENOVATION/UPGRADING PROJECT OF THE YEAR - Vauxhall Station Upgrade Project
• TECHNICAL INNOVATION OF THE YEAR - Large diameter shield tunnelling in pure sands with hybrid EPB shield technology
• ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR - The Emscher Project - Back to Nature!
• SAFETY INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR - ABSIS (Activity Based Safety Improvement System)
• INNOVATIVE USE OF UNDERGROUND SPACE - Jurong Rock Caverns
• YOUNG TUNNELLER OF THE YEAR - Derek Eng
• LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT - Dr Martin Herrenknecht

 

Fig. 1 The ITA Tunneling Award Winners

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Source: awards.ita-aites