THE LIST OF FINALISTS DISCLOSED

Since the first edition in 2015 by the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association, the first fourth editions of the ITA Tunnelling Awards gathered already nearly 1,000 attendees and more than 310 candidacies.

A few months before the event, the judges have examined the submitted candidacies and selected a list of finalists for each of 8 categories.

The 17-strong expert judging panel, chaired by the ITA President Jinxiu (Jenny) Yan, has concluded its deliberation and based on the detailed evaluation, 32 entries have been chosen as finalists and will participate in the second evaluation stage to determine winners.

FOR THE CATEGORY "MAJOR PROJECT OF THE YEAR" (WITH A BUDGET OVER 500 M€)

Project name Country
The EPC TBM Follo Line Project Norway
The Seoul Metropolitan High-Speed Railway(Suseo~Pyeongtaek) Construction Project(Yulhyeon Tunnel) South Korea
Tuen-Mun - Chek Lap Kok Link - Northern Connection Subsea Tunnel Section Hong Kong, China
Wuhan Sanyang Road Yangtze River Tunnel Project China

FOR THE CATEGORY "PROJECT OF THE YEAR" (WITH A BUDGET BETWEEN 50 AND 500 M€)

Project name Country
Construction of two parallel tunnels for the Mexico City - Toluca suburban railway Mexico
New Badaling Tunnel and Great Wall Station of Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-speed Railway China
Regional Connector Transit Project United States of America
SCL Immersed tube tunnels Hong Kong, China
The New Ulriken Tunnel Norway
Victory Boogie Woogietunnel Netherlands

FOR THE CATEGORY "PROJECT OF THE YEAR INCL. RENOVATION" (WITH A BUDGET UP TO 50 M€)

Project name Country
Finsbury Park Station Step Free Access United Kingdom
Modernization of the Vladivostok tunnel of the Far Eastern Railway Russian Federation
Outram Park Linkway Tunnel (Thomson Line) Singapore

FOR THE CATEGORY "TECHNICAL PROJECT INNOVATION OF THE YEAR"

Project name Country
Innovation and Application of New Single-hole Double-line Quasi-rectangular Shield Tunnel Technology System China
Intersecting and Overlapping (Twisted) Tunnel Group Construction Technology for Tianjin Metro Lines 5 and 6 Lot 1 China
Rapid Construction Technology for Large Cross-section Extremely Gassy Tunnel China
Toulouse Line A underground stations extension France

FOR THE CATEGORY "TECHNICAL PRODUCT/EQUIPMENT INNOVATION OF THE YEAR"

Project name Country
ARCHITA, an innovative multi-dimensional mobile mapping system Italy
Autonomous TBM Malaysia
AXON Australia
Tunnel Inspection 4.0 – Smart Tunnel Maintenance using Artificial Intelligence Switzerland

FOR THE CATEGORY "INNOVATIVE UNDERGROUND SPACE CONCEPT OF THE YEAR"

Project name Country
Building Large Prefabricated Urban Underground Space with Small TBMs for Subsection Undercutting China
SNWA Low Lake Level Pumping Station - Underground United States of America
Underground Green Farming Switzerland

FOR THE CATEGORY "SAFETY INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR"

Project name Country
Air Quality Working Group: An industry-first collaboration on silica dust control Australia
An Automatic Geological Forward-prospecting Technique Safeguarding TBM Tunneling China
ROBOTIZATION OF THE AUTOMATIC TUBULAR STEEL ARCH INSTALLATION: A KEY FACTOR FOR SAFETY Italy

FOR THE CATEGORY "YOUNG TUNNELLER OF THE YEAR"

Project name Country
Amanda Kerr United States of America
Diwakar Singapore
Elliot James Fern Switzerland
Sun Feng China
Yutaka Okuda Japan

 

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