Announcing Shortlist of Finalists for The 2023 Tunnelling Awards by ITA

On November 24th Mumbai in India will host the 9th edition of the ITA Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards.

On the current year, entries are competing across 7 categories with the 18 strong judging panel chaired by Jenny Yan, the immediate past-President of the ITA.

The full lists of finalists, by category, are as follows (in alphabetical order):

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

• EOLE – Paris East-West Rail Express Link (France)
• Nanjing Yanziji Yangtze River Tunnel (China)
• Qinling Mount Water Conveyance Tunnel of Hanjiang River to Weihe River Water Diversion Project (China)

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

• Comprehensive Project of Shenzhen Binhai Avenue (Headquarters Base Section) Coastal Wide Underground Space (China)
• Jinan Jiluo Road Yellow River Tunnel (China)
• Sociedad Concesionaria Vespucio Oriente (AVO1) (Chile)

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

• Mount Royal Tunnel – Double Arch Replacement & Rehabilitation for the REM Project (Canada)
• Northern Cross-Over of Shiraz Subway Line-2 (Iran)
• Reclamation of Complex Geological Wastewater TBM Tunnel under Macau Guia Circuit (China)

FOR THE CATEGORY “TECHNICAL INNOVATION OF THE YEAR”

• Application of Intelligent Construction Technology in Large Diameter TBM Tunnel (China)
• Building Blocks in a Foundation Pit ——Prefabrication and Assembly Construction Technology for Metro Stations (China)
• Riverlinx Silvertown Tunnel – TBM Launch and Rotation (United Kingdom)
• Technology of Controlling Large Deformation of Soft Rock by Prestressed Anchor Cable in Extra-Long Mountain Tunnel (China)

FOR THE CATEGORY “BEYOND ENGINEERING”

• Digital Construction Facilitates High-quality Development of Engineering (China)
• Permanent Sprayed Concrete Linings on Mumbai Metro Line 3 Sahar Road crossover cavern (India)
• Risk Management Technology and Application of Large Diameter Slurry Shield Crossing the Yellow River (China)

FOR THE CATEGORY “PRODUCT/EQUIPMENT INNOVATION OF THE YEAR”

• Automated control survey for small diameter with limited accessibility. (Germany)
• AVN 800 HR – MTBM for microtunnelling in hard rock (Germany)
• Hard Rock Shield + earth pressure + slurry three-mode TBM (China)
• Tunnel Intelligent Comprehensive Inspection Equipment (China)

FOR THE CATEGORY “YOUNG TUNNELLER OF THE YEAR”

• Arjun Raja Shivasami (Australia)
• CLÁUDIO DAVID CABRAL DIAS (Portugal)
• Massimiliano Terenzi (Italy)
• Ricardo Manias (United Kingdom)
• Russell Connors (Australia)

For more details please click here.