More information on ITA Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards 2022 website: https://awards.ita-aites.org/
The 8th edition of the ITA Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards returns this December 2022 in digital. Since 2015, the international competition seeks and rewards remarkable achievements in tunnelling and the underground industry.
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.
The shortlist has been published (alphabetical order):
FOR THE CATEGORY «MAJOR PROJECT OF THE YEAR» (WITH A BUDGET OVER 500 M€)
| Project name | Country |
|---|---|
| CVB Tideway East | United Kingdom |
| Purple Line Extension, Section 1 | United States of America |
| Tamoios Highway – The construction of the largest road tunnel in Brazil | Brazil |
FOR THE CATEGORY «PROJECT OF THE YEAR» (WITH A BUDGET BETWEEN 50 AND 500 M€)
| Project name | Country |
|---|---|
| Sub sea rock tunnels Faroe Islands | Faroe Islands |
| Tiantaishan Tunnel Project of Baoji- Pingkan Highway | China |
| World’s first spiral excavation using H&V Shield Tunneling Method | Japan |
| Xiamen Metro Island-Xiang’an Cross-sea Tunnel | China |
FOR THE CATEGORY «PROJECT OF THE YEAR INCL. RENOVATION» (WITH A BUDGET UP TO 50 M€)
| Project name | Country |
|---|---|
| Circle Line 6 Contract 885 – Construction of Prince Edward Road Station and Tunnels | Singapore |
| Guanyinyan Tunnel: an urban tunnel project of the unequal span four-arch tunnel with two-way and ten-lane | China |
| Huanping Road Project | China |
| Underground Tunnel Project Passing through Taiyuan Railway Station | China |
FOR THE CATEGORY «TECHNICAL INNOVATION OF THE YEAR»
| Project name | Country |
|---|---|
| Semi-continuous Advance for single shield TBMs using Centre of Thrust technology. | United Kingdom |
| Shield Tunnel Of Super-Large Section Embedded In Soft-Hard Stratum At High Earthquake-Intensity Area | China |
| 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. | United States of America |
FOR THE CATEGORY «BEYOND ENGINEERING»
| Project name | Country |
|---|---|
| Multi-pipe jacking method for the construction of city-core metro station in soft soil stratum | China |
| Urban Long Span Tunnel Construction Hazard Mitigation Technology and Application | China |
FOR THE CATEGORY «PRODUCT/EQUIPMENT INNOVATION OF THE YEAR»
| Project name | Country |
|---|---|
| Equipping the TBM with “Ears” — Real-time Tunnel Geological Prediction System for the TBM Based on Rock-boring Seismic Source | China |
| Integration of Robotics into the construction works of the Chuquicamata underground mining site | Chile |
| Non-Circular Tunnel Boring in Hard Rock | Mexico |
FOR THE CATEGORY «INNOVATIVE AND CONTRIBUTING UNDERGROUND SPACES»
| Project name | Country |
|---|---|
| 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 |
FOR THE CATEGORY «YOUNG TUNNELLER OF THE YEAR»
| Project name | Country |
|---|---|
| Cláudio Cabral Dias | Portugal |
| Erica Frederickson | United States of America |
| Feng Huanhuan | China |
| Han Chen | China |
| Lorenzo Peila | Italy |
| Rob Margariti Smith | United Kingdom |
| Sylvia De Vuyst | Norway |
