The ITA Tunnelling Awards has announced the shortlist for the ITA Tunnelling Awards 2024. Over 100 applications from 29 countries were evaluated by the panel of international judges. The finalists in the seven categories can now be revealed with the winners announced on 28th November 2024 and rewarded at the annual ITA Awards conference in Genoa, Italy.
The finalists for each category, in alphabetical order. Are:
FOR THE CATEGORY “MAJOR PROJECT OF THE YEAR” (WITH A BUDGET OVER 500 M€)
| Project name | Country |
| LIRR Grand Central Madison | United States of America |
| Singapore Thomson-East Coast line (TEL), Contracts T222 to T310 | Singapore |
| Single-bore Double-deck Municipal Tunnel with Super-large Diameter | China |
| Thames Tideway Tunnel – London’s New Super Sewer | United Kingdom |
FOR THE CATEGORY “PROJECT OF THE YEAR” (WITH A BUDGET BETWEEN 50 AND 500 M€)
| Project name | Country |
| Brenner Base Tunnel – Lot H52 “Hochstegen” | Austria |
| Lot H71 “Isarco River Underpass” of the Brenner Base Tunnel | Italy |
| Musaimeer Pump Station and Outfall project (MPSO) | Qatar |
| SMP4 – Lyon-Turin Saint-Martin-la-Porte exploratory tunnel | France |
FOR THE CATEGORY “RENOVATION PROJECTS OF THE YEAR”
| Project name | Country |
| Genoa Railway Junction Capacity Upgrade | Italy |
| Manfreida Tunnel Renovation Project | Italy |
| Refurbishment Heinenoordtunnel | Netherlands |
FOR THE CATEGORY “TECHNICAL INNOVATION OF THE YEAR”
| Project name | Country |
| Advanced Tunnelling Assistance System | Italy |
| Disc cutter wear sensor package and TBM monitoring system | South Korea |
| MIRET-Tunnel AI | Italy |
FOR THE CATEGORY “PRODUCT/EQUIPMENT INNOVATION OF THE YEAR”
| Project name | Country |
| Advanced Hybrid Wireless Sensor Network (H-WSN) System for Safety Risk Sensing in Tunnel and Underground Engineering | China |
| Deep underground space debris belt type 0-90 ° continuous conveying equipment | China |
| SOGUN: Geometric Control System for Shotcreting and other tunnelling works | Spain |
| Ultra-small Turning Radius Hard Rock TBM | China |
FOR THE CATEGORY “BEYOND ENGINEERING”
| Project name | Country |
| “Eco-friendly Metro Construction Technology for Challenging Coastal Geological Environments” | China |
| City Rail Link goes beyond in Tāmaki Makaurau | New Zealand |
| Modern Underground Cemetery – When Creativity, Sustainability and Efficiency Meet Tradition | Israel |
| Risk Control of Safe Excavation for Shield Tunneling Through Complex Strata at Dynamic Water Levels in the Pearl River System | China |
FOR THE CATEGORY “YOUNG TUNNELLER OF THE YEAR”
| Project name | Country |
| Adriano Martoccia | Italy |
| Hanan Samadi | Iran, Islamic Republic of |
| Luigi D’Angelo | Italy |
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