The 10th Year Anniversary International Tunnelling and Underground Space awards has been launched with an official Call for Entries. The international competition “the ITA Tunnelling Awards” seeks and rewards the most ground-breaking innovation and outstanding projects in tunnelling and underground space utilization.
The 2024 edition will take place on 28th November, in Genova, Italy in conjunction with the two-day international conference “Tunnels and Underground Works: over the last 5 decades and onwards” organized by the Italian Tunnelling Society (SIG) from 29th – 30th November 2024. These events are organized as part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of ITA and SIG.
The entries can be submitted in 8 categories:
- Major Project of the Year – over €500 million
- Project of the Year – €50 million – €500 million
- Project of the Year up to €50 million
- Project of the Year – Renovation projects
- Technical Innovation of the Year
- Product/Equipment innovation of the year
- Beyond Engineering – Making underground works projects even better
- Young Tunneller of the Year
Entries can be submitted until June 30th, 2024. The submission requirements and selection process are stated in the ITA Tunnelling Awards website: https://awards.ita-aites.org/account-creation
Nominations for the different categories must be related to projects for which the major civil engineering work was completed between 1st March 2021 and 1st April 2024.
The Young Tunneller of the Year rewards an individual born after 1st January 1989 and who has made an outstanding contribution to tunnelling
Find more on the dedicated website: https://awards.ita-aites.org
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