ITA Awards Finalists Announced

The International Tunnelling Association (ITA) has announced the finalists for its 2024 awards. The finalists are selected to go forward to a second round of judging and to be the topics of presentation and roundtable discussion at the ITA Awards Symposium on Nov. 28 in Genoa, Italy. Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards Trophies will then be awarded ahead of the day’s grand gala dinner celebrations.

The finalists are:

YOUNG TUNNELLER OF THE YEAR

• Luigi D’Angelo, Italy, 34
• Hanan Samadi, Iran, 28
• Adriano Martoccia, Italy, 33

BEYOND ENGINEERING

• City Rail Link Goes Beyond in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, New Zealand
• Risk Control for Safe Shield Tunnelling Through Complex Strata of the Pearl River System, China
• Eco-friendly Metro Construction for Challenging Coastal Geological Environments, China
• Modern Underground Cemetery – Where Creativity, Sustainability and Efficiency Meet Tradition, Israel

TECHNICAL INNOVATION OF THE YEAR

• Advanced Tunnelling Assistance System, Italy
• Disc Cutter Wear Sensor Package and TBM Monitoring System, South Korea
• MIRET-Tunnel AI, Italy

PRODUCT/EQUIPMENT INNOVATION OF THE YEAR

• Ultra-Small Turning Radius Hard Rock TBM, China
• SOGUN: Geometric Control System for Shotcreting and Other Tunnelling Works, Spain
• Advanced Hybrid Wireless Sensor Network System for Safety Risk Sensing in Tunnel and Underground Engineering, China
• Type 0-90° Continuous Conveyor Equipment, China

RENOVATION PROJECT OF THE YEAR

• Genoa Railway Junction Capacity Upgrade, Italy
• Refurbishment of the Heinenoord Immersed Tube Road Tunnel, Netherlands
• Manfreida Road Tunnel Renovation Project, Italy

PROJECT OF THE YEAR – €50-€500 MILLION

• Lyon-Turin Saint-Martin-la-Porte Exploratory Tunnel, France
• Brenner Base Tunnel – Lot H52 Hochstegen, Austria
• Musaimeer Pump Station and Outfall Project, Qatar
• Isarco River Underpass – Lot H71, Brenner Base Tunnel, Italy

MAJOR PROJECT OF THE YEAR – €500 million+

• Grand Central Madison, formerly East Side Access, New York, USA
• Thames Tideway – London’s Super Sewer, UK
• Thomson-East Coast Line Contracts T222 to T310, Singapore
• Single-bore Double-deck Municipal Expressway Tunnel with Super-large Diameter, China

For more information on the awards or to register for the Nov. 28 event, click here.