ITA Unveils Shortlist Of Finalists For The 2023 Tunnelling Awards

This year saw entries saw entries 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

You can see the full information here.