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that is the final number of nominees that will be running for the ITA Awards
2015, next November 19th in Hagerbach. The best projects and engineering
profiles will be presented to the jury of 18 experts during a one-day
conference. They will compete in the framework of 9 prize categories, from the
major project of the year to the innovation of the year. The nominees’
selection process was tight, regarding the considerable number of entries (110
applicants, 105 projects finally recorded by the ITA). 3 to 8 nominees have
been selected in each of the 9 ITA Awards’ categories.
MAJOR
PROJECT OF THE YEAR (MORE THAN 500 MILLION EUROS):
Eurasia Tunnel Project – Turkey
Futian Station of Guangzhou –
Shenzhen – Hong King – China
New York City’s Second Avenue Subway
Project – USA
TUNNELLING
PROJECT OF THE YEAR (FROM 50 TO 500 MILLION EUROS):
1st Phase of Low and Intermediate
Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility Construction – South Korea
Indianapolis Deep Rock Conveyance
and Storage Tunnel Project - USA
Lake Mead intake N°3 – USA
OUTSTANDING
PROJECT OF THE YEAR (UP TO 50 MILLION EUROS):
Grosvenor Decline Tunnels -
Australia
Norsbork Metro Depot – Sweden
North Strathfield Rail Underpass –
Australia
TECHNICAL
INNOVATION OF THE YEAR:
An Innovative Vehicle – mounted GPR
Technique for Fast and Efficient Monitoring of Tunnel Lining Structure
Conditions
Combination of techniques for
immersed tunnel
Development of the New Joint (SB
Joint) for Shield Tunnels
Monitoring tunnelling induced ground
displacements using distributed fibre optic sensing
New innovative system for layer
thickness control on spray mobiles
The evolution of the “Nazzano”
method to widen tunnel without interrupting traffic flow
ENVIRONMENTAL
INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR:
Brenner Base Tunnel / Isarco
Undercrossing Lot – Italy
Innovative Overhead Conveyor Belt
for Urban Environmental Benefit – Qatar
The Corribtunnel Project –
tunnelling in environmentally sensitive area – Ireland
SAFETY
INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR:
MineARC Systems Compressed Air
Management Solution
Safety cabin of tunnelling drill
Semi-Automatic Tubular Steel Arch :
an innovation on safety
INNOVATIVE
USE OF UNDERGROUND SPACE:
Reviving burial in tunnel – Israel
Sydney Opera House Vehicle Access
and Pedestrian Safety (VAPS) project - Australia
Toledo Metro Station on Line 1 in
Naples – Italy
YOUNG
TUNNELLER OF THE YEAR:
Philip Duarte
Petros Fortsakis
Jurij Karlovsek
Liu Hao
Sindre Log
Ryan McCarron
Angelo Palma Filho Eloi
Ponciano Perez Lupi
“The jury had to select the most innovative
candidates in each categories. Regarding the success of the ITA Tunnelling
Awards and the quality of the entries, it was quite a difficult task to
achieve, yet very stimulating and challenging. The field of tunnels and
underground spaces is in constant evolution; technical innovations are
numerous. The ITA Tunnelling Awards are to detect such “treasures”, in a
context of climate and demographic emergency. With more than 66 % of the global
population living in cities in 2050, and regular floods caused by the global
warming, the tunnels’ engineering has got a strategic role to play in the
construction of sustainable urban areas”, ITA’s president Soren Degn Eskesen
declared.
To
attend to the one-day Conference and participate in the Banquet, registrate on
the following website: https://awards.ita-aites.org/book-conference-and-dinner.html
About
the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association:
The
International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA) is a non
-profit and non-governmental international organization, which aims at
promoting the use of underground space as a solution to sustainable
development. Founded in 1974 and operating out of Lausanne, Switzerland, ITA
currently associates 73 Member Nations, 300 affiliated members, 17 Prime
Sponsors and 60 supp
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