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In Genoa, Italy, the esteemed ITA Tunnelling Awards commemorated their tenth anniversary, honouring outstanding accomplishments in underground engineering worldwide. Brunel Trophies were given in recognition of projects, inventions, and people influencing the development of infrastructure and cities.
The year’s biggest project (€500 million+)
Gold: London’s Super Sewer, the Thames Tideway, UK
Silver: New York, USA’s Grand Central Madison (East Side Access)
China’s Single-bore Double-deck Municipal Motorway Tunnel came in fourth place. Bronze went to Thomson-East Coast Line Contracts T222 to T310, Singapore.
The year’s best project (€50–€500 million)
Gold: Lot H52 Hochstegen, Austria, Brenner Base Tunnel
Silver: Brenner Base Tunnel, Italy’s Lot H71, Isarco River Underpass
French Saint-Martin-la-Porte Exploratory Tunnel, Lyon-Turin, bronze
Musaimeer Pump Station and Outfall Project, Qatar, came in fourth.
Year-End Renovation Project
Gold: Renovation of the Manfreida Road Tunnel in Italy
Silver: Heinenoord Immersed Tube Road Tunnel Renovation, Netherlands
Bronze: Italy’s Upgrade of Genoa Railway Junction Capacity
Goods/Equipment Year-End Innovation
Gold: Hard Rock TBM, China, Ultra-Small Turning Radius
SOGUN Geometric Control System, Spain, in silver
Bronze: China’s Comprehensive Hybrid Wireless Sensor Network System
Type 0-90° Continuous Conveyor Equipment, China, came in fourth.
Year-End Technical Innovation
Gold: TBM Monitoring System and Disc Cutter Wear Sensor Package, South Korea
Italy’s MIRET-Tunnel AI is the silver
Silver: Italy’s Advanced Tunnelling Assistance System
Exceeding Engineering
Gold: Israel’s Contemporary Underground Cemetery
Silver: Auckland, New Zealand’s Tāmaki Makaurau City Rail Link
Bronze: Sustainable Metro Development in China’s Coastal Geological Environments
Fourth Place: China’s Pearl River System’s Safe Shield Tunnelling Risk Control
Tunneller of the Year, Young
Gold: Italy’s Luigi D’Angelo (34)
Silver: Iran’s Hanan Samadi (28)
Bronze: Italy’s Adriano Martoccia (33)
The winners are the epitome of quality and creativity in developing tunnelling and subterranean infrastructure across the globe.
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Construction, Infrastructure and Mining
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