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ITA Tunnelling Awards 2026

Event Overview - The 12th edition of the ITA Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards will take place on 4 November 2026 in Lisbon, Portugal, with activities extending through 6 November 2026 ... More Information

ITA Tunnelling Awards - Announcing the 2025 Winners

It was an exciting time in Belgrade, celebrating the exceptional projects and technologies presented by the ITA Tunnelling Awards finalists and congratulating the Gold, Silver and Bronze Brunel ... More Information

Wanted - Head of Communications for the ITA-AITES!

Are you ready to shape the future of communication for a global organisation dedicated to tunnelling and underground space? Welcome to ITA-AITES. To strengthen our communication, ... More Information

ITA Tunnelling Awards - Celebrating Underground Engineering Excellence

A calendar highlight each year is the annual ITA Tunnelling Awards. This year 25 finalists from 13 countries representing impressive projects, transforming machines and materials, and ... More Information

Underground Engineering in the Spotlight 1-3 October, Belgrade, Serbia

Serbian Association for Tunnels and Underground Structures in collaboration with the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association will host the Southeastern ... More Information

ITA Awards 2025 Finalists Announced

After rigorous adjudication by the Panel of Judges, the Finalists of the 2025 series of the ITA Tunnelling Awards has been announced. From a short list of 51 entries from 27 ... More Information

11th edition of the ITA Tunnelling Awards - Call for entries deadline Extension

Considering the numerous requests for an extended deadline, the ITA Awards 2025 Organizing Committee is pleased to announce that the deadline of abstract submission has been extended to 30 May, ... More Information

ITA Tunnelling Awards 2025

The international competition "the ITA Tunnelling Awards" seeks and rewards the most ground-breaking innovation and outstanding projects in tunnelling and underground space ... More Information

10th edition of ITA Tunnelling Awards – Winners announced

The 10th edition of the ITA Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards took place on 28th November 2024 in Genoa at the Magazzini del Cotone, Porto Antico , and was opened by Arnold Dix, the ITA ... More Information

ITA Awards day is almost here - Reserve your ticket and join the party!

Excitement is building towards the 2024 ITA Tunnelling Awards celebration in Genoa, Italy, on Thursday 28 November 2024 The day-long event will celebrate the 25 Finalists of ... More Information

Announced the shortlist for the ITA Tunnelling Awards 2024!

The ITA-Aites judges selected the ITA Tunnelling Awards 2024 finalists from an outstanding pool of entries - over 100 applications from 19 countries! The finalists in the 7 categories have been ... More Information

The ITA tunnelling awards 2024 - Call for entries

The 10th edition of the ITA Tunnelling Awards will take place in Genoa (Italy) on November 28, 2024 at the occasion of the ITA and SIG 50th anniversary celebration organized by the Italian ... More Information

9th edition of ITA Tunnelling Awards - List of winners is disclosed

Since 2015, the international competition seeks and rewards remarkable achievements in tunnelling and the underground industry. Organized by the International Tunnelling and Underground Space ... More Information

The 2023 Tunnelling Awards

The 2023 ITA Tunnelling Awards event will take place on the 24th of November 2023, in Mumbai, India. The event will be held in conjunction with the TAI - Tunnelling Asia International Conference, ... More Information

The winners of the 8th edition of ITA Tunnelling Awards

The 8th edition of the ITA Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards was held online on the 8th December 2023. The winners in each category are: MAJOR PROJECT OF THE YEAR - Purple line ... More Information

Registration for the 8th edition of the ITA Tunnelling Awards is open!

Since 2015, the international competition the ITA Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards seeks and rewards the most ground-breaking innovation and outstanding projects in tunnelling and ... More Information

8th Edition of the ITA Tunnelling awards

Since 2015, the international competition "the ITA Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards" seeks and rewards the most ground-breaking innovation and outstanding projects in tunnelling and ... More Information

7th Edition of the ITA Tunnelling awards – The winners 2021

2021 ITA Awards: Registration is now open!

The ITA Awards 2021 - after the success of the 6 first editions of the ITA Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards, in Switzerland, Singapore, France, China, USA and last year as a digital event - ... More Information

2021 ITA Awards entries: Deadline extended

An extended deadline has been set for the global tunnelling industry to submit entries for the 2021 ITA Tunnelling Awards that seek to rewards the most ground-breaking innovations and ... More Information

7th Edition of the ITA Tunnelling awards

The international competition "the ITA Tunnelling Awards" seeks and rewards the most ground-breaking innovation and outstanding projects in tunnelling and underground space ... More Information

Winners of the ITA tunnelling awards 2020

The winners of the ITA tunnelling awards 2020 are :- MAJOR PROJECT OF THE YEAR (OVER €500M) John Holland CPB Ghella Joint Venture Tunnelling and Station Excavation Works for the Sydney ... More Information

6th edition of the ITA Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards

On the 3-4 December 2020 you will be able to attend the presentations of the finalists and the announcement of the winners. This year the 6th edition of the ITA Tunnelling Awards will move into a ... More Information

Insight into finalist for ITA ‘Overcoming the Challenge’ category

The Mexico City-Toluca interurban rail line project has been shortlisted as a finalist for the ITA tunnelling awards in the category “Overcoming the Challenge’ - High performance ... More Information

ITA Tunnelling Awards 6th edition - List of finalists

Online Conference and Ceremony - The international competition launched in 2015 by International Tunnelling and Underground Association (ITA) returns in 2020 for a promising 6th edition. For 5 ... More Information

The ITA tunnelling awards 2020

The call for entries has been extended until the 23rd June 2020 for the 6th edition of the international tunnelling and underground space awards. The ITA Awards will take place at the ... More Information

The ITA tunnelling awards 2020 - Call for entries

The 6th edition of the ITA Tunnelling Awards will take place at the end of the year (exact place and date will be confirmed soon). For this edition, some changes are proposed in the categories with ... More Information

The ITA Tunnelling awards - The winners for 2019

Since 2015, the international competition ITA Tunnelling Awards seeks and rewards the most ground-breaking innovation and outstanding projects in tunnelling and underground space use. This year the ... More Information

ITA Tunnelling Awards

"Tunnels: a resilient link between past and future" was at the centre of the debates of the World Tunnel Congress 2019, held in Naples. Focusing on repair and maintenance anticipation for ... More Information

The ITA Tunnelling Awards Shortlist 2019

Press release - The 17-strong expert judging panel, chaired by the ITA President Jinxiu (Jenny) Yan, has concluded its deliberations and based on detailed evaluation, 32 entries have been chosen ... More Information

ITA Tunnelling Awards 2019 in Miami - Florida - New Extended Deadline June 22nd, 2019

THE ITA TUNNELLING and UNDERGROUND SPACE AWARDS 2019- 5th EDITION. The 5th edition of the international tunnelling and underground space awards welcomes new applications, ITA is now calling ... More Information

The ITA tunnelling awards 2019 - Call for entries

This 5th edition of the ITA Tunnelling Awards is organised by the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association, and will take place from the 18th to the 20th of November 2019 , in ... More Information

ITA News #66

Message from Tarcisio Celestino -President of ITA 2016-2019 Each year, the ITA Tunnelling Awards conference brings better news. During a whole day, high-level presentations by the finalists have ... More Information

ITA tunnelling awards 2018

The ITA Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards took place on 07.11.2018 in Chuzhou (China) following the 20th CTUC conference (Chinese Tunnels and Underground Works Conference). The ... More Information

Finalists for the Innovative Use of Underground Space category

ITA Tunnelling Awards 2018 3 INNOVATIVE INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS TO RECONCILE THE UNDERGROUND AND THE SURFACE Since 2015, the international competition "the ITA Tunnelling Awards" ... More Information

ITA Tunnelling Awards 2018 Finalists

The list of finalists for this year’s awards has now been released please see below. The awards ceremony will be held in Chuzhou-Nanjing in China from 5-7 November 2018. For further ... More Information

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Bengaluru: Four infrastructure firms bid for Hebbal short tunnel

Bengaluru infrastructure: Four firms, including Dilip Buildcon and Max Infra, bid for BDA's Rs 1086 crore Hebbal short tunnel project... More Information

TBM readied for Montreal's Blue Line extension

A custom-made 9.7m-diameter tunnel boring machine (TBM) has been assembled and lowered ready to excavate the tube from the future Vertières stop to ... More Information

$11.5B Brenner Base Tunnel Nears End of TBM Excavation

With TBMs Olga and Wilma closing in, the 55-km rail project shifts from excavation to systems integration ahead of its planned 2028 opening beneath ... More Information

$6.75 Billion Unlocked for Turkey's Bosphorus Rail Project

Multiple Earth Pressure Balance (EPB) Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) will need to be mobilized to carve out the subterranean corridors leading up to ... More Information

Tunneling for Nashville's underground Tesla project has begun

The Boring Company said that the first three weeks of the project will consist of the Prufrock-MB1, a machine that will help carve out the tunnel, ... More Information

Hudson Tunnel Project construction resumes

I look forward to celebrating the launch of our tunnel boring machines through the Palisades once GDC has assurance it will receive the steady flow ... More Information

Lower Thames Crossing

British suppliers could meet 90% of low carbon steel requirements. The proposed machine would be 16.4m in diameter, large enough to create a three‑lane tunnel bore, and is intended to dig ... More Information

Inside the Tunnel Boring Machine, Southampton Link Main project

A six-tonne tunnel boring machine is digging deep below the ground in Hampshire to help keep the county's taps and rivers flowing... More Information

TBM maestro inspects sites ahead of massive tunnel drive

The first machine components have arrived for the tunnel boring machines (TBMs) to be deployed on the Suburban Connect sites in Melbourne. More Information

Metrolinx provides major updates on subway and LRT projects across the GTA

Tunnel boring is advancing on multiple projects, with Scarborough's TBM ... Metrolinx says “Diggy Scardust,” the project's tunnel boring machine, is now ... More Information

Work in Progress: High-tech TBMs ready to carve underground corridor

The Bhopal Metro Rail Project is transitioning into its most challenging and sophisticated phase as two state-of-the-art Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) ... More Information

Sarens helps extract TBM at BC water supply project

The Annacis Water Supply Tunnel Project aims to increase the reliability and capacity of the water supply system in New Westminster, British Columbia. When complete, the tunnel will ... More Information

Judge rules in favor of New York and New Jersey for now in $16B tunnel fight with Trump

A federal judge ruled Friday to temporarily block the Trump administration from suspending federal disbursements for the Gateway Tunnel Project... More Information

Webuild: award for Sustainability Report for commitment to decarbonise through innovation

This includes the large tunnel-boring machines deployed on some of Europe's most complex projects: from the Salerno-Reggio Calabria ... More Information

Clearwater update reports initial entry area is 'stable and intact'

The tunnel boring machine being used in the project remains trapped underground just ahead of where the breach occurred. The ambitious, $630 ... More Information

Tunnel Boring Machine Market Size estimated at USD 7.08 Billion

The Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) market is experiencing significant growth, driven by increasing urbanization, infrastructure development, ... More Information

Completing the First Section of Line 3: Tunnel Boring Machine Roars as it Emerges at Balboa

The Panama tunnel boring machine emerged and completed its first major task: the first section of the Line 3 Metro tunnel. More Information

Twin tunnel-boring titans prepare to dig new road under Sydney Harbour

Twin tunnel-boring titans are preparing to launch under Sydney Harbour to dig out a new road crossing from Birchgrove to Waverton... More Information

Monica Breaks Ground on Snowy 2.0

Monica the tunnel boring machine, with the renewable energy mega-project now more. TBM Monica is among the world's most advanced tunnel boring machines... More Information

Snowy 2.0 sets new tunnel boring machine to work, completes 46 underground concrete pours

Snowy 2.0 has set to work a fourth tunnel boring machine, a $75 million piece of drilling equipment purpose built to complete excavation of the huge pumped hydro project’s “geologically ... More Information

World's 'largest' underground assembly of tunnelling machines happening beneath Sydney

Workers are craning into place about 167 major pieces that will form the first of two giant boring machines. Once assembled like giant Meccano sets, ... More Information

Tunneling Begins on Major Water Pipeline for South Hillsborough

TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Water has begun construction on a major underground pipeline project aimed at meeting rising water demand in southern Hillsborough County, where population growth ... More Information

The massive £3billion tunnel designed to connect two continents under the sea

The construction of a huge underwater multi-tiered tunnel is underway in Turkey, that will create a direct route from Asia to Europe - and is expected to carry 1.3 million passengers a ... More Information

Riederwald Tunnel in Frankfurt is further delayed

Traffic was supposed to start flowing through the controversial Riederwald Tunnel in Frankfurt in 2033. But that's unlikely to happen. The €1.5 billion project is facing further delays – ... More Information

What happens to our metro tunnel boring machines when they hit the end of the line?

These mechanical behemoths were Betty and Dorothy, the tunnel boring machines tasked with digging the Sydney Metro West tunnels. Loading. The ... More Information

The incredible £2.8bn underwater tunnel connecting Europe and Asia

A huge new tunnel will connect Europe and Asia - and construction has already started. The Great Istanbul Tunnel is a major project. It will carry ... More Information

China develops "smart brain" for tunnel boring machines to boost underground construction

A team from Hunan University in central China has collaboratively developed an intelligent operating system for tunnel boring machines, giving these massive underground giants a "smart ... More Information

How China rescued highway project under Yangtze River

The incident occurred in February 2023 during construction of the 6.4-kilometer Jiangyin–Jingjiang Yangtze River Tunnel. Midway through excavation, at ... More Information

HS2 final tunnel drive to Euston starts next week

A team from SCS will drive a 4.5-mile twin-bore tunnel linking Old Oak Common to Euston using two tunnel boring machines, Karen and Madeleine. More Information

Work begins on £48M Knutsford sewer upgrade featuring 1.8km stormwater tunnel

Sean Reid, United Utilities county business lead for wastewater in Cheshire said: “This project highlights our ongoing commitment to improving water ... More Information

$14.6M boost moves Gering–Fort Laramie Canal Tunnel project forward

After nearly six years of planning, construction is moving forward on the Gering–Fort Laramie Canal tunnels... More Information

Webuild: second breakthrough at Trebisacce Tunnel along Jonica State Road 106

Project will help transform Jonica State Road 106 into a strategic corridor linking Ionian coasts of Calabria, Basilicata and Puglia... More Information

Ground preparation for Lower Thames Crossing tunnelling

Work is ongoing to overcome sub-optimal ground conditions in preparation for the start of tunnelling on the Lower Thames Crossing in late 2028, according to the project’s tunnels director... More Information

LA Metro approves massive $25B underground rail line to bypass 405 Freeway

The LA Metro Board unanimously approved an underground heavy rail line to connect the San Fernando Valley and the Westside, bypassing the congested 405 Freeway. The nearly 13-mile route, ... More Information

TUNNEL VISION Mega £7.4bn undersea tunnel connecting two CONTINENTS just got one step closer

A MAJOR £7.4 billion underwater tunnel connecting two continents has taken a step closer to construction. Experts have said the 24-mile tunnel is “technically viable”, paving the way for ... More Information

TBM breakthrough in Sydney

Tunnel boring machine (TBM) Jane Starkey successfully completed her 1.2km underground journey through challenging Sydney sandstone... More Information

Hochul announces $25 million for Harlem crosstown subway tunnel design

At E. 120th St., a pair of tunnel-boring machines — currently under construction in Germany — will bore new, 8,400-foot tunnels north from the end ... More Information

Tunnelling under the Yarra River

Our two Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) will soon be travelling underneath the Yarra River... Approximately 300 metres of the 6.5 kilometre North East Link will be under the Yarra ... More Information

The Boring Company says its tunneling machine is 'ready to mine in Nashville'

The Music City Loop project is aimed at transporting people from Nashville International Airport to Lower Broadway in roughly 10 minutes. By Li ... More Information

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