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 shortlisted below:-

For the category "Major Project of the Year" (with a budget over 500 M€)

• LIRR Grand Central Madison United States of America
• Singapore Thomson-East Coast line (TEL), Contracts T222 to T310           Singapore
• Single-bore Double-deck Municipal Tunnel with Super-large Diameter      China
• Thames Tideway Tunnel – London’s New Super Sewer  United Kingdom

For the category "Project of the Year" (with a budget between 50 and 500 M€)

• Brenner Base Tunnel – Lot H52 “Hochstegen”  Austria
• Lot H71 "Isarco River Underpass" of the Brenner Base Tunnel     Italy
• Musaimeer Pump Station and Outfall project (MPSO)     Qatar
• SMP4 – Lyon-Turin Saint-Martin-la-Porte exploratory tunnel       France

For the category "Renovation Projects of the year"

• Genoa Railway Junction Capacity Upgrade        Italy
• Manfreida Tunnel Renovation Project  Italy
• Refurbishment Heinenoordtunnel          Netherlands

For the category "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

For the category "Product/Equipment Innovation of the Year"

• Advanced Hybrid Wireless Sensor Network (H-WSN) System for Safety Risk Sensing in Tunnel and Underground Engineering China
• Deep underground space debris belt type 0-90 ° continuous conveying equipment   China
• SOGUN: Geometric Control System for Shotcreting and other tunnelling works      Spain
• Ultra-small Turning Radius Hard Rock TBM     China

For the category "Beyond engineering"

• "Eco-friendly Metro Construction Technology for Challenging Coastal Geological Environments"       China
• City Rail Link goes beyond in Tāmaki Makaurau             New Zealand
• Modern Underground Cemetery – When Creativity, Sustainability and Efficiency Meet Tradition       Israel
• Risk Control of Safe Excavation for Shield Tunneling Through Complex Strata at Dynamic Water Levels in the Pearl River System           China

For the category "Young Tunneller of the Year"

• Adriano Martoccia    Italy
• Hanan Samadi            Iran, Islamic Republic of
• Luigi D'Angelo          Italy

The winners will be announced on 28 November 2024 and rewarded at the annual ITA Awards conference in Genoa, Italy. Click here for more details on the finalists. Visit https://awards.ita-aites.org/all-finalists.  38/24.