The ITA Tunnelling Awards 2024 finalists

We are excited to announce the shortlist for the ITA Tunnelling Awards 2024!

Our esteemed judges had the challenging task of selecting the finalists from an outstanding pool of entries this year and were impressed by the quality of the submissions.

Over 100 applications from 29 countries were avaluated. We can now reveal the finalists in the 7 categories.
The winners will be announced on 28 November 2024 and rewarded at the annual ITA Awards conference in Genoa, Italy.

Below are the finalists for each category, in alphabetical order.

You may download photos and summaries for each project by clicking on this button : Download Finalists' details

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

Entry titleCountry
Chunfeng Tunnel - Single-bore Double-deck Municipal Tunnel with Super-large DiameterChina
LIRR Grand Central MadisonUnited States of America
Singapore Thomson-East Coast line (TEL), Contracts T222 to T310Singapore
Thames Tideway Tunnel – London’s New Super SewerUnited Kingdom

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

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

For the category "Renovation Projects of the year"

Entry titleCountry
Genoa Railway Junction Capacity UpgradeItaly
Manfreida Tunnel Renovation ProjectItaly
Refurbishment HeinenoordtunnelNetherlands

For the category "Technical Innovation of the year"

Entry titleCountry
Advanced Tunnelling Assistance SystemItaly
Disc cutter wear sensor package and TBM monitoring systemSouth Korea
MIRET-Tunnel AIItaly

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

Entry titleCountry
Advanced Hybrid Wireless Sensor Network (H-WSN) System for Safety Risk Sensing in Tunnel and Underground EngineeringChina
Deep underground space debris belt type 0-90 ° continuous conveying equipmentChina
SOGUN: Geometric Control System for Shotcreting and other tunnelling worksSpain
Ultra-small Turning Radius Hard Rock TBMChina

For the category "Beyond engineering"

Entry titleCountry
City Rail Link goes beyond in Tāmaki MakaurauNew Zealand
Eco-friendly Metro Construction Technology for Challenging Coastal Geological EnvironmentsChina
Modern Underground Cemetery – When Creativity, Sustainability and Efficiency Meet TraditionIsrael
Risk Control of Safe Excavation for Shield Tunneling Through Complex Strata at Dynamic Water Levels in the Pearl River SystemChina

For the category "Young Tunneller of the Year"

Entry titleCountry
Adriano MartocciaItaly
Hanan SamadiIran, Islamic Republic of
Luigi D'AngeloItaly