International Tunnelling Awards shortlist announced

The International Tunnelling Awards team said there had been “an unprecedented level of entries — both in terms of quality and quantity”.

The overall winners will be announced at a specially organised awards ceremony in Hong Kong on Thursday 1 December 2011.

The judges said it was “a challenging feat” to analyse and decide upon the shortlist. Tables are already selling quickly for this must-attend event — click here to secure your place today.

The shortlist

Tunnel Design Firm of the Year

• Arup
• Atkins
• Halcrow Group
• Mott MacDonald

Tunnelling Contractor of the Year

• Dragados
• Ingenieros Civiles Asociados (ICA
• Jay Dee Coluccio Taisei & Jay Dee Coluccio JVs
• Strukton Afzinktechnieken
• VINCI Construction Grands Projets UK

Tunnel Advisor of the Year

• Geo-Design Consulting Engineers
• Halcrow Group
• Juan Jacobo Schmitter, Ingenieros Civiles Asociados (ICA)

Programme Manager of the Year

• Anil Kumar Banka, Gati Infrastructure
• Hatch Mott MacDonald
• Parsons Brinckerhoff 

Technical Innovation of the Year

• Arup, REHAU & Züblin: Tunnel Energy System for Segmental Lining
• Atlas Copco: Boomer XE4 C
• Sacramento County Regional Sanitation District/Hatch Mott MacDonald/URS: Intergrated Corrosion Protection Liner on Upper Northwest Interceptor, Sacramento, CA, USA
• Metrostav: Low Temperature Grouting on the Hedinsfjardargong Project, Iceland
• Obayashi Corporation: Ultra Rapid Under-Pass (URUP) Method
• Strukton Afzinktechnieken: Revolutionair Immersion Methode

Tunnelling Project of the Year (< $100m)

• 4Delivery/Southern Water - Cleaner Seas for Sussex Scheme
• Gall Zeidler Consultants - Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project - Extension of Silver Line Metro to Dulles International Airport
• Rijekaprojekt - Pecine Tunnel in Rijeka, Croatia
• SA Water Corporation and AdelaideAqua D&C Consortium - Adelaide Desalination Project
• Taylor Woodrow BAM Nuttall Joint Venture - Tottenham Court Road Station Upgrade for London Underground
• Züblin Australia - Southern Seawater Desalination Plant- Microtunnelling and Supply of Jacking Pipe

Tunnelling Project of the Year ($100m - $1bn)

• Arup / DSD / DNJV - Hong Kong West Drainage Tunnel
• Ingenieros Civiles Asociados (ICA) - Metro Line 12, Mexico City
• Jay Dee Coluccio Taisei & Jay Dee Coluccio JVs - Brightwater West and BT3C Projects
• Parsons Brinckerhoff - East Side Combined Sewer Overflow (ESCSO) Tunnel Project, Willamette River CSO Tunnel Program
• Skanska VINCI - Hallandsås Project - East Tunnel - Sweden
• Ssangyong Engineering & Construction - Contract 921 - Design & Construction of Stations and Tunnels at Rochor and Little India for Downtown Line Stage 2
• TT2 - New Tyne Crossing

Major Tunnelling Project of the Year (over $1bn)

• Bamtonnelstroy, Russian Railways, Stroy-Trest, Lenmetrogiprotrans - Combined traffic and rail road Adler - «Alpika - Servis» alpine resort
• Locobouw JV (VINCI Construction Grands Projets, MBG, CEI-de-Mayer, Wayss & Freytag)- Liefkenshoek Rail Link Project - Anterwerpen, Belgium
• Shanghai Changjiang Tunnel & Bridge Development - Shanghai Changjiang Tunnel Project
• Environmental Initiative of the Year
• Pacific Hydro - The Chacayes Run of River Hydroelectric Project, Chile
• Skanska VINCI - Hallandsås Project - East Tunnel - Sweden
• TT2 - New Tyne Crossing Environmental Agenda

Safety Initiative of the Year

• Forum8 & BMIA - G’VAL
• John Holland - Evolution Behavioural Safety Programme
• Kapsch TrafficCom - AlVis - Alarm Visualisation
• Skanska Balfour Beatty Joint Venture - Zero Harm on the M25 A1(M) Hatfield Tunnel Refurbishment Project, on behalf of the Highways Agency
• Tunnel Skills Forum - Tunnel Locomotive Driver Certification Scheme

Young Tunneller of the Year 

• Mario Arturo Aguilar Tellez, Ingenieros Civiles Asociados (ICA)
• Alvin Chan, Dragages Nishimatsu JV
• Ruby Chan Sin Ping, Smec Asia
• Cameron Chin Ka Wai, Dragages Hong Kong
• Lázaro Romero Zamora, Ingenieros Civiles Asociados (ICA)
• Simon Stephenson, Mott MacDonald

Lifetime Achievement

• To be announced on the night

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