ITA TUNNELLING
AWARDS 2018 REWARDS MOST INNOVATIVE PROJECTS
July 9th, 2018.-
Underground construction meets the demand for urban infrastructure,
the need to relieve congestion in our cities and save space, and the
challenges of a changing climate. The sector
grossed 86 billion
euros in 2016 and global demand for underground projects is growing
by 7% per annum.
Since 2015, the
international competition "ITA Tunnelling Awards" seeks and
rewards the most ground-breaking innovation and outstanding projects
in tunnelling and underground space utilisation.
The 2018 edition
will take place on 7 November, in Chuzhou-Nanjing during the
20th Chinese Tunnel and Underground works Conference (CTUC) from 5 to
6 Nov. followed by technical visits on Nov.8 in Nanjing, Chuzhou and
Shanghai.
ITA TUNNELLING
AWARDS 2018: A VERY INTERNATIONAL EDITION The fourth edition of
ITA Tunnelling Awards have collected 68 valid entries coming from all
around the world.
The candidacies were
spread through 8 categories as following:
Major Project of
the Year -over €500m : 7 candidacies received
Project of the
Year - between €50m and €500m: 15 candidacies received
Project of the
Year inclus. Renovation -up to €50m: 9 candidacies received
Technical Project
Innovation of the Year: 10 candidacies received
Technical
Product/Equipment Innovation of the Year: 10 candidacies received
Sustainability
Initiative of the Year (merged with Innovative Use of Underground
Space)
Safety Initiative
of the Year: 5 candidacies received
Innovative Use of
Underground Space: 4 candidacies received
Young Tunneller
of the Year: 12 candidacies received
The projects
/innovation come from all around the word:
Albania (1), Algeria
(1), Argentina (1) Australia (1), China (37, including 3 from Hong
Kong),
Germany (1), India
(2), Iran (4), Italy (3), Malaysia (1), Netherlands (2), New Zealand
(2), Norway (3), Russia (1), Singapore (1), South Korea (1),
Switzerland (1), Thailand (1), Turkey (2), United Kingdom (2)
THE PANEL OF
CANDIDACIES SWINGS BETWEEN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AND
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT:
Public
transportation is one of the main issue encountered by
public authorities when developing urban planning programs. The
demand of public railway grow as fast as the need of sustainable
solutions and among the batch of 68 candidacies, at least half of
them represent these two major trends.
The entries also
reinforce the global leadership of Asia and especially China
recording an output of almost 37bn € for tunnelling and
underground construction. Indeed, China represents the nearly
half of the global output for tunnelling industry, which is
estimated globally at 86bn€ for the year 2016.
To know more about
the ITA Tunnelling Awards, have a look at the video on the website:
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