ITA Tunnelling Awards 2024. ITA Tunnelling Awards 2024. THE RESULTS ARE IN AND THE WINNERS ARE…..

At a gala celebration in Genoa last night, Thames Tideway in London, UK, took the top prize in the Major Projects category. The 25km long CSO interceptor super sewer excavated directly beneath the course of the was famous river was announced the Gold Trophy winner from among worthy competition from Silver Trophy prize winner the Grand Central Madison railway project in New York, USA, and Bronze Trophy winner the Thomson-East Coast Line Contracts T222 to T310 in Singapore.

Gold Trophy winners in all seven categories are:

Major Project of the Year – €500 million+

Thames Tideway – London’s Super Sewer, UK

Project of the Year – €50-€500 million

Brenner Base Tunnel – Lot H52 Hochstegen, Austria

Renovation Project of the Year

Manfreida Road Tunnel Renovation Project, Italy

Product/Equipment Innovation of the Year

Ultra-Small Turning Radius Hard Rock TBM, China

Technical Innovation of the Year

Disc Cutter Wear Sensor Package and TBM Monitoring System, South Korea

Beyond Engineering

Modern Underground Cemetery – Where Creativity, Sustainability and Efficiency Meet Tradition, Israel

Young Tunneller of the Year

Luigi D’Angelo, Italy, 34

See the attached press release for results of the Gold, Silver and Bronze winners in all seven categories of the 2024 Awards series.

Video presentations of all the finalists will be available soon on the ITA-AITES YouTube channel. 

As part of the gala evening, the audience was treated to a wonderful concert of opera music presented by Joseph Dahdah, Tenor ; Helena Dix, Soprano (yes, ITA President Arnold Dix’ sister) ; Giuseppe Ottaviani, Pianoforte. 

A gala dinner followed when ITA host Member Nation Italy and its Società Italiana Gallerie organisers were given sincere thanks for staging a highly successful and truly memorable event. Also recognised and thanked for their generous support and contribution to the success of the event were the 2024 ITA Awards Sponsors as listed and weblinked below.

In concluding the evening of celebrations, ITA President Arnold Dix announced that Belgrade, Serbia, will organise the 2025 series of ITA Tunnelling Awards in conjunction with the SETC Southeastern Europe Tunnelling Conference 1-3 October 2025. Prepare to respond to the call for entries and mark your calendar to reserve the date for being part of the celebrations on 1-3 October 2025 in Belgrade.