ITA

2016 ITA Awards
bestowed in Singapore

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Shaohua Chen (on the right) receives the 2016 ITA Award for the largest tunnelling project costing more than 500 million euros from Alan Chan (on the left), chairman Land Transport Authority Singapore

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Søren Degn Eskesen (on the right) hands over the ITA Award for the most outstanding tunnelling project in 2016 costing between 50 and 500 million euros to Esen Sze Yu Sheng (centre)

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View of the Fort Canning Metro Station construction site with the two tunnel tubes (green and blue), the diverted Singapore River (light blue) and the Metro Station structure (yellow)

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Xiao Longge (2^nd from the right) together with further project partners receives the ITA Award for projects costing up to 50 million euros from Alexandre Gomes (on the right) for the Chongqing Hongqihegou Metro Station

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The metro station to be produced was divided into four different rather large sections for tunnelling

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Dr. Klaus Rieker (on the left) and Martin Froning (on the right) received the 2016 ITA Award for the best Environmental Initiative on behalf of those involved

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Dr.-Ing. E.h. Martin Herrenknecht (on the left) was presented with the ITA Lifetime Achievement Award from ITA president Tarcísio Celestino (on the right)

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Edward Raj (on the left) from the Singapore Power Grid receives the prize for the best safety initiative from TUCSS president Kulaindran Ariaratnam (on the right) for ABSIS

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Marc Comulada (Maidl Tunnelconsultants, left), Dr. Martin Herrenknecht (2^nd from left) and Tarcísio Celestino (right) with two representatives of the JV for the Metro Line 4, Rio de Janeiro

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Teo Tiong Yong (on the right) receives the ITA Award for the Jurong Rock Caverns in Singapore as 2016 Innovative Underground Use from Chung-Sik Yoo (on the left)

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Kurt Zeidler (on the left) accepts the ITA Award from Leslie Pakianathan (on the right) for the Vauxhall Tube Station Extension in London

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Derek Eng (4^th from the right) is the 2016 Young Tunneller of the Year and hails from Malaysia. From left: Ruth Haug, ITA vice-president, with the finalists Oh Jinnie (Singapore), Senthil Nath GT (Singapore), Mehdi Bakhshi (USA), Derek Eng (Malaysia), Marlisio Oliveria Cecilio Junior (Brazil) and Jiang Chao (China) as well as ITA vice-president Eric Leca

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The ITA Awards from the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association were presented in Singapore on November 11, 2016 for the second time following up 2015 (in the Hagerbach Test Gallery, Switzerland). A 17-person strong jury headed by ITA president Tarcísio Celestino had the difficult task of selecting 11 ITA Award prize-winners from 98 candidates (2015: 110) from 25 countries. 30 representatives of the projects and six “Young Tunnellers” had the chance to present their achievements.