2025 Shortlist

Award for Project Legacy & Social Value

  • Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD), The Government of the HKSAR, AECOM Asia and CREC Joint Venture - Yuen Long South First Phase Development U-shaped Tunnel Boring Machine (UTBM)
  • Balfour Beatty Vinci -  Building Better Futures: West Midlands School Support Program

Carbon & Sustainability Initiative of the Year


  • Mapei UTT - Mapequick CBS Active CF System
  • Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD), The Government of the HKSAR, AECOM Asia and CREC Joint Venture - Yuen Long South First Phase Development U-shaped Tunnel Boring Machine
  • Hochtief UK Construction Ltd - Snowdonia Visual Impact Provision

Health, Safety & Wellbeing Initiative of the Year

  • Joseph Gallagher -  Life - 10 years of culture
  • UrbanCGI, SCS JV and HS2  - Behavioral Operating Standards
  • Ns Nordics As -  Wellbeing of the workforce

Innovation in Instrumentation & Monitoring

  • Balfour Beatty -  Use of innovative monitor systems for risk reduction in tunnel sea connection work
  • Maxwell GeoSystems - Transforming Ground Risk Management on HS2 with MissionOS

Innovation in Tunnel Design & Construction

  • Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD), The Government of the HKSAR, AECOM Asia and CREC Joint Venture -  Yuen Long South First Phase Development U-shaped Tunnel Boring Machine (UTBM)
  • Bouygues Travaux Publics - Central Kowloon Route - Central Tunnel :- A Unique Drilling and Blasting Tunnels Through the Densest Populated Area
  • HS2 Area North Integrated Project Team & National Highways -  Bromford Tunnel – M6 Bromford Viaduct Crossing
  • China State - Alchmex Joint Venture - To Create the Largest Civilian Cavern in Asia – Practice of Innovation Design and Smart Site Management in Hong Kong
  • Joint participation by CEDD/HKSAR Government, AECOM, BK-STEC JV - Construction of Subway SB-01 by RTBM method

Innovation in Tunnel Fit-Out, Maintenance & Refurbishment

  • National Gas in collaboration with A.Hak UK  -  A66 Diversion Project – Cumbria for Innovation in Tunnel Fit-Out, Maintenance & Refurbishment
  • Leeds City Council -  New York Road flyover bearing replacement
  • Arup - AI and Automated Tunnel Inspections for Fit-out and Maintenance: A Whole Life Cycle Case Study

Outstanding Contribution to the Industry

  • Emine Ertekin Yardimci - ALTAŞ Co.
  • Sarah Langley - Sika Limited

Technical Innovation of the Year

  • Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD), The Government of the HKSAR/AECOM Asia/CREC Joint Venture -  Yuen Long South First Phase Development U-shaped Tunnel Boring Machine (UTBM)
  • Balfour Beatty -  Revolutionary data workflow for SCL work
  • Waste & Environmental Technologies  -  Transforming Tunnelling Wastewater Treatment through Modular Innovation
  • Dr. Sauer & Partners for Anglo American -  Sprayed concrete lining (SCL) for deep mine shaft
  • Balfour Beatty Vinci - Controlled Compressed Air Injection System for VD TBM

Tunnelling Ground Investigation Project of the Year

  • United Utilities and Mott MacDonald Bentley  -  Bolton WwTW - Management of challenging ground conditions
  • Stantec  -  Hampshire Water Transfer and Water Recycling Project

Tunnelling Project of the Year ($150M and over)

  • China State - Alchmex Joint Venture -  Relocation of Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works to Caverns
  • Balfour Beatty - Hinkley Point C - Tunnel to Shaft Connections

Tunnelling Project of the Year (up to $150M)

  • Avove, Severn Trent and HB Tunnelling  - Strelley to Redhill Trunk Main
  • Metroselskabet (The Copenhagen Metro) - Extension of the metro line M4 to South Harbour

Tunnelling Project Team of the Year

  • Barhale and Thames Water - Fortis Green to Cockfosters Resilience Upgrade
  • Balfour Beatty Vinci - HS2 Area North Sublot 1 Tunnels
  • China State - Alchmex Joint Venture - Cavern Heroes – Strive for Perfection
  • Balfour Beatty - Hinkley Point C - Tunnel to Shaft Connections
  • Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD), The Government of the HKSAR, AECOM Asia and CREC Joint Venture - Yuen Long South First Phase Development U-shaped Tunnel Boring Machine (UTBM)
  • HB Tunnelling - Saltley Viaduct Diversion Project

Tunnelling Specialist Supplier of the Year

  • Maxwell GeoSystems
  • Doka
  • Joseph Gallagher
  • HB Tunnelling

Young Tunneller of the Year

  • Mark Ayad - Balfour Beatty Vinci
  • Lau Kai Kin Kenji - China State Construction Engineering (Hong Kong) 
  • Julia Masague Martin - Mott MacDonald 
  • Declan Conlon - HB Tunnelling
  • Pierre Cubille - Bouygues TP - Dragages HK
  • Charlie Rideout - Balfour Beatty