Award for Project Legacy & Social Value

Winner:

• Skanska Costain Strabag Joint Venture - Social Value

An excellent commitment to the project, showing a data driven approach led from the top to gain a deep understanding of the local community needs. The response to these needs demonstrates a culture that is committed to enhancing social value that has brought about transformational change, with many ideas that are industry leading and capable of being developed further in the future.

Finalists:

• Balfour Beatty Vinci Joint Venture - Helping Children Develop - Building Forest Schools
• Hochtief-Murphy Joint Venture - For the Generations Ahead
  
• Kier - Faringdon to Blunsdon Pipeline

Carbon & Sustainability Initiative of the Year

Winner:

• Ward and Burke Construction - Royal Oak and Longsight Park Tunnel

This project narrowly came out on top in a very tight award category. It was particularly impressive to see the way sustainability was built in from the project outset, with a redesign that clearly put carbon saving first. This was illustrated by an impressive comparative Life Cycle Assessment that accompanied the entry, evidencing a significant carbon saving. Alongside the key principle of sustainability by design, it was encouraging to see the co-benefits of this project for the local community and biodiversity, as well as the wider university collaboration.

Finalists:

• AtkinsRéalis - Sizewell C Combined Drainage Outfall (CDO) - Detailed Design
• Balfour Beatty Vinci Joint Venture - CRISP (Community, Resource, Information, Support, Platform)
• Barhale and Thames Water - Zero/Forty initiative
• Cemex UK - Vertua Lower Carbon Spray Concrete
• Mott MacDonald - Reducing carbon through the use of the Observational Method
• SMR UK

Health, Safety & Wellbeing Initiative of the Year

Winner:

• Align JV and Bouygues Travaux Publics -  KERN Tunnel Services Dismantling Gantry

A clear winner in a competitive field. The aims of the KERN Tunnel Services Dismantling Gantry were very clear from the outset: to remove as many of the hazards as possible associated with dismantling services in 16km long HS2 Chiltern Tunnels.

Highly Commended:

• Skanska Costain Strabag Joint Venture - Lithium Battery Electric Vehicles: Risk assessment and competency framework for use underground

Finalists:

• Align Joint Venture -  Emergency Planning
• Align Joint Venture -  Finishing Safely, Finishing Well
• Align Joint Venture -  Safety Will Be A Success
• Park Signalling -  KT100 Traffic Marshal - The use of Digital Signalling for the Safe Movement of Construction Vehicles

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Innovation in Instrumentation & Monitoring

Winner:

• Dragados - SOGUN: Geometric Control System for Sprayed Concrete Lining and other tunneling works

This winner has a clear and simple approach to the system presented, which clearly added value to the scheme that transitions from construction, with reference to the design, then into the operational as-built estate. They fostered a great relationship between industry and academia to develop this solution that demonstrated real cost, time, carbon and safety benefits, across multiple use cases.

Finalists:

• Balfour Beatty Vinci Joint Venture -  Bespoke I&M Solution for Asset Monitoring
• Balfour Beatty Vinci Joint Venture - LiDAR-equipped UAVs
• Civil Engineering and Development Department, Hong Kong SAR and Hyder-Meinhardt Joint Venture -  Integrated Use of Remote Sensing Technologies GNSS, InSAR and DFOS in Trunk Road T2
• Geofem -  Geofem's Satellite Monitoring for Tunnelling-Induced Settlement
• Larsen & Toubro Construction, Heavy Civil Infrastructure IC Business Group -  GEOFREQ (An Instrument Management System)
• Skanska Costain Strabag Joint Venture -  Innovation In The Use Of Real Time Monitoring To Determine Cross Passage Excavation Sequence

Innovation in Shaft Design & Construction

Winner:

• Hewson Consulting Engineers - DfMA and Offsite Methods for Rapid Shaft Construction

The Judging Panel had been hugely impressed by Hewson's entry as it demonstrates a high degree of innovation and an ambitious use of precast concrete in a confined and congested environment and the integration of temporary and permanent works. The entry describes a solution that is not just effective but is also in tune with society's sustainability aims and the application of digital technology to improve health and safety and reduce cost and programme. The entry also evidences how this approach can be scaled up and applied to other type of projects.

Highly Commended:

• FLI Precast Solutions -  Thames Tideway Carnwath Road Shaft Mass Benching

Finalists:

• Mott MacDonald Systra Design Joint Venture -  Innovative solutions to improve buildability at Bromford tunnel intermediate shaft
• Skanska Costain Strabag Joint Venture -  Groundwater Management of the Greenpark Way Vent Shafts

Innovation in Tunnel Design & Construction

Winner:

• Dragados - SOGUN: Geometric Control System for Shotcreting and other tunnelling works

This winner has solved an industry issue that many companies have struggled with, meaning that their solution has genuine industry-wide application and real potential for future development for the betterment of the sector.

Finalists:

• Barhale and Thames Water -  Innovation in offline solution
• China State Construction Engineering, Hong Kong -  Box Jacking Tunnelling Method Under MTRC Airport Express Lane
• Civil Engineering and Development Department, Hong Kong SAR, Hyder-Meinhardt Joint Venture and Hong Kong Productivity Council -  Autonomous Air-ground Cooperative Tunnel Inspector (AAGCTI)
• Mott MacDonald -  ParaRanger - An innovative digital tool for ground parametric analysis
• Mott MacDonald -  SpeedBot – A tool for rapid tunnel lining structural modelling
• Skanska Costain Strabag Joint Venture -  Innovative Cross Passage Construction Using Sprayed Concrete and Ground Freezing Between Two HS2 TBM Driven Tunnels

Innovation in Tunnel Fit-Out, Maintenance & Refurbishment

Winner:

• Barhale and Thames Water - Design and installation of ground-breaking temporary tunnel lining

A great challenge to the conventional BaU re-lining option with significant health and safety benefits. Evidence great Collaboration and delivered good cost and time benefits and outstanding client satisfaction.

Highly Commended:

• Align JV -  Tunnel Services Dismantling

Finalists:

• Arup -  AI and Automated Tunnel Inspections for Fit-out and Maintenance: A Whole Life Cycle Case Study
• AtkinsRéalis -  Using and adapting available technologies to modernise inspection activities
• Heathrow -  Adopting Modern Methods of Construction for Tunnel Refurbishment
• Tunnel Engineering Services UK -  ATRIS (Automated Tunnel Robotic Installation System)

Tunnelling Specialist Supplier of the Year

Winner:

• Cemex UK and Normet UK

Emerging as winner from a large pool of highly achieving contenders, Cemex and Normet’s submission focussed on meeting decarbonisation goals without compromising on quality, strength and durability of sprayed concrete works in aggressive ground conditions.

Finalists:

• Geoptic Infrastructure Investigations
• Joseph Gallagher
• London Bridge Associates
• Mapei
• OTB Engineering
• Peri
• Queenswood
• Renesco UK

Young Tunneller of the Year

Winner:

• Sarah Duckworth - Skanska Costain Strabag Joint Venture

The winner of the Young Tunneller of the Year award is Sarah Duckworth, a Senior Tunnel Engineer for SCS - Skanska Costain Strabag Joint Venture (Skanska). Sarah delivers complex technical engineering with diligence and passion amongst many disciplines. Sarah has developed complex analytical tools, one of which takes data from the TBM Programmable Logic Controller to determine reconciliation in a simple manner. Sarah's contributions to supporting Women in Engineering and STEM outreach programmes in schools will no doubt improve the future of the industry. What impressed the judges was her ability to seamlessly promote third party and stakeholder confidence in tunnel projects. Her dedication to improving both the technical, social and ecological aspects of the tunnelling industry earned her this prestigious recognition.

Finalists:

• Alex Dodd -  Barhale
• Babiker Hamid -  Joseph Gallagher
• John Kuyt -  Arup
• David Maddison -  Jacobs
• Dickson Tang -  Bouygues Travaux Publics
• Tom Waterhouse -  Strabag UK

Tunnelling Project Team of the Year

Winner:

• Skanska Costain Strabag Joint Venture

An exceptional submission clearly outlining how the contributions were made towards this category. The submission presented how the team worked collaboratively by involving wider team members, engaging the supply chain, and in close partnership with the Client. The submission also detailed how knowledge is retained and shared, not only for the project's benefit but for individuals, companies, and the industry. A clear evidence of innovative solutions for health, safety and environment.

Finalists:

• Align JV and Bouygues Travaux Publics
• Balfour Beatty Vinci Joint Venture
• Barhale
• Dr. Sauer & Partners
• Joseph Gallagher and Haji Hassan Group
• The Highways Department of HKSARG, Arup Mott MacDonald Joint Venture and Bouygues Travaux Publics

Tunnelling Contractor of the Year

Winner:

• Barhale

Barhale has concentrated on excellance in its particular market. It has a record of continuously improving Client satisfaction and being a long term supporter of accredited skills training. Their committment to Client centric approach, innovation and collaborative working is delivering improved turnover and profitability.

Finalists:

• Active Tunnelling
• Hadee Engineering Co
• Hochtief-Murphy Joint Venture

Tunnelling Project of the Year (up to $100M)

Winner:

• Strabag UK - Coire Glas Exploration Works

Starting from a lack of GI in a difficult mountainous terain, this ambitious project used technical tunneling experts and significant geological mapping skills by geologist to use a obserrvational approach to tunneling in hard rock with a major faulting zone . It showed true collaboration between the client, main contractor and delivery teams with the desire to engage with local schools and key stakeholders. The project provided skills transfer to graduates and appentices embarking on a career in hard rock tunneling during the tunneling operations. The project was so successful that it resulted in the client extending the tunneling project by another 20% with the same delivery team.

Highly Commended:

• OTB Engineering - Machynlleth Railway Bridge Redundant Arch - Tunnelling A New Underpass

Finalists:

• Active Tunnelling -  NOC 23 Culvert Replacement project
• China State Construction Engineering, Hong Kong -  Three Runway System Project Contract 3801 APM and BHS Tunnels on Existing Airport Island
• OTB Engineering -  Machynlleth Railway Bridge Redundant Arch - Tunnelling A New Underpass
• Riverlinx CJV - Silvertown Tunnel Cross Passages
• United Utilities, Advance plus and Joseph Gallagher -  Kendal Outfall Recovery project

Tunnelling Ground Investigation Project of the Year

Winner:

• SSE Renewables, Strabag, Fugro, Stantec, Cowi and BGS - Coire Glas Ground Investigation

This exceptional entry has excelled across all criteria, demonstrating remarkable technical skill, innovation, and successful project delivery. The innovative use of tunneling within the ground investigation added significant value to the overall project, enabling a comprehensive understanding of the complex ground conditions. Collaboration between different departments and companies was essential to the project's success, showcasing exceptional planning and coordination of multiple investigation techniques across difficult terrain.

Finalists:

• BakerHicks, Morgan Sindall Engineering Solutions, National Grid -  Grain to Tilbury Cable Tunnel FEED Study Ground Investigation
• Geoptic Infrastructure Investigations -  Muon imaging of rail tunnels
• Mott MacDonald -  The Ohio River Tunnel
• Soiltech India Private -  Geotechnical Investigation for Construction of Underground Cavern
• United Utilities, Advance plus and Joseph Gallagher -  Kendal Outfall Recovery Project

Tunnelling Project of the Year (over $100M)

Winner:

• Hochtief-Murphy Joint Venture - National Grid’s London Power Tunnels Phase 2 – Package 2 Tunnels & Shafts

An outstanding submission that satisfies all of the criteria for this category. An impressive project with significant innovations, sustainability initiatives and upskilling of the workforce and demonstrable community engagement. The reduction in carbon emissions is a significant sustainability accomplishment. In summary, an amazing effort.

Finalists:

• Aecom, New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Gall Zeidler Consultants -  Grand Central Madison
• Align JV and Bouygues Travaux Publics -  HS2 Chiltern Tunnels
• Balfour Beatty Vinci Joint Venture - HS2 Area North - Sublot 1 Tunnels
• Bouygues Travaux Publics CJV -  Central Kowloon Route - Central Tunnel
• Larsen & Toubro Construction, Heavy Civil Infrastructure IC Business Group -  Mumbai Coastal Road Project (South) Package IV

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Outstanding Contribution to the Industry

Winner:

• Dave Terry  - SCS Railways

Dave fosters a culture of single-minded pursuit of ‘safe by design’ and technical excellence, whilst maintaining the confidence of client and numerous third party stakeholders. He sits on the BTS committee and lecture on BTS courses. He is also a member of the IOM3 and the IOM3 membership committee, a scrutineer and assessor for the IOM3, and a Fellow of both IOM3 and ICE.

To quote one of his colleagues, “He is a champion of the professional development of others, and is a pioneer of safe by design.”