Ryfast-prosjektet er nominert i kategorein for prosjekter på over 500 millioner euro. Foto: Øyvind Ellingsen/Statens vegvesen

Tre norske prosjekter nominert til årets ITA Awards

Tre norske prosjekter er med i tre ulike kategorier i finalen til de høythengende prisene ITA Awards.

Med bakgrunn i koronapandemien vil prisene i år for første gang deles ut på en digital konferanse, som blir sendt 3. og 4. desember.

Det er International Tunnelling and Underground Association (ITA) som deler ut prisene, etter en grundig gjennomgang av en bredt sammensatt jury.

De norske prosjektene som er nominert er Ryfast-prosjektet og Nedre Otta kraftverk. I tilleg er Spiralen i Drammen nominert i en nyopprettet klasse, Oddities of the underground.

Ryfast-prosjektet er nominert i klassen for prosjekter på over 500 millioner euro, mens Nedre Otta konkurrerer i klassen for prosjekter i størrelse opp til 50 millioner euro.

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Nedre Otta kraftverk

En rekke ulike prosjekter deltar i konkurransen, og alle de nominerte i de åtte ulike klassene finner du her:

Major Project of the Year (over €500M)
* John Holland CPB Ghella Joint Venture Tunnelling and Station Excavation Works for the Sydney Metro City & Southwest Project - Australia
* Ryfast - Construction of the world's longest sub-sea road tunnel - Norway
* Jinjiazhuang Spiral tunnel project of Yanqing to Chongli expressway - China

Project of the Year (between €50M and €500M)
* Chinatown Station of the Central Subway Program – USA
* Uma Oya Multipurpose Development Project - Sri Lanka
* Large scale underpass using multiple construction methods at Banxuegang hightech-city - Shenzhen, China
* Micangshan Tunnel on G85 Expressway - China

Project of the Year incl. Renovation (up to €50M)
* Lower Otta Hydropower Project – Norway
* FEDRO's Tunnel Renovation Method - renovation of a non-reinforced primary lining using night shifts while keeping all traffic lanes open during the day - Switzerland
* Züblin - Nord Stream 2 Trenchless Shore Crossing (Micro Tunnel) – Germany
* The Integration of Subway Station Construction and Ecological Environment Protection in Complex Environment - China

Technical Innovation of the year
* An Innovative Automated Geological Forward-prospecting Technique Mounted on Hard-rock TBM - China
* Innovative digital condition assessment of Brunel brick tunnels - United Kingdom
* An Innovative GB-InSAR System for Real-time Tunnel Face Safety Monitoring – Italy
* Laser-guided system for conventional tunnelling - Spain

Overcoming the challenge
* Chengdu-Guiyang High-speed Railway Yujingshan Mountain Tunnel Crossing Giant Karst Cave and Underground River - China
* 89.3°C Ultra-high Ground Temperature Treatment for Sangzhuling Tunnel in Nyingchi-Lhasa Section of Sichuan-Tibet Railway - China
* High performance EPB excavation in mixed face and variable ground with up to 7 bar groundwater pressure - Mexico

Oddities of the underground
* The Spiral Tunnel (Drammen) – Norway
* Tunnelling in the service of archaeology - Israël

Innovative and Contributing Underground Spaces
* Union Square/Market Street Station - Battered Drilled Shafts as Permanent Ground Support – USA
* Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Padur – India
* Shenzhen Chegongmiao Integrated Traffic Hub Project - China

Young Tunneller of the year
* Josh Barry – Australia
* Laurence Delplace – Belgium
* Dimitrios Litsas – Greece
* Sandeep Singh Nirmal – India
* Qingfang Liu - China