19 November 2015 - Hagerbach, Switzerland A unique event to meet, learn and celebrate #itaawards2015 Secretariat: ITA-AITES c/o EPFL Bât. GC – Station 18 - CH-1015 Lausanne - Switzerland PROGRAM Fax: +41 21 693 41 53 - Tel.: +41 21 693 23 10 e-mail: [email protected] - www.ita-aites.org #itaawards2015 PRESIDENT FOREWORD - Soren D. Eskesen Pioneer The international tunnelling market is in a growth all around the globe and the tunnels and the use of the underground space that we, as an The Eurasia Tunnel – an unparalleled milestone in tunneling: 13.66 m TBM industry, deliver contribute to our societies’ sustainable development. diameter, 11 bar water pressure. The tunnel and underground spaces are used to supply drinking Mastered on August 22, 2015 with an water, produce clean energy via hydropower, and reduce traffi c unshakeable will and team spirit. congestion in cities by transferring surface traffi c to the underground, thereby enabling the surface areas to be used for recreational areas in the cities centre. The use of the underground space assists in reducing the impact of the climate change and CO2 emission. It is ITA’s vision and strategy to promote the use of tunnelling and underground space through knowledge sharing and application of technology. In supporting its vision, ITA decided to launch a dedicated Tunnelling Awards initiative to identify the outstanding developments in the fi eld of tunneling and underground space use, and provide international recognition that these remarkable contributions deserve. I am very pleased to see the interest that this initiative has created with more than 100 entries made. The international panel of judges selected among all entries the fi nalists which now forms parts of the conference program and we will all be able to learn about the achievements made. Contractors: Yapı Merkezi Insaat ve Sanayi A.S. (Leader) SK Engineering & I wish you a very interesting day and congratulate the fi nalists and the Construction Co., Ltd. winners. Pioneering Underground Technologies SOREN ESKESEN ITA President 2013-2016 Chairman of the jury www.herrenknecht.com INTRODUCTION - Eric Leca PROGRAM On behalf of the Organizing Committee, I welcome you to the ITA > 8.00 a.m. Welcome coffee Tunnelling Awards 2015. > 08.30 a.m. Opening Eric Leca, Chairman of the Tunnelling Awards Committee This is the fi nal stage of a program we initiated earlier in the year to Soren D. Eskesen, ITA President establish the fi rst Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards solely organized by the ITA. > 08.50 a.m. Safety Initiative of the Year We were very pleased by the response of our industry and > 09.35 a.m. Environmental Initiative of the Year the ITA family as a whole to the call for entries, both in terms > 10.20 a.m. Coffee Break of number (103 in total) and standard of entries received. > 10.50 a.m. Technical Innovation of the Year The process ends with our Awards day in Hagerbach. > 11.50 a.m. Innovative Use of Underground Space This event will be a place to learn and share about the most remarkable achievements in our industry, and a full day conference has been > 12.20 p.m. Lunch organized where fi nalists will present their projects and innovations. > 13.45 p.m. Innovative Use of Underground Space The winners will be announced at the evening banquet, which will also > 14.00 p.m. Outstanding Project of the Year - Up to €50 Million be an opportunity to comment on the overall activity of the past year and projections for the year to come. > 14.45 p.m. Tunnelling Project of Year - Between €50 Million and €500 Million I would like to thank all participants, as well as all involved in the > 15.30 p.m. Coffee Break organizing process and particularly the judges who had the challenging task selecting the fi nalists. Special thanks go to our host, the Swiss > 16.00 p.m. Major Project of the Year - More than €500 Million Tunnelling Society and our sponsors whose support was essential in making this event happen. Finally, I thank you for joining us and wish > 16.45 p.m. Soren D. Eskesen: closing address you an enjoyable day of sharing and celebrating. > 17.00 - 19:00 p.m. Aperitif / Activities in the gallery > 19.00 - 23:00 p.m. Dinner / ITA Tunnelling Awards ceremony ERIC LECA > 22.00 - 22:30 p.m. Shuttle service to train station Sargans Chairman of the Tunnelling Awards Committee last train to Zurich departs at 22.37 h > 23.00 - 24:00 p.m. Shuttle service to the hotels MAJOR PROJECT OF THE YEAR >500 MIL € > EURASIA TUNNEL > NEW YORK CITY’S SECOND AVENUE SUBWAY The Eurasia Tunnel Project (Istanbul Excavation and lining of TBM-bored Strait Road Tube Crossing Project) will tunnels, mined station caverns, cut-and- connect the Asian and European sides cover stations. Architectural fi t-out. via a highway tunnel going underneath Trackwork. Mechanical and electrical the Bosphorus. 5.4 kilometers of the systems The SAS project is the largest project will comprise a twostory tunnel to US transit project which will be operatio- be constructed underneath the seabed nal by 2016. It is also one of the world’s using special technology To successfully most complex and challenging under- deal with the complex challenges at the ground projects including large excava- Istanbul Strait Road Tube Crossing tion spans, low rock cover, variable Project, the 13.7m Mixshield from Herrenknecht was designed exclusively for the construction geotechnical conditions, large and joint venture and included a number of specially developed features such as 19» disc complex intersections, dense urban environment with one of the world’s highest concentra- cutters with internal pressure compensation device or a hyperbaric transfer shuttle tion of utilities, traffi c, high rise buildings, underground obstructions, political influence and Specifi cally innovated, developed and designed seismic joints that can resist under 12 bar lawyers. Nonetheless, and after 8 years continuous successful construction activities, the pressure were installed to accommodate differential displacements at proper locations heavy civil work was completed in the scheduled time and on budget, without any major at the transition zones between rock and soft soils. claims which is unprecedented for such a mega project in a metropolitan area. The overall design of the stations, turn-out caverns and tunnels as well as entrances and ancillaries had to not only conform to the Owner’s requirements but also satisfy recent National > FUTIAN STATION OF GUANGZHOUSHENZHEN-HONG KONG Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) guidelines. The stations on the Second Avenue Subway would, therefore, be substantially different than Futian Station of Guangzhou-Shenzhen- most other MTA stations in New York City. They would have more voluminous interiors, HK High-Speed Railway and related center platforms, have more entrances, be fully ADA accessible and focus on longer life works are 11.4km long in total from the cycle use with minimum maintenance requirements. Shenzhen North Railway Station in the north to the centre line of Shenzhen River as a boundary between Shenzhen and Hong Kong, and composed of Yitian Road Tunnel, Futian Station and Shenzhen-Hong Kong Tunnel Main structure of Futian Station is a three- layer underground concrete structure with long span, ultra thickness and large ratio of length to height. By confi guring high-performance anti-cracking concrete and anti-cracking structure design and combining with crack prevention construction technology for structure, the overall project of the Station is not provided with deformation joints to ensure the smooth track, and improve the waterproof quality of underground works. Futian Station is of a composite structure of concrete fi lled steel tubular columns and steel reinforced concrete beams, and details of steel tubular columns are specifi cally designed to improve the structural behaviour and save construction materials. TUNNELLING PROJECT OF THE YEAR 50-500 MIL € > 1ST PHASE OF LOW AND INTERMEDIATE LEVEL RADIOACTIVE > LAKE MEAD INTAKE #3 WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY CONSTRUCTION IN KOREA The Project protects the existing water system capacity of the Southern Nevada The chosen site can hold 800,000 drums Water Authority against potential inope- 3 (160,000m ) of LILW. In this project, rability of 2 existing intake tunnels and st which is the 1 Phase of LILW Disposal provides a better quality water from a Facility Construction, a disposal facility deeper elevation in the lake. The Lake was constructed to store 100,000 drums Mead Intake No. 3 Shafts and Tunnel 3 (20,000m ) of LILW. A disposal facility Project included a subaqueous excava- consists of six silos storing LILW and a tion at the bottom of Lake Mead, under 3.9km access tunnel. For the geometri- 300 feet of water, using shaped charges cal shape of silos, the shape of a dome blasting methods and the installation of and a cylinder was chosen to ensure both the mechanical stability and the maximum a pre-cast intake structure, 15,500 lineal feet of 23.5-foot diameter tunnel excavated by storage space with less excavation. Such deep underground space for a disposal facility of a state-of-the-art hybrid tunnel boring machine (TBM) beneath the lake, a 600-foot deep LILW was constructed solely in Finland and Sweden where geotechnical condition is relatively 35-foot diameter access shaft, and an initial rock cavern excavated using drill and blast good compared to Korea’s. It is believed that the technology acquired from the construction methods, all in very permeable sandstone, mudstone, and basalt below the water table with of a disposal facility for radioactive waste will be a good example of the construction of a water pressures up to 15 bars.