October 1, 2025

ITA Tunnelling Awards 2025

This year, more than 51 outstanding entries from 27 countries were submitted, showcasing an impressive range of innovation and technical excellence. The esteemed panel of judges had the challenging task of selecting the top contenders across 7 award categories.

The winners will be officially announced on October 1, 2025, and honoured during the ITA Awards Conference in Belgrade, Serbia.

Patricia Lamas, Project Manager at Amberg Engineering Brussels, is listed in the category “Young Tunneller of the Year”.

Finalists

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600+

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For around 60 years, the renowned Swiss Amberg Group has been a leader in engineering and surveying services for railway, metro, underground and specialised civil engineering.

The family-owned company is an innovative knowledge, engineering and technology provider in the field of logistics and infrastructure for smart cities, hubs and networks. We provide outstanding solutions for our customers through innovatively combining above-ground and underground space utilisation.

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Amberg Engineering
Engineering services for the construction of underground infrastructure

Planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of railway, road, utility and metro tunnels, as well as caverns

Amberg Technologies
Systems and solutions for railway and tunnel surveying

Acquisition, evaluation and refinement of measurement data in infrastructure construction

Amberg Infra 7D
Digital services in the infrastructure environment

Geo-monitoring, mobile mapping, digital construction, geomatics and inspection services

Amberg Loglay
Smart city and construction logistics solutions

Sophisticated logistics solutions for efficient and future-orientated construction projects

Amberg Infocon
High-quality design and BIM services

Design, BIM, consulting, PMC and IT solutions for architecture, engineering and construction

VersuchsStollen Hagerbach
The underground future lab

Extensive underground research infrastructure for testing and development, testing laboratory for building materials, training centre and event facilities

QAECY
Intelligent information

Analysing documents and data with artificial intelligence to create a unified view of reality

Your underground experts

Rail tunnels, including high-speed rail
Metro lines
Tunnel and shaft infrastructure
Caverns with large cross-sections
Energy storage and utilities

Engineering at its best

Numerous services for your entire project cycle, from feasibility, planning and construction to renewal of your infrastructure
Trained specialists and experts in planning and design, geotechnics, and project management

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Infrastructure experts

Rail, metro and tunnels
Underground spaces
Mining and shafts

Systems and solutions

Slab track, tamping, mapping, surveying and inspections
Tunnel machine guidance
Tunnel profile measurements and stakeout
Undulation
Layer thickness control
Surface inspection
Geological predicting during tunnel excavation
Surveying, data analysis and maintenance

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Digital infrastructure experts

Data acquisition and processing
Monitoring
Measurement of geotechnical tasks
Maintenance and operation
Process optimisation and digital continuity

Solutions and services

Geo-monitoring
Mobile mapping
Geomatics
Inspection services
Digital construction

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Smart cities and construction logistics experts

Manage stakeholders across the value chain
Improve construction mobility in dense cities
Unlock up to 50% of the true potential of assets
Integrate circular economy principles into construction
Use smart data throughout the supply chain

Solutions for construction sites

End-to-end digital logistics processes
Rapid prototyping and smart sensors (IoT)
Logistics concept and manual (3D/4D)
Integration of logistics data
Logistics insights management (LIM)
Construction logistics management (CLM)
Management of external hubs and consolidation

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Design and construction experts

Design and BIM integration
Coordination between different disciplines
Information workflow setup
Facility management and BIM integration
Visualisation

Services

BIM implementation and creation of models
Clash detection, coordination and clash resolution
Construction documentation and shop drawings
4D simulation and 5D estimation
Underground utilities
Laser scan to as-built models
IT solutions – BIM integration with FM application

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VersuchsStollen Hagerbach - The underground future lab

Recently named a research infrastructure of national importance, we have been providing the space and expertise to turn visions into innovations for over 50 years.

Your analysis and testing requirements

Real scale test and prototype environment
Analysis of construction material
Training facility
Unique location for your event

Our facilities and services

Various test sites, test procedures and management
Concrete and rock laboratory
Training environment and syllabus
Seminar rooms, event cavern and restaurant

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AI agent as a service for the construction industry

AI agent dedicated to the AEC industry
Easy access to complex project information
Helps in taking confident, informed decisions
Opens data silos, unlocks all content and uncovers context
Effortless interaction with your most valuable asset – your collective knowledge

Solution and services

AI agent as a service
Strategic consulting and training
Development of tailored solutions

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