International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA) honors Dr.-Ing. E.h. Martin Herrenknecht with the “ITA Lifetime Achievement Award”

ITA President Tarcisio Celestino presents Dr.-Ing. E.h. Martin Herrenknecht the “ITA Lifetime Achievement Award” for his outstanding achievements in tunnelling.

Dr.-Ing. E.h. Martin Herrenknecht accepted the “ITA Lifetime Achievement Award” in Singapore on November 11, 2016. With this award the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA) is honoring the life of the engineer and entrepreneur from Schwanau.

Schwanau, Germany / Singapore, Singapore, 21-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — “Singlemindedly tackling and realizing exciting and ambitious tunnelling projects together with professional and competent partners, that is my passion. To receive the ITA Lifetime Achievement Award for that is a special honor. I would like to share that honor with my excellent engineers and employees as well as our customers,” said Dr.-Ing. E.h. Martin Herrenknecht at the official award ceremony in Singapore before tunnelling experts from around the world. Together with his engineers and in partnership with international customers, for decades the pioneer entrepreneur Dr.-Ing. E.h. Martin Herrenknecht has been innovating tunnelling technology, which over the past 20 years in particular has dealt with unprecedented challenges underground and repeatedly pushed the boundaries of feasibility in mechanized tunnelling. Prime examples of this are epoch-making projects such as the 2x 57 kilometer long Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland opened this summer, the Eurasia Tunnel – the road tunnel under the Bosphorus nearing completion – as well as the metro network under Doha with 111 kilometers of ultra-modern new tunnels completed in record time.