18 December 2024
In the UK, Italy and Hong Kong, the technical excellence and innovation of our teams have been recognised and rewarded with major awards. Here's a round-up of the latest ones.

Two prizes at the Railway Technology Excellence Awards

At the Railway Technology Excellence Awards SYSTRA won the Innovation award for its groundbreaking low-carbon ballastless track design, Slab Track, developed in partnership with Stradal, France’s leading precast concrete company. Slab Track offers unparalleled environmental benefits and operational efficiency, revolutionising traditional railway infrastructure.

At the same event, SYSTRA also secured the M&A award for its strategic acquisition of Rail Systems Australia, which has significantly enhanced its service range and reinforced its market presence in the rapidly growing Australasian transport sector.

SYSTRA is the only company to have obtained two prizes at  this 2024 edition.

In Italy, tunnel expertise shines through its innovations

Last November in Genova, the renovation project of the Manfreida Tunnel, a road tunnel, part of the Genoa-Gravellona Toce motorway, presented by Tecne – Gruppo Autostrade per l’Italia, for which SYSTRA Italy provided technical support, was awarded as best project of the year in the category ‘Renovation Project of the Year’ at the 10th edition of the ITA Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards.

The winning team at the ITA Awards

In October, SYSTRA Italy also won the prestigious Founder’s Award for their Digital Implementation in Tunnel Assessment and Rehabilitation project, presented at the Year in Infrastructure Going Digital Awards 2024. SYSTRA Italy was selected by the event’s host Bentley Systems for its exceptional innovation and technical excellence.

Two awards in the UK for the HS2 project

In early November, SYSTRA’s engineering capabilities were acknowledged with two awards for the HS2 (High Speed 2) project in the UK at the Institution of Structural Engineers Annual Dinner and Structural Awards Ceremony in Birmingham.

In the ‘Profession’ category, SYSTRA was awarded for the integrated structural design delivery of the A452 Kenilworth Road Overbridge (Balsall Common, Solihull), which showcased how the design and construction teams worked together to deliver the longest and highest box structure on the entire HS2 project. The team, working across eight countries and four continents, successfully delivered a unique and innovative design for the highly complex overbridge.

Awards ceremony at the Institution of Structural Engineers

In the ‘Process’ category we were awarded for the first huge Delta Junction viaduct section over the M42/M6 link road in North Warwickshire. The Delta Junction is a particularly complex area of the HS2 network comprising multiple diverging and converging high-speed rail routes set out against a dense tissue of existing suburban infrastructure. This winning entry showcased an impressive technical achievement, innovation and the application of new and improved technologies and processes in design and construction.

In Hong Kong our traffic flow expertise is recognised

SYSTRA Hong Kong was proud to be recognised as a Finalist for the project Walking in the Garden: From Reconnecting to Rediscovering (Area and Street Rejuvenations in the Lee Gardens Area) presented by The Hong Kong Institute of Architects HKIA at their Annual Dinner cum Annual Awards Presentation 2024.

SYSTRA Hong Kong provided strategic sustainable traffic and transport solutions for the Lee Garden Area Rejuvenations Project. The key Scope of the project included various Traffic and Pedestrian Design and Assessments to support of the planning and design for the traffic circulation and pedestrian-related facilities.

Previously, our colleagues have also won two awards, the Sustainable Development Award and the Merit Award, for the Leung Fung Yee Building and the Kunkle Student Centre awarded by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), as part of a team led by Leigh & Orange Limited Architects.

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