2023 TAC Awards

The Tunnelling Association of Canada would like to recognize the 2023 TAC Achievement Award recipients presented on September 25, 2023:

Lifetime Achievement Award – Dr. K. Y. Lo

Young Tunneller of the Year Award – Michael Dutton and Riley McMillan

Tunneller of the Year Award – Mike Zegarac

Canadian Innovation Initiative Award – RockMass Technologies and Hatch for Digital Innovation in Tunnel Mapping using Mobile LiDAR and Machine Learning

Canadian Project of the Year Award (Up to $100M CAD) – Trans Mountain, McNally, Kiewit, Hatch and Herrenknecht for Trans Mountain Expansion Project - Burnaby Mountain Tunnel Project

Canadian Project of the Year Award (Over $100M CAD) – City of Toronto, Southland Astaldi Joint Venture, and Hatch with Jacobs/Baird for Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant Outfall (ABTPO) Tunnel Project

Photo of the Year Award – Yusuf Soliman for Carving Through Bedrock (The Construction of a Cross Passage)

TAC Outstanding Service Award – Boro Lukajic

Dan Eisenstein Memorial Scholarship – Captain Chelsey Guo from Royal Military College of Canada

TAC Undergraduate Scholarship – Madeleine Gaul from Queen's University

Learn more about our 2023 TAC Award winners and this year's recognized projects in the videos and pictures below.

Dr. K. Y. Lo
Lifetime Achievement Award

Michael Dutton and Riley McMillan
Young Tunneller of the Year Award

Mike Zegarac
Tunneller of the Year Award

Digital Innovation in Tunnel Mapping using Mobile LiDAR and Machine Learning
Canadian Innovation Initiative Award

Trans Mountain Expansion Project - Burnaby Mountain Tunnel Project
Canadian Project of the Year (Up to $100M CAD)

Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant Outfall (ABTPO) Tunnel Project
Canadian Project of the Year (Over $100M CAD)

Carving Through Bedrock (The Construction of a Cross Passage)
Photo of the Year Award

Boro Lukajic
TAC Outstanding Service Award

Captain Chelsey Guo
Dan Eisenstein Memorial Scholarship

Madeleine Gaul
TAC Undergraduate Scholarship