Tanaka Award
The late Dr.Yutaka Tanaka, the first head of the Bridge Division of The Imperial Capital
Reconstruction Board established following the Great Kanto Earthquake, is widely known even today
as the man responsible for construction of many bridges. Some of those bridges are familiar to
the general public as the symbols of Tokyo such as Eitaibashi and Kiyosubashi bridges spanning
Sumida River in those days. Dr. Tanaka was recognized as an authority on bridge and structural
engineering and today is respected as the father of those disciplines in light of his outstanding
achievements.
After Dr.Tanaka'death, his family endowed the Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) a fund
for the purpose of promoting the civil engineering profession. Meanwhile, the doctor's students, friends,
colleagues and admirers initiated and donated gifts to establish a memorial fund in honor of his
outstanding achievements and contributions to the enhancement of bridge and steel structural engineering
profession. In 1965, "Dr. Yutaka Tanaka Commemorative Foundation" was established. After that,
numerous individuals and groups made donations to the foundation. Based on those contributions,
the JSCE, on behalf of the foundation, instituted "JSCE Tanaka Award" to recognize excellent in
bridge and steel structural engineering in 1966 and announced the first recipients of Tanaka Award
among other JSCE Awards recipients.
Over the last thirty years JSCE, together with the members, people in bridge, steel structural
engineering and other disciplines, has promoted the award to get recognized as one of the most
honorable awards in the country. Due to the efforts, the Tanaka Award has gained an excellent
reputation and recognized both nationally and internationally as one of the highest honors in the
civil engineering profession. Also, the promotion has contributed to the development of bridge
engineering technology.
The Tanaka Awards is granted to each of the three categories:
- Outstanding Achievement in Research: the award is made to recognize outstanding achievements and
contributions to the advancement of the field of bridge engineering. This award, established in 1993,
is relarively new, but has already established itself as one of the most prestigious award in the country.
Many of the recipients are the country's most eminent bridge engineers.
- Best Research Paper: the award is made to recognize the author, or authors of a paper: thesis or
research report, published in a JSCE journal/ magazine which contains the most valuable conribution to
the development of bridge engineering in planning, design, production/ construction, maintenance and
management, innovative ideas, history, etc.
- Excellence in Bridge Design and Construciton: the award is made to recognize a constructed, or
reconstructed bridge, or related structures which possess excellent quality in planning, design,
construction, maintenance and management and exhibit technical and aesthetic excellence. The award is
made not to individuals who were involved in construction of bridge, but rather to the work produced
based on those individuals' superb collaboration and performance under the supervision and management
of an organization, or organizations during the entire construction process.
| Project Name |
Location |
| Shin-Toyo Bridge |
Tokyo, Japan |
| Kokonoe "Yume" Otsuribashi |
Oita Pref., Japan |
| Minato Bridge Structural Renaisance on Seismic Retrofit |
Osaka Pref., Japan |
| First Yamakiri Viaduct |
Shizuoka Pref., Japan |
| Tama Grand Bridge |
Tokyo, Japan |
| Project Name |
Location |
| Bai Chay Bridge |
Cua Luc Strait in the Ha Long Bay, Vietnam |
| New Meishin Expressway Ohmi-Ohdori Bridge |
Shiga Pref., Japan |
| Tenmagawa Bridge |
Aomori Pref., Japan |
| Shin Saikai Bridge |
Nagasaki Pref., Japan |
| Seishun Bridge |
Gunma Pref., Japan |
| Uchimaki Viaduct |
Shizuoka Pref., Japan |
| Project Name |
Location |
| Megami-Ohashi Bridge |
Nagasaki Pref., Japan |
| Transplantation of Lateral Girder of Shimoueno Viaduct |
Kyoto Pref., Japan |
| Nanairo Viaduct |
Nara Pref., Japan |
| New Kita-Kyushu Airport Connecting Bridge |
Fukuoka Pref., Japan |
| Kiseimiyagawa Bridge |
Mie Pref., Japan |
| Katsurashima Viaduct |
Shizuoka Pref., Japan |
| Project Name |
Location |
| Kobe New Transit CFT Girder Bridge |
Hyogo Pref., Japan |
| Hamayu-Ohashi Bridge |
Shizuoka Pref., Japan |
| Yahagigawa Bridge |
Aichi Pref., Japan |
| Kenshinko-Ohashi Bridge |
Niigata Pref., Japan |
| Himiyume-Ohashi Bridge |
Nagasaki Pref., Japan |
| Seiun Bridge |
Tokushima Pref., Japan |
| Fujikawa Bridge |
Shizuoka Pref., Japan |
| Project Name |
Location |
| Chitose Bridge |
Osaka Pref., Japan |
| Kitakami-Ohashi Bridge |
Iwate Pref., Japan |
| Nozomi Bridge |
Gifu Pref., Japan |
| Ukai-Ohashi Bridge |
Gifu Pref., Japan |
| Shibakawa Viaduct |
Shizuoka Pref., Japan |
| Warashinagawa Bridge |
Shizuoka Pref., Japan |
| Kinokawa Viaduct |
Wakayama Pref., Japan |
| Project Name |
Location |
| Imabeppu River Bridge |
Kagoshima Pref., Japan |
| Mori no Waku Waku Hashi |
Fukushima Pref., Japan |
| Hozu Bridge |
Kyoto Pref., Japan |
| Japan-Egypt Friendship Bridge |
Ismailia, Egypt |
| Yeongjong Grand Bridge |
Yeongjong Island, Korea |
| Jingashita Viaduct |
Kanagawa Pref., Japan |
| Ganmon Bridge |
Ishikawa Pref., Japan |
| Kiso River Bridge, Ibi River Bridge |
Mie Pref., Japan |
| Irtysh River Bridge |
Semipalatinsk, Republic of Kazakhstan |
| Project Name |
Location |
| Ujina Bridge |
Hiroshima Pref., Japan |
| Shikari Bridge |
Hokkaido Pref., Japan |
| Miyakodagawa Bridge |
Shizuoka Pref., Japan |
| Tensho Bridge |
Miyazaki Pref., Japan |
| Project Name |
Location |
| Akinada Bridge |
Hiroshima Pref., Japan |
| Ikeda-Hesokko Bridge |
Tokushima Pref., Japan |
| Ujina-Ohashi Bridge |
Hiroshima Pref., Japan |
| Kushimoto Bridge |
Wakayama Pref., Japan |
| Shinko Circle-Walk (Pedestrian Bridge) |
Kanagawa Pref., Japan |
| Second Mandaue-Mactan Bridge |
Mactan/Cebu Islands, Philippines |
| Naruse River Bridge |
Miyagi Pref., Japan |
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