Tanaka Award
The late Dr.Yutaka Tanaka, the first head of the Bridge Division of The Imperial Capital Reconstruction Board which was established soon after the Great Kanto Earthquake, is widely known as a bridge and strof the numerous bridge constructions that he worked for are found even today such as the symbols of Tokyo, Eitaibashi and Kiyosubashi bridges spanning Sumida River. Dr. Tanaka a noted bridge and structural engineer is widely respected for his outstanding achievements and contribtuion to the development of bridge and structural engineering.
Tanaka Award was established to honor Dr. Tanaka for his pioneering contribtuion to bridge and structural engineering in 1966. The fund for the award was endowed by his family and also provided through Dr. Yutaka Tanaka Commemorative Foundation which was established by his friends, colleagues, students and admireres in 1965. Since then, the award has recognized remarkable success, exellence, and contribution, at the same time, gained recogniction internationlly.
Nowadays the award is counted as one of prestigious and authoritative awards in the civil engineering field.
The award is made in the three categories:
- Outstanding Achievement: the award is made to recognize outstanding achievements and contributions to the advancement of the field of bridge engineering. This award, founded in 1993, has been recognized as one of the most prestigious award in the country. Many of the recipients are the country's most eminent bridge experts.
- Exellence in Research Paper: the award is made to recognize the author, or authors of research papers on planning, design, construction, maintenance and management, history and others, published in the JSCE journals/ magazine, which have made valuable and commendable contributions to bridge engineering progress.
- Excellence in Bridge Design and Construciton: the award recognizes constructed, or reconstructed bridges, or related structures which are produced based on excellent planning, design, construction, maintenance and management and excell technically and aesthetically. The award is made not to honor individual engineers' success, but rather the works and achievemtns made by the cooprative effort of engineers who worked together in a project.
2011 Winners
◆Dubai Metro Viaduct (Dubai,UAE)
Road and Transport Authority, Dubai
Joint Venture of Obayashi Corp. Kajima Corp. and Yapi Merkezi
◆Ikina Bridge (Aich Pref.)
Ehime Pref./ Chodai CO.,LTD./ Joint Venture of Sumitomo Mitsui construction CO., LTD. and Showa Concrete Industry Co., Ltd., Gotou construction CO.,LTD. ,Ogawa contractor INC.
◆Third Agatsumagawa Bridge (Gunma Pref.)
East Japan Railway Co., Joshinetsu Construction Office/ JR East Consultants Co./ Joint Venture of Taisei Corp., Totetsu Kogyo Co.,LTD. and Sato Kogyo Co.,LTD./ Kawada Industries, INC.
◆Hiroshima Airport Bridge (Hiroshima Pref.)
Hiroshima Prefecture/ Japan Bridge & Structure Institute, Inc./ Joint Venture of Kajima Corporation, Chizaki Corporation and Sanyou Construction Corporation./ Joint Venture of Shimizu Corporation, Kounoike Corporation and Kosei Construction Corporation./ Joint Venture of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Bridge and Steel Structures Engineering Co., Ltd., IHI Corporation and Hitachi Zosen Corporation./ Yokogawa Bridge Corporation/ Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Bridge and Steel Structures Engineering Co., Ltd.
◆Tokyo Gate Bridge (Tokyo)
Kanto Regional Development Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism/ Bureau of Port and Harbor, Tokyo Metropolitan Government/ Central Consultant Inc./ Chuo/ Fukken Consultants Co., Ltd./ Oriental Consultants Co., Ltd./ Pacific Consultants Co., Ltd./ Nippon Koei Co., Ltd./ Yachiyo Engineering Co., Ltd./ Mitsui Consultants Co., Ltd./ Kawada Industries, Inc./ Miyaji Engineering Co., Ltd./ Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Bridge ＆ Steel Structures/ Engineering Co., Ltd./ Hitachi Zosen Corporation/ Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd./ Tokyo Steel Rib & Bridge Construction Co., Ltd./ Hakodate Dock Co., Ltd./ Toa Corporation/ Toyo Construction Co., Ltd./ Kumagai Gumi Co., Ltd./ Penta-Ocean Construction Co., Ltd./ Wakachiku Construction Co., Ltd./ Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co., Ltd./ Kajima Corporation/ Mirai Construction Co., Ltd./ Konoike Construction Co., Ltd./ Taisei Corporation/ Nissan Rinkai Construction Co., Ltd./ Sato Kogyo Co., Ltd./ Obayashi Corporation/ Dai Nippon Construction/ Tekken Corporation/ Hazama Corporation/ Maeda Corporation/ Toda Corporation/ Aisawa Construction Co., Ltd./ Shimizu Corporation/ Kabuki Construction/ Takenaka Civil Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd./ Tokyo Kensetsu Co., Ltd./ Sankyou-Tanaka Co,. Ltd./ Sakata-Construction Co., Ltd.
2010 Winners
Detail in English / in Japanese
| Project Name | Location |
|---|---|
| Colorado River Bridge | USA |
| Amarube Bridge | Hyogo Pref., Japan |
| Connection Taxiway Bridge in Tokyo International Airport D-Runway | Tokyo, Japan |
| Fudo Ohashi Bridge | Gunma Pref., Japan |
2009 Winners
Detail in English / in Japanese
| Project Name | Location |
|---|---|
| Incheon Bridge | Incheon, Korea |
| Stonecutters Bridge | Hong Kong |
| Kyushu Shinkansen Matsubara Intersection Bridge | Fukuoka Pref., Japan |
| Sarutagawa Bridge and Tomoegawa Bridge | Shizuoka Pref., Japan |
2008 Winners
Detail in English / in Japanese
| Project Name | Location |
|---|---|
| Toyoshima Bridge | Hiroshima Pref., Japan |
| Sannai Maruyama Bridge | Aomori Pref., Japan |
| Tabegawa Bridge | Fukuoka Pref., Japan |
| New Metropolitan Bridge | Saitama Pref., Japan |
2007 Winners
| 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 |
2006 Winners
| 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 |
2005 Winners
| 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 |
2004 Winners
| 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 |
2003 Winners
| 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 |
2002 Winners
| 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 |
2001 Winners
| Project Name | Location |
|---|---|
| Ujina Bridge | Hiroshima Pref., Japan |
| Shikari Bridge | Hokkaido Pref., Japan |
| Miyakodagawa Bridge | Shizuoka Pref., Japan |
| Tensho Bridge | Miyazaki Pref., Japan |
2000 Winners
| 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 |
