THE HULME PRIZE PAPER COMPETIT

Event details

THE HULME PRIZE PAPER COMPETITION 2026

 Thursday, 17 September 2026, 6:30 pm

LTA Auditorium, Blk 5, 1 Hampshire Road, Singapore 219428

BACKGROUND OF TUCSS HULME PRIZE

The Hulme Prize was set up by TUCSS in 1999 in honour of the late Mr. Terry Hulme, for his outstanding contribution to TUCSS and Tunnelling in Singapore. It is an annual competition for the best technical papers from young engineers or students on a subject associated with tunnelling and underground construction. One first, second and third prizes each will be awarded every year.

The competition is open to anyone below the age of 35 years on 1st September 2026 who is living or working in Singapore. The winner(s) of the first prize paper will be presented with a cash prize of $2,000, second prize paper with $1,000 and third prize paper with $500 due to a donation from a founding member of the Society for 5 years from 2022-2026.

Out of the 16 papers submitted for the TUCSS Hulme Prize 2026 Competition, the following three papers have been shortlisted as finalists and for presentation:

1.     Challenges in Design and Construction of Cantonment Station

By Mr Richard Ng Eng Yao, AECOM Singapore

2.     Undercrossing of Changi Airport Terminal 2: Managing Critical Jet Fuel Infrastructure

By Mr Cedric Ko, Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co Pte Ltd

3.     From Ground Investigation Data to Engineering Insight: Development and Application of GeoInsights for Geotechnical Interpretation

        By Ms Tabitha Tay, Mott MacDonald

Three eminent independent judges will decide on the winners based on the submitted papers as well as their presentations.

TIME AND PLACE

TUCSS Hulme Prize Paper Competition 2026 will take place in LTA Auditorium at 1 Hampshire Road Singapore 219428 on Thursday, 17^th September 2026 at 18:30hours. The presentations will be approximately 45mins long with 15mins of questions/discussion afterwards.

Programme

6.00pm   Registration and light refreshments

6.30pm   Presentations

7.15pm   Question and Answer

7.30pm   End

INVITATION

 The TUCSS Hulme Prize 2026 Competition is open to valid TUCSS Members only. Seats are on first-come-first-served basis and limited to 200 persons.

Registration

Members are to sign up for the seminar via their TUCSS account on the TUCSS Website. The deadline for registration is on Thursday, 9 September 2026 or when total registered participants reaches 200 whichever comes earlier.

*TUCSS Corporate Members limited to 3 registrations only. For TUCSS Corporate members, please email us the following information (name, TUCSS Corporate membership number, company name, email address, PE/RE/RTO number if applicable)

PDU/STU

Points have been applied and pending approval.

Speaker

Richard Ng Eng Yao

Cedric Ko

Tabitha Tay