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HOCHTIEF secures STRABAG receives contract for modernisation of D1 motorway in Czechia major contract for
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consortium including STRABAG a.s., a subsidiary of European construction group STRABAG, has been awarded the contract for the modernisation of the D1 motorway in the Czech Republic. The contract, which has a total value of CZK 1.88 billion (€72.7 million),
comprises the complete renewal of the cement concrete surface of the D1 motorway between Velký Beranov and Měřín. The total section to be modernised measures 14.8km in length. Completion is scheduled within a project period of three years. Working on the project are the consortium leader STRABAG and its two partner companies Metrostav a.s. and EUROVIA CS a.s. “As one of the leading companies in the Czech transportation infrastructures sector, we have already proven our expertise in projects such as the construction of the D3 motorway linking Prague with the Austrian border,” says STRABAG SE CEO Thomas Birtel. Visit: www.strabag.cz
Vinci completes La Marseillaise tower A
new feature of the Marseille city skyline and its waterfront, La Marseillaise – funded by property developer Constructa and designed by architect Jean Nouvel – marks the second phase of the major project to regenerate the Quais d’Arenc. At 135m in height, La Marseillaise offers 35,000m² of office space on 31 floors. It also boasts a shared company restaurant, a 26-place crèche and five ground floor retail units. With completion of the La Marseillaise tower, VINCI Construction France – working through its local subsidiaries GTM Sud and Travaux du Midi – confirms its expertise in tower construction and major projects that deliver cutting-edge technical performance in dense urban surroundings. This technical feat has been achieved within what is a very restricted site environment. Constructed at the edge of the sea on exceptionally rocky land, exposed to sea winds and bounded by a rail line and an urban motorway, La Marseillaise is both a technical and innovative achievement. Visit: www.vinci.com
Skanska builds tunnel in Norway
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kanska Norway has signed a contract with the Norwegian Public Road Authority (NPRA) to build a tunnel on E69 in Finnmark county, Norway. The contract is worth about NOK 622 million. The project includes the 3.5km-long Skarvberg tunnel and an additional 3.8km of new road. The project aims to secure
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the highly exposed road section of the E69 towards Nordkapp against avalanches. In addition to the new tunnel, Skanska will build two major avalanche embankments to secure the road. Construction starts in April 2019. The new tunnel will open by the autumn of 2021. Skanska is one of the leading development and construction companies in the Nordics, with
part of the new suburban railway trunk route Munich
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ogether with its partner Implenia, HOCHTIEF has secured a contract from Deutsche Bahn (German Federal Railway) for the second trunk route of the suburban railway in Munich. The joint venture (JV), under the technical leadership of Implenia, will build the central station Marienhof. The contract volume is approximately €400 million, whereby the two companies each have a 50% participation in the JV. The second trunk route envisages an additional underground inner-city link, which runs roughly parallel to the first trunk route in the centre of Munich, which opened in 1972. The project, for which the overall construction work began in 2017, runs for a length of around ten kilometres and is designed to increase capacities on the very busy route. “We are pleased to implement this sophisticated and demanding tunnel construction project on behalf of Deutsche Bahn in cooperation with Implenia. Together with our reliable partner, we are combining many years of experience and infrastructure construction expertise in Munich,” commented Riku Tauriainen, Business Unit Manager of Civil Germany at HOCHTIEF Infrastructure. Visit: www.hoctief.com operations in building construction and civil engineering in Sweden, Norway and Finland, and developing residential and commercial property projects in select home markets. Visit: www.group.skanska.com
