VINCI Construction wins the contract for the preparatory work on the Avrieux shafts for the Lyon–Turin rail line
10 Luglio 2020 - 5:45PM
VINCI Construction wins the contract for the preparatory work on
the Avrieux shafts for the Lyon–Turin rail line
Rueil Malmaison, 10 July 2020
VINCI Construction wins the contract for
the preparatory work on the Avrieux shafts for the Lyon–Turin rail
line
- Construction of four 500-metre-deep ventilation shafts,
galleries and seven caverns
- A €220 million contract
The owner, TELT (Tunnel Euralpin Lyon Turin),
has awarded works package 5A of the Lyon–Turin rail line to a
consortium* led by VINCI Construction Grands Projets. The works
package involves preparatory work perpendicular to the future
safety site at Modane, near the midpoint of the 57.5-kilometre base
tunnel that will connect the international stations in Saint Jean
de Maurienne (France) and Susa (Italy).
The €220 million contract for works package 5A
involves construction of the four 500-metre-deep Avrieux shafts
using raise-boring machines (mechanical excavators operating from
the base of the future shafts). This technique optimises work
safety, costs and time. The work also involves digging galleries
and seven caverns, using conventional methods (explosives), at the
foot of the existing Villarodin Bourget–Modane decline, which is up
to 22 metres high and 23 metres wide.
The project will employ up to 250 people over
the coming 36 months.
The Lyon–Turin line is part of a programme
designed to upgrade passenger travel and expand trade in Europe. It
is setting in motion a transition that will make transport more
sustainable by shifting long-distance freight from roads to rail
lines. By 2030, the Lyon–Turin rail line will replace 1 million
heavy vehicles on Alpine roads and lower greenhouse gas emissions
by about 3 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year.
VINCI Construction is applying its expertise in
underground works in several countries, notably on public transport
projects aimed at fostering sustainable development in host cities
and regions. VINCI Construction subsidiaries are working on several
rail transport systems in the United Kingdom (HS2), Ottawa (new LRT
system), France (several Grand Paris Express projects), Doha (two
metro and LRT lines), New Zealand (Auckland's City Rail Link), Hong
Kong and Singapore (Thomson Line).
* The consortium encompasses VINCI Construction
subsidiaries VINCI Construction Grands Projets (lead), Dodin
Campenon Bernard and VINCI Construction France (65%), alongside
Webuild (33%) and Bergteamet (2%).
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