PORR consortium wins largest tunnelling project in Austrian history. Tender volume: around EUR 1bn
April 12, 2018 at 03:17 am EDT
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PORR consortium wins largest tunnelling project in Austrian history. Tender volume: around EUR 1bn
Vienna, 12 April 2018 - The best bidder principle has paid dividends for PORR on the Brenner Base Tunnel: together with Hinteregger, a subsidiary acquired last year, and joint venture partners from Italy, PORR has secured the largest tunnelling project in the history of Austria - lot H51 Pfons-Brenner with a length of around 18 km. The works will begin in early summer 2018, headed by PORR/Hinteregger. Completion is planned for 2024. The order volume is around EUR 1bn.
'To be charged with building the largest tunnelling project in Austria is a sign of how highly valued our expertise is. The scope of the project, the changeable geological conditions and the limited space constraints of the construction site all represent considerable challenges. On highly demanding, large-scale projects such as the 'Green Line' metro in Doha, we have proven that we are capable of mastering exceptionally complex tasks within the promised time and quality - and on budget. This certainly worked in our favour in the award process for the Brenner Base Tunnel,' said PORR CEO Karl-Heinz Strauss.
The construction phase for lot H51 involves building two main tunnel tubes between Pfons and Brenner, around nine kilometres of exploratory shafts, and the emergency stop and transfer point at St. Jodok. The two main, single-track tunnel tubes will primarily be driven with tunnel boring machines with an excavation diameter of 10.37 m - this means that a stretch of up to 30 metres can be driven per day and per tunnel boring machine. The excavation of the exploratory shafts will be realised with the drill & blast method and secured with shotcrete. The entire lot will be supplied via a single access shaft.
PORR's tunnelling experience includes driving more than 600 km of tunnels and the Group has already built multiple exploratory and access tunnels for the Brenner Base Tunnel.
Facts and figures at a glance:
Project name
Lot BBT H51 Pfons-Brenner
Client
Brenner Basistunnel Gesellschaft (BBT SE)
Consortium
PORR Bau GmbH, G. Hinteregger & Söhne Baugesellschaft m.b.H., Società Italiana per Condotte d'Acqua S.p.A., Itinera S.p.A
Completion
74 months
Project type
Design and build
Tender value
approx. EUR 966m
Contact:
Sandra C. Bauer
Head of Corporate Communications . Corporate Spokesperson
PORR AG
T +43 50 626-3338
M +43 664 626-3338
sandra.bauerporr.at
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Porr AG, formerly known as Allgemeine Baugesellschaft A Porr AG, is an Austrian holding and construction company. The Company provides services diversified into building construction, civil engineering, infrastructure construction, project development and environmental engineering. The Company has a number of offices located in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. Its services range from residential construction to infrastructure projects. The building construction services cover offices, hotels, universities and football stadiums, among others. The civil engineering services cover tunnels, bridges, railways and power plants, among others. The infrastructure construction services cover traffic infrastructure. The project development services are carried out by the Company's subsidiaries Strauss & Partner Development GmbH, PORREAL Immobilien Management GmbH and UBM Realitaetenentwicklung AG. The environmental engineering services include design, financing and operation of plants.
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