Pöyry awarded EUR 4.0 million assignment in a tunnel project in Austria
PÖYRY PLC Press release 31 March 2011 at 9.15 a.m.
Pöyry's Urban and Mobility business group has been awarded an assignment by ÖBB Infrastruktur AG in Vienna, Austria for the project Koralm Railway Tunnel (KAT2). The value of Pöyry's assignment is EUR 4.0 million. The project will be carried out in cooperation with 3 G Gruppe Geotechnik Graz ZT GmbH. The project is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2016.
As the leader of the consortium, Pöyry's services cover the geological and hydrogeological documentation as well as the geophysical investigation ahead of the tunnel face. TSWD - Tunnel Seismic While Drilling, a service based product developed by Pöyry Infra GmbH, Salzburg will be used during the TBM (Tunnel Boring Machine) advance.
The Koralm tunnel with a length of 32.9 km forms the key project of the new railway route of the Koralmbahn between Graz and Klagenfurt in the South of Austria. It is the biggest infrastructure project in Austria and one of the biggest tunneling projects in Europe for the time being.
Pöyry has a very long experience in carrying out tunnel projects worldwide: railway and metro tunnels, road tunnels, water and wastewater tunnels, vertical and inclined shafts, caverns and shelters. This project will strengthen the position of Pöyry in the Austrian market.
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Additional information by:
Andy Goodwin, President, Urban & Mobility Business Group, Switzerland, Tel. +41 44 355 5555
Alexander Radinger, President, Business Unit Austria, Urban & Mobility business group, Tel. +43 676 83878300
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