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| Construction of Gottard Rail Tunnel, Amsteg, |
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A Turkish company is part of the construction team that will
complete a new tunnel to facilitate a high-speed rail link between Italy and Switzerland Alps mountain range. When completed in
2016, the it will not only be the world’s longest tunnel, but
at 1.5 miles below ground, also the deepest.
Work started on the tunnel some 20 years ago and the initial work
was completed in 2011. In July 2013, Rönesans Holding acquired the Swiss arm of
Austria ’s Alpine Group, and
with it joined the team of specialist firms responsible for completing the remaining
works for the new Alps tunnel.
Rönesans is working together with Alpiq In Tec, Alcatel-Lucent
Schweiz/Thales Rss, Balfour Beatty Rail to install the rail track, power
supply, and telecommunications equipment. The new rail tunnel is due to open at
the end of 2016 – a year ahead of schedule – at a cost of some 9.5 billion
Euros. The investment will help shave an hour off the existing journey between Zurich and Milan
The construction project – the largest currently in Europe – was
initiated to protect and preserve the nature of the Alps
and to improve travel safety. The Swiss public had long called for the removal
of heavy-load freight trucks from the Gotthard Road Tunnel due to the high
levels of pollution and the increased risk of major fires when collisions
occurred, such as in 2001 when 11 people were killed and many more injured.
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| Sochi International Airport, built by Rönesans Construction and Strabag AG |
Formed in 1993, Rönesans Holding has extensive experience in construction
projects across Turkey , Russia , central Asia and the Middle
East . The award-winning construction firm has built shopping
malls, airports including Sochi International (where thousands recently passed
through for the Winter Olympics), and power plants such as Sena Hydroelectric
Power Plant in northeast Turkey.
Avni Akvardar, the group’s chairman, said recently the firm intends
to compete far more against the world’s leading tunnel construction specialists.
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