Eisack River Tunnel contract awarded
5 November 2014ITALY - The Eisack River undercrossing project has been awarded. A joint venture comprising Strabag, Salini Impregilo, Consorzio Cooperative Costruzioni and Colli Lavori will excavate the twin tube, 4.3km tunnel.
The EUR 300M project will form part of the two main tubes of the future Brenner Base Tunnel. Other work involves two connecting tunnels to the existing Brenner Railway, adaptations and improvements to existing infrastructure, as well as environmental restoration after construction works.
The site is located at the southern end of the Brenner Base Tunnel near the town of Franzensfeste in Italy. While the surrounding mountains are granite, geology in the valley is thought to consist of stones in sand.
Thomas Birtel, CEO of Strabag said, "This is an extremely demanding project from a technical point of view, as it undercrosses the river Eisack, the Brenner Motorway, the state highway and the Brenner Railway with a very low rock overburden. We look forward to this challenge."
Work should begin before the end of the year and will last eight years in total.
Brenner Base Tunnel SE said it was unable to give much more detail on the project, due to ongoing value engineering discussions.
