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Home > Ferrovial awarded Grand Paris Express Line 18 contract

Ferrovial awarded Grand Paris Express Line 18 contract

Tris Thomas

Written by Tris Thomas on 12/04/2022 in News

Tagged: Ferrovial,Grand Paris Express

Ferrovial, through its Construction division, in consortium with French companies Spie batignolles génie  civil and Spie batignolles Valérian, has been awarded a contract to build a section of Paris Metro line 18, in France. The contract is worth €438M.

Under the contract, Ferrovial will bore 6.7km of tunnel between the Saint-Quentin Est and Versailles-Chantiers stations, in western Paris. The work, scheduled to take 104 months, also includes building three stations and eight ancillary infrastructures.

“Participating in the Grand Paris Express mega-project evidences our extensive international experience in the design and construction of this type of urban infrastructure. Some of our most iconic projects can be found in such cities as London, Sydney and Madrid,” said Ignacio Gastón, CEO of Ferrovial Construction. 

“We are delighted to have been chosen for this project, our largest contribution to the Grand Paris Express initiative to date, as it further strengthens our sizable presence at the heart of this major project. It is also a tribute to the know-how and technical expertise of our teams, who have been working on the Metro for the last six years,” said Benoît Moncade, General Manager of Spie batignolles génie civil. 

In line with the company’s commitment to the environment, the tunnels will be excavated with a TBM to overcome the difficulties posed by the Fontainebleau sands, and near the SNCF railway line at Versailles. The consortium has set ambitious targets for the recovery of excavated material, particularly sand. 

The work is part of the Grand Paris Express program, Europe’s largest infrastructure project, which includes adding 68 new stations and 200km of track to the Paris underground railway.

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