Building of the Rail Baltica high-speed railway line is progressing in Lithuania. The works have simply been efficiently accomplished on the part Žeimiai‒Šėta, Jonava district, within the development of native entry roads and drainage methods. The works have been executed by one of many largest street development corporations in Latvia, AS “A.C.B.”, whose supply was acknowledged the successful within the public procurement process. Building works began in April 2023 and the contract value on the finish of the mission reached 7.7 million euros (excluding VAT).
As a part of the contract, AS “A.C.B.” executed the development of 13 native entry roads with the size of 13.7 km, in addition to constructed intensive drainage methods, together with the development of drainage networks and culverts. In areas the place it has not been potential to construct separate roads for the upkeep of railway infrastructure parts, entry street exits have been created.
“We’re proud to be the primary Latvian firm to efficiently full a Rail Baltica development mission within the Baltic States. Over 100 staff and 60 items of equipment have been concerned throughout essentially the most lively occasions in development of 13 roads. About 100,000 m³ of soil have been excavated and 85,000 m³ of embankment have been constructed. Intensive drainage works have been carried out with over than 27 km of melioration pipes put in throughout the realm exceeding 5 million m². Our earlier expertise in large-scale initiatives, such because the reconstruction of Vilnius and Palanga Airports infrastructure, has ready us properly for difficult initiatives because the one simply constructed. We’re proud to have contributed to this important mission, offering our experience in delivering advanced infrastructure options. Our honest gratitude goes to all our companions for his or her cooperation and help in efficiently delivering this mission to our shopper LTG Infra,” highlighted Anna Priščepa, Board Member of AS “A.C.B.”.
The development websites spanned a substantial distance of 17.7 km aside and have been concurrently carried out in a number of areas. To observe progress, superior methods corresponding to 3D modeling, drone and laser scanning of floor surfaces, and weekly drone footage have been employed. The very best BIM (Constructing Info Modeling) degree 500 and strict environmental necessities have been adopted throughout development.
“All through the development, we actively engaged with the local people by relocating some entrance roads to areas handy for farmers, thereby addressing their wants. We additionally coordinated the development works to make sure that residents had entry to their properties. New drainage methods, that are essential for the standard of recent railway infrastructure and constructions, have been constructed, and the piping system has been upgraded to fashionable requirements. The reconstructed community won’t solely guarantee environment friendly removing of permitting collected water from cultivated fields, however the long-term sturdiness of the newly constructed infrastructure as properly,” said Vytis Žalimas, CEO of LTG Infra.
The native roads will likely be quickly maintained by the railway infrastructure supervisor, LTG Infra, earlier than being transferred to the Jonava District Municipality. The first goal of entry roads is to make sure entry to the brand new railway infrastructure for the upkeep functions, in addition to to make sure environment friendly transport hyperlinks for the native inhabitants.
Because it was introduced final yr, originally of March 2023, the businesses AS “A.C.B.” and AB LTG Infra, which is the nationwide implementing physique of the Rail Baltica mission in Lithuania, signed a contract for 7.1 million euros (excluding VAT). In Lithuania, the development works of the bold Rail Baltica mission are introduced in a number of procurements, dividing the development of the principle line and the relevant infrastructure into sections of about 5 to 30 km lengthy. The Latvian firm, collaborating in one of many sections, received the general public procurement process for the development of Rail Baltica entry roads in part Žeimiai-Šėta.
Latvian firm AS “A.C.B.” has beforehand executed bold and sophisticated infrastructure development initiatives in Lithuania, proving its competence, professionalism and work self-discipline within the development works of each Vilnius and Palanga airports.
Rail Baltica is the biggest railway infrastructure mission within the historical past of the Baltic States, through the implementation of which an electrified European-standard two-track railway will likely be constructed, connecting Warsaw, Kaunas, Vilnius, Panevėžys, Riga, Parnu and Tallinn. The entire size of the Rail Baltic railway line within the Baltic States is 870 km: 392 km in Lithuania, 265 km in Latvia, and 213 km in Estonia.
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