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ITA Nordic Seminar

29 October 2015
Tunnelling in Denmark
Cityringen & Femern

Søren Degn Eskesen

ITA President
COWI AS, Denmark

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Opening Dates:

October 2002: 1. Phase

Nørreport – Vestamager –
Lergravsparken

May 2003: 2. Phase

Nørreport – Frederiksberg

October 2003:
Frederiksberg – Vanløse

September 2007: 3. Phase

Lergravsparken - Lufthavnen
 Cityringen
Copenhagen Metro
- - - Existing Metro
- - - New Circle Line
Central Copenhagen:
600.000 inhabitants
Greater Copenhagen
1,5 mil. inhabitants
Medieval city centre with
houses from 17th century
The Copenhagen Public Transport Rail Net
Areas with no
more than 600
meters
distance to a
station
Cityringen – Passenger Prognosis
– 75 mill. passengers per year
– 240.000 passengers in the system per weekday

– Copenhagen Central Kh: 41.000 / weekday (boarding)

– Kongens Nytorv Kgn: 36.000 / weekday (boarding)

Existing Metro - Passenger

 50 mill. passengers per year

Total Metro – Passenger

 125 mill. passengers per year (from 2019)
 Cityringen Facts
• 2 single track tunnels each approx. 17 km in length
• 17 underground stations
• 4 crossover facilities
• 3 construction- and ventilation shafts
• Automated Control- and Maintenance Centre (CMC)
• Civil Works Contract value approx. 1,6 billion Euro
• Transportation Services Contract value approx. 700 million Euro
(incl. 5 years maintenance)
 Underground
Stations
– Daylight to platform level
– Minimalistic design
– Open space
passengers can feel safe
– Island platform
– Platform screen doors
– Water tight structures
 Short Station Designs fit into
small spaces

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Cityringen - Current Status
– Contract Award January 2011

– Design and Construct Contracts

– Civil Works Contract with Copenhagen Metro Team

Joint Venture of Salini, Seli, Tecnimont of Italy

– Transportation System Contract including 5 years

Operation and Maintenance with Ansaldo of Italy’

– Works start 2011, completion 2019

Construction Stages – Retaining Walls
Construction Stages – Top Slab
Construction Stages – Excavation
Construction Stages – Base Slab
Construction Stages – Station
Internals
TBM Passage & Finished Station
TBM Passage through station
 Cityringen TBMs

4 Earth Pressure Balance (EPB)

Machines

5.78m Diameter cutterhead

110m Long
~700t
Max boring speed 80mm/min
Average approx 40mm/min
TBM Journey
 TBM Routes

4 EPB Machines

2 in Mixed Face Conditions

2 in Limestone
 Tunnel Alignment

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- 40 - 40

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Shallow tunnelling under Magasin
FEM model: 3D Geometrical model
Tunnels deep alignment - bottom view
FEM model: 3D Geometrical model

Foundation plan
 Grouting Model

Creation of arch structures over the tunnels

Mitigation measures through compensation
grouting

Position of the compensation shaft and of the injection pipes

 Kongens Nytorv

Status
• Casting of 3950m3 for the bottom slab in Week 43
• Ongoing traffic relocation Phase 3A, road in front of D´Angleterre expected to be open to traffic on 1st
November 2015
• In the shaft at Lille Kongensgade, ongoing drilling and TAM installation. At McDonald´s basement,
ongoing jet grouting activities.

Future - Coming 6 Months

• Struts removal, lining and internal walls, intermedialte slab
• Traffic relocation phase 3A and 3B
• At Lille Kongensgade, compensation and jet grouting activities, finishing of the grouting activities,
reinstatement of McDonald´s basement.
Nordhavn
Extension
 Øsø – Change to Shaft Layout for
Nordhavn Bifrucation

Original Layout Modified Layout

Øsø shaft
 Øster Søgade

Status
• Intermediate slab cast the end August
• Preparation of inner lining wall level -12.9 commenced
• Cradle TBM1 cast
• False tunnel TBM1 ready to be cast
• TBM1 assembly completed

Future - Coming 6 Months

• Milestone “ Ready for TBM delivery” and “ready for TBM launch”
• TBM1 and 2 commissioning and launch
• Stairs from bottom slab to technical area
• Internal wall below and in technical room
• Muck pit completion
• WWTP commissioning
 Sydhavn
Extension
 Metro to Ny Ellebjerg through Sydhavnen 05 02 2014/NK

Sydhavn Branch off

CR
– part of the Cityringen
– Decision to be made before 1 April
2014 to avoid contract delay to
SH Cityringen

– Bifurcation to be built on alignment of

the Cityringen Project between CMC
and Sønder Boulevard 2014-2017

– Later construction would cause

interference with the operation of the
Cityringen (unacceptable disruption for
250.000 daily passengers

– Added to Cityringen contract scope as a

variation order
Hah bifurcation shaft
 Havneholmen

Status
• All 3 levels of struts installed.
• Excavation to level -7,4m, underside of technical slab
• Cleaning of reservation boxes
• Groundwater Control system is installed

Future - Coming 6 Months

• Construction of technical slab
• Tunnel demolition
• Construction of Intermediate slab
2001-7: Stages 1-3
2019: Cityringen
2020: Nordhavn
2021: Ring 3
2023: Sydhavn

Harbour Line
Rødovre
Malmø

Frederikssundsvej
Ring 3 Stage 2
Ring 2½
Ny Ellebjerg – Ring 3
Collective coverage
with DSB (commuter
train) lines
Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link

Immersed Tunnel
19 km between Rødbyhavn and Puttgarden

KSA 46
04 November 2015
Trans European Network - TEN

KSA 47
04 November 2015
The longest immersed tunnel in the world

KSA 48
04 November 2015
Tunnel portal on Fehmarn,
KSA 49
Germany 04 November 2015
 Tunnel portal on Lolland,
Denmark
KSA 50
04 November 2015
 How shall it look?

Coastal protection, Erosion cliff

foot/cycle path

Beaches, lagoon
and channel Wetland lagoon

KSA 51
04 November 2015
9 sections make one standard element

KSA 52
04 November 2015
KSA 53
04 November 2015
KSA
04 November 2015
KSA 57
04 November 2015
Industrialised tunnel elements
1995 Øresund 2004 Busan Geoje 2009 Hongkong - Zhuhai

KSA 58
04 November 2015
Fourth generation - industrialised tunnel elements

KSA 59
04 November 2015
Cross-section of the tunnel

KSA 60
04 November 2015
Standard and special elements

KSA 61
04 November 2015
Special Element

• 10 special elements
• O&M access
• Access to installation rooms
and the different tubes

KSA 62
04 November 2015
Standard and special element

KSA 63
04 November 2015
 Tender proces, Civil Works Contracts

Activity Date Status

Industry day Marts 2012 √
Introduction meeting August 2013 √
Submission of the Civil Work Contracts, Stage 1 September 2013 √
Pre-bid conferences and site visit, Stage 1 November 2013 √
Technical bids, Stage 1 April 2014 √
Dialogue, phase 1 May – Sept. 2014 √
Submission of the Civil Work Contracts, stage 2 October 2014 √
Stage 2, Technical and priced bid December 2014 √
Dialogue, phase 2 January – March 2015 √
Stage 3, Indicative bid May 2015 √
Stage 3, Adjusted bid September 2015 √

KSA 64
04 November 2015
 The environment and the plan approval process

 Over 60 mio. Euro invested in

extensive environmental
investigation programme

 Around 2.000 pages of EIA-

documents for the Danish
approval process and over
12.000 pages for the German
approval process, submitted
since October 2013

KSA 65
04 November 2015
Danish approval procedure: Construction Act

KSA 66
04 November 2015
Stage 3, Final Adjusted Priced Bid under review

KSA 67
04 November 2015
The companies in the joint ventures

KSA 68
04 November 2015
Stage 1, Submitted for E&M and Power supply

KSA 69
04 November 2015
Years of preparation - parallel processes to
complete before construction begins

Danish Construction Act 2015

√
Clarity of the German Plan
Approval
Construction start
?
Civil Works Contracts
Valid bids until May 2016

Status for the EU CEF Support √

2015

KSA 70
04 November 2015
The access roads are ready - - -

KSA 71
04 November 2015
KSA 72
04 November 2015
Drainage around the site – new pumping station

KSA 73
04 November 2015
Removal of wind turbines

KSA 74
04 November 2015
 Danish Tunnel Society

Plan for road tunnel

under Åboulevard

20. OCTOBER 2015

75 PLAN FOR ROAD TUNNEL UNDER ÅBOULEVARD
Conversion of Åboulevard, pre-study

Now and in the future?

20. OCTOBER 2015

76 PLAN FOR ROAD TUNNEL UNDER ÅBOULEVARD
 Thank you for your attention

For further information

www.m.dk

Søren Degn Eskesen – sde@cowi.dk