Implenia wins major infrastructure order in Lyon
Dietlikon, 14 August 2018 – SYTRAL, the transport association for Rhône Department and Lyon, has commissioned Implenia (lead-manager) and Demathieu Bard to build Lot GC 01 of the Métro Line B extension in Lyon. Each company has a half-share in the project consortium and the contract is worth around EUR 138 million (CHF 155 million).
Lot GC 01 includes a 2.4-kilometre-long tunnel, a new Métro station in Oullins Centre and the start shaft at Saint-Genis-Laval. The tunnel, approximately 8.5 meters in diameter, is being made with a tunnel boring machine. From 2023, the tunnel will connect Métro Line B to two new stations, one at Oullins Centre and another at Saint-Genis-Laval / Hôpitaux Sud, which is being built as part of Lot GC 02. The geological conditions are well understood thanks to various test drillings, but tunnelling in an urban environment remains a technical challenge. Implenia is proud to be providing its resources, as well as its experience and expertise in working beneath built-up areas, to this demanding project. Construction is due to start in autumn 2018 and will take about four and a half years to complete.
“This order is the result of some first-class team work and provides further vindication of the strategy we have adopted in the French market; we’re very proud,” says Implenia’s CEO Anton Affentranger. Close cooperation between Implenia’s experts in Switzerland and France helped the Group win the order. The consortium will participate in SYTRAL’s employment and integration programme, underlining its intention to establish itself locally.
Implenia’s project portfolio in France currently includes two lots within the major “Grand Paris Express” project in Paris, one lot of the HiLumi project at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN) in Cessy, and the safety tunnel for the Fréjus Tunnel in Modane. Implenia is working with French partners on all these projects.
Implenia is building Lot GC 01 of the Métro Line B extension in Lyon. The lot includes a 2.4-kilometre tunnel, a new Métro station and the start shaft. Construction is scheduled to start in autumn 2018. (Image: Implenia)
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Implenia is Switzerland’s leading construction and construction services company. It also has strong positions in the German, Austrian and Scandinavian infrastructure markets. Established in 2006, Implenia can look back on around 150 years of construction tradition. It brings the expertise of its highly skilled construction units together under the roof of a company active throughout Europe. With its integrated business model and specialists operating in all areas of construction, the Group can manage a building project through its entire lifecycle and deliver work that is economical, integrated and customer-centric. The focus is on striking a sustainable balance between financial success and social and environmental responsibility.
Implenia, with its headquarters in Dietlikon near Zurich, employs around 10,000 people throughout Europe and posted revenue of around CHF 3.9 billion in 2017. The company is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (IMPN, CH0023868554). More information can be found at www.implenia.com.
