Major new CHF 93 million contract won in Vernier (Canton Geneva)
Dietlikon, 21 October 2014 – The excavation work that began this week marks the start of a major project in the Geneva municipality of Vernier: Implenia is building a new depot and maintenance centre for trams and busses on behalf of Transports publics genevois (tpg). From 2019 this depot on the “En Chardon” site will provide garaging for 70 trams and 130 buses on two underground levels. The contract is worth around CHF 93 million. The new “Centre de Maintenance Secondaire” (CMS) will provide the space required for tpg’s fleet of public transport vehicles, which has steadily expanded in the Greater Geneva region over the last 15 years. The site is close to Geneva Airport where buildings have to comply with strict height restrictions and construction work has to meet specific conditions. Implenia is using approximately 13,000 tonnes of steel and 100,000 cubic meters of concrete to build the CMS. The first job, however, will be to excavate a total of 450,000 cubic meters of earth by spring 2016. In the interests of sustainability and reducing transport emissions, a 1.7 kilometre-long conveyor belt is being installed to take the excavated material away to a regional disposal site. This is a complex project, especially with regard to the foundation engineering and civil engineering required, so the extensive expertise provide by Implenia's specialists from the Buildings, the Construction French-speaking Switzerland and the Tunnelling & Civil Engineering Business Units will be invaluable. Pascal Ganty, Director of Infrastructure & Buildings at client tpg emphasises: “We chose Implenia to execute the work because it combines a strong local presence with the wide-ranging expertise required for such a challenging project.”“
Implenia is building a two-storey subterranean garage at the En Chardon site to house the Transports publics genevois (tpg) fleet. The new “CMS” should be operational by 2019.
The CMS (“Centre de Maintenance Secondaire”) will provide the space required to house tpg’s steadily expanding fleet of vehicles in the Greater Geneva region.
Photos: tpg
Implenia press contact:
Philipp Bircher
Head of Communications Group
Tel.: +41 58 474 74 77
Transports publics genevois (tpg) press contact for the project:
Pascal Ganty
Director of Infrastructure & Buildings
Tel.: +41 22 308 34 70
(Isabel Pereira, Press Officer, Tel.: +41 22 308 35 29, pereira.i@tpg.ch)
Implenia is Switzerland's leading construction and construction services company. Formed in 2006 from the merger between Zschokke and Batigroup, Implenia can look back on approximately 150 years of history in the construction industry. The company brings the expertise of its highly skilled Modernisation & Development, Buildings and Tunnelling & Civil Engineering Sectors, and its Switzerland and Norway Regions under the single roof of a nationally and internationally active company. With its integrated business model and specialists operating in all its divisions, Implenia 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 has its head office in Dietlikon near Zurich, employs more than 6,900 people and generated revenues of around CHF 3.1 billion in 2013. The company is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (IMPN, CH0023868554). More information is available at www.implenia.com.
