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The official TBM launch ceremony took place in February 2016 and marked the start of the construction of the 3.2 km long Belchen rehabilitation tunnel. ILF Consulting Engineers has been entrusted with the construction supervision of the tunnel and, together with partners, also with its design.

With a diameter of 14 m, a length of 75 m and a weight of 2,000 tons, the TBM is currently the largest of its kind in Switzerland. In the next one and half years, the TBM will advance through geologically demanding zones of the Swiss Jura mountain range and will be driven through the mountain at distance of 40-116 m to the existing tunnel system and parallel to it. Subsequently the final lining is also to be constructed.
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At the end of the construction works in 2022 the two existing tubes of the Belchen tunnel dating from the 1970s are to be rehabilitated as well.

To further raise peopleai??i??s awareness of how they can help the environment by switching to travelling by rail, the Austrian Federal Railways (Ai??BB) have recently initiated the environmental programme Ai??STERREICH BLA?HT AUF (AUSTRIA IS BLOSSOMING). In the framework of this initiative, for every kilometer travelled by rail the Ai??BB offers ai???Green Pointsai??? that can be collected and used to promote specific environmental projects.

By travelling by rail when on business trips ILF has saved more than 15.25 tonnes in CO2 emissions in one year and was able to support the project ai???Paradies fA?r Amphibien (Paradise for amphibians)ai??? with the 97,734 Green Points that ILF employees collected from the Ai??BB.

As the sustainable protection of the environment is of utmost importance for our company both with regard to the structures and facilities designed by ILF and with regard to our daily project work, we appreciate this initiative and see it as a motivation to further increase our efforts in this respect.

ILF Consulting Engineers will participate in the ai???4th Annual Advanced Hydropower Generation and Pumped Storage Forumai??? to be held in Berlin, Germany, from 27 to 28 January 2016. The topic of the internationally recognized hydropower conference is ai???Exploit the Full Potential of Hydropower through Understanding its Role in the New Energy Worldai???. .

ILF will be represented by Dr. Ralph BergmA?ller, who will give a presentation on ai???Optimized Permitting Procedures for Pumped Storage Plantsai??? (28 January, at 9:10 a.m.).

We look forward to lively discussions. For further information please go to the website http://www.bisgrp.com/portfolio/conferences/energy/4th-annual-advanced-hydropower-generation-and-pumped-storage-forum

At the end of 2015 ILF Consulting Engineers was commissioned by terranets bw Gmbh to provide construction design, construction supervision and start-up services for an additional gas turbine compressor unit in the Scharenstetten compressor station.

In the framework of the gas network development plan, the Baden-WA?rttemberg transmission system operator terranets bw GmbH will expand the station in existence since 1988 by adding a fourth compressor to the three machine units currently in operation. The works include, in addition to the erection of machine unit 4, a Solar Taurus 60Ai?? (approx. 350,000 mA?/h), the construction of a new compressor building and an electrical building. Besides various tie-ins to the station piping, the facility will also be equipped with a ground flare system, two new gas coolers and auxiliaries. Start-up is scheduled for Q1/2017.

With the year 2015 rapidly drawing to a close, we feel a deep sense of gratitude. We therefore convey our thanks to our esteemed clients and business partners.

We wish you a relaxing and peaceful holiday season and all the best for 2016. May the New Year bring you health, happiness and prosperity.

TECON Engineering (a company of the ILF-Group) has been awarded a contract for the ai???Study for Energy Alternatives for Steam Generation for EOR purposesai??? by Mansarovar Energy, a Colombian O&G operator which is a JV between SINOPEC and ONGC Videsh.

Mansarovar operates the NARE Block in Middle Magdalena region, with a total production of 40 kbpd of heavy oil. For this operation Mansarovar injects steam in the oil reservoirs- The steam is produced by several steam generators distributed throughout the whole block, and the fuel supply for these generators requires an in-depth implementation study. TECON will develop a comprehensive study for all the industrial energy sources available in Colombia, including CST (Concentrated Solar Thermal) which can provide suitable energy supply for the steam generators. In addition, using a renewable source of energy for EOR production is an unparalleled pioneering technology to date.

In November 2015, ILF Consulting Engineers (togehter with SchA?AYler-Plan Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH and Baader Konzept GmbH) with was assigned by Ai??BB Infrastruktur and DB Netz AG with developing a recommendation for a cross-border alignment, finding the optimum solution for a third and fourth track (new railway line) for the approach route to the Brenner base tunnel.

In the southern section of the northern approach route, the design area includes the future route from ai???Schaftenauai??? junction in the Tyrol to the new ai???Deutsches Inntalai??? junction, south of Rosenheim. North and east of the new ai???Deutsches Inntalai??? junction, potential connections with the existing railway network of DB AG heading to Munich, MA?hldorf and Salzburg are to be investigated.

In November 2015 ILF Consulting Engineers has been awarded the ownerai??i??s engineer contract (OE) for the 200 MW photovoltaic (PV) power plant Shuaa 1 which will be phase 2 of the Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum solar park. The power purchase agreement (PPA) for the project between Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) and a consortium led by ACWA Power was already signed in March.
With the recent contract award by the project company Shuaa Energy ILF continues its successful involvement as a leading engineering consultant for solar power and desert environments.  Already during phase 1 of the development of Dubaiai??i??s solar program ILF has provided the OE services for  DEWAai??i??s 13 MW PV pilot project.

In November 2015 ILF Consulting Engineers, together with partners, was commissioned to supervise the construction of the Metro Quito Line 1 phase 2 project by Empresa PA?blica Metropolitana Metro de Quito (EPMMQ).
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The line is 22 km long, includes 13 stations and 13 ventilation shafts. It will be the first metro line in the country and be built underground. ILF with its partners will supervise the construction of the civil works as well as the installation of the E&M equipment during the 36 months of construction and another 6 months of testing.

In October 2015, ILF Consulting Engineers have signed a contract with Barqi Tojik to act as the Consultant for the Project Implementation Unit  for the Qairokkum Hydro Power Rehabilitation Project in Tajikistan.

The Qairokkum Hydropower Plant is located on the Syr-Darya River in northern Tajikistan and was commissioned in 1959. It has six generating units (Kaplan turbines) with a total installed capacity of 126 MW and an average annual energy generation of 700 GWh. Barqi Tojik with funding support from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will rehabilitate the plant (new E&M equipment, civil structures, etc.) to increase dam safety and resilience to climate change and improve the quality and quantity of electricity supply. The capacity of the plant will be increased to 174 MW.

ILFai??i??s mandate includes support during the tender phase and award process as well as during the implementation and commissioning of the plant.

For the last 6 years, ILF Consulting Engineers has been involved in an investment program of GAZ-SYSTEM S.A., which was finished in October 2015. The ambition of GAZ-SYSTEM was the construction of more than 1,200 km of new gas pipelines in Poland.
ILF provided design and supervision services for the following four key high-pressure gas pipelines: Szczecin ai??i?? GdaAi??sk (201 km, 28ai??i??ai??i??), Szczecin ai??i?? LwA?wek (189 km, 28ai??i??ai??i??), Rembelszczyzna ai??i?? Gustorzyn (176 km, 28ai??i??ai??i??) and LasA?w ai??i?? JeleniA?w (18 km, 28ai??i??ai??i??).

In addition to the new gas pipelines, GAZ-SYSTEM has also built two compressor stations and 41 gas stations, which provides new opportunities for developing the domestic gas network, enables its liberalization and increases Polandai??i??s energy security.

ILF Consulting Engineers will be represented at the ai???HYDRO 2015 Advancing Policy and Practice International Conference and Exhibitionai??? in Bordeaux, France, from 26 to 28 October 2015. Attracting more than 1,000 participants from 70 countries, HYDRO is one the biggest hydropower events.

ILF will give the following presentations:

• Niagara tunnel project: hydraulic aspects ai??i?? Dr. Kamal Gautam (Session 3: Tunnels and underground works)
• Estimation of soil characteristics for design of large earthfill dams: challenges and solutions at an early design stage: case study of the Atdorf pumped storage plant ai??i?? Frank Remmert (Session 12: Civil design and construction)

We are looking forward to hearing from you and to discuss your questions.
Please feel free to contact Mr Thomas Fritz For further information please go to the website https://www.hydropower-dams.com/hydro-2013.php?c_id=88

ILF Consulting Engineers will participate in Kurdistan-Iraq Oil & Gas Conference with presentation and its own stand.

We are very pleased to welcome you at our booth no. D10 in ai???The Lancaster Hotelai???, London/UK from 30th November to 2nd December 2015.
For further information please visit the website .

The A 44 motorway, a few sections of which are still to be completed, links the German-Belgian border with the city of Kassel. The design works for the extension to Herleshausen are currently underway. Hessen Mobil StraAYen- und Verkehrsmanagement is responsible for the design and construction of the A 44 motorway extension. ILF Consulting Engineers have recently been entrusted with the design of the operation and safety equipment for the Hirschhagen twin-tube road tunnel which forms part of the A 44 and is currently under construction.

The tunnel with a length of 4.2 km will comprise 15 cross passages and 7 lay-bys.The tubes will be ventilated via a longitudinal ventilation system in combination with a single-point extraction in the middle of the tunnel. The extraction will be realised via a shaft with a depth of 80 m and a diameter of 7 m. Operations buildings will be provided at both tunnel portals and at the ventilation shaft. order zoloft, purchase dapoxetine.

Together with its partners, ILF Consulting Engineers was commissioned by Autobahndirektion SA?dbayern (motorway authority of Southern Bavaria) to carry out the site supervision of the new construction of the B2 federal road on the Oberau Nord section to Ronetsbach including the Oberau tunnel.

The approx. 2.9 km long Oberau tunnel comprises the key element of the 4-lane expansion of the federal road and of the Oberau bypass. Due to the high traffic volume the tunnel is constructed as a two-bore traffic tunnel, each bore having 2 lanes in one direction, incl. lay-bys; the tunnel runs approx. 83 % in hard rock and approx. 17% in loose rock.

ILF Consulting Engineers has been awarded the design and consultancy services for the Muzizi Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) by the Uganda Electricity Generation Company Ltd. (UEGCL) in August 2015.

The Muzizi HPP will be situated on the Muzizi River in Western Uganda, southeast of Lake Albert and is to be designed as a run-of-river power plant with peaking capabilities (capacity: 44 MW, head: 450 m, discharge: 12 mA?/s). The project will be financed by the German Kreditanstalt fA?r Wiederaufbau (KfW) and French Agency for Development (AFD). ILF will start in phase A with a review of the existing feasibility study and optimisation of the design. In a next step, tender design and tender documents will be prepared, and the EPC tender procedure will be supported. In phase B, ILF will act as an implementation engineer and will supervise the construction works.

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The 63 km long Zestafoniai??i??Molitiai??i??Khashuri section (ai???Gorgesai??? section) is part of the main Georgian railway line across a mountainous alignment, having a gradient with very steep slopes and tight curves. This alignment imposes very low speeds and leads to various operation problems. For this reason the Georgian Railway LLC is modernizing the section with the target to increase capacity, reduce travel time and improve safety as well as railway operation.

ILF has been working as ownerai??i??s engineer for this project for many years and has recently been awarded additional services, including the tunnel safety concept, the tunnel ventilation system and the electro-mechanical concept design for the T9 tunnel. With a length of 8.3 km the T9 tunnel will soon be the longest rail tunnel in Georgia and is an essential element of the above mentioned railway section. The tunnel will consist of two parallel tubes connected with cross passages at intervals of 300 m. In addition to that, ILF has been awarded a contract to prepare a new tender design for the 15 km section Kharagauli – Moliti. The project is planned to be completed and put into operation late 2019.
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Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM) is the worldai??i??s largest facility for testing and improving CO2 capture technology. Knowledge gained here will prepare the ground for CO2 capture initiatives to combat climate change.
TCM is a joint venture between the Norwegian state, Statoil, Shell and Sasol.
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ILF-Tecon Norway will supply Process Engineering Services for TCM under the signed 2 years frame agreement.
The process engineering department of ILF-Tecon consists of highly competent engineers with years of experience within various technologies spanning from upstream to downstream  in the Oil and Gas industry.

More information regarding TCM can be found here:
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For the first time, ILF Consulting Engineers was commissioned by Austrian Power Grid AG (APG) to perform design services for high-voltage installations.

Basically, the services to be provided for the Ernsthofen substation involve replacing and relocating transformers and constructing a new control building incl. 10 kV switchgear.
The services for the Lienz substation include upgrading the 380/220 kV switching station and installing a 380/220 kV RHU43 transformer bank incl. corresponding 380/220 and 30 kV feeders.

The services comprise status-quo documentation, review of structural and soil conditions, preparation of tender documents and detailed design for all necessary upgrade measures and parts of the permit application design

ILF Consulting Engineers was commissioned by the Finish investor Fortum Power and Heat Polska for providing complex engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the construction of the Zabrze CHP.

In the new thermal power plant, a CFB boiler with 225 MWth fuel input and a maximum thermal power of 140 MWth (in the winter) will be installed together with a backpressure steam turbine with an electric power of 75 MWel. The total investment will amount to approx. EUR 217.5 million and the CHP plant will supply heat to 70,000 households in nearby cities. The scope of services includes the preparation of basic design, building permit design and detailed design, specification of procurement packages and management of all project-related contracts, construction and start-up management.