III metro line in Warsaw
moreILF Consulting Engineers Polska, a company involved in the construction of Warsaw Metro for nearly 15 years, has signed a contract for the pre-design works for 1st stage – Praga – for the construction of Warsaw III metro line, including the Kozia Górka maintenance depot station.
ILF Polska will provide pre-design works for the 1st stage of construction of the III metro line which will connect Praga Południe district with the Warsaw city centre, and ultimately with Ochota and Mokotów districts. It will consist of an approx. 8 km route with 6 stations (Dworzec Wschodni, Mińska, Rondo Wiatraczna, Ostrobramska, Jana Nowaka-Jeziorańskiego, Gocław). The scope of works also covers the Kozia Górka maintenance and depot station along with its access road.
The company’s tasks include elaboration of a conceptual design, determination of the influence zones of the metro facilities construction on the neighbouring buildings, providing the technical condition assessment of the buildings in these zones and preparing the analysis of the vibration influence of the future metro trains traffic on these buildings.
ILF Polska will also prepare the hydrogeological and geological-engineering documentation and prepare the functional-utility program, together with the technical specification for the execution and acceptance of construction works.
The documentation prepared by ILF Polska will be used to announce a tender for the construction of the III metro line in the “Design and Build” formula.
While designing the III metro line stations, the company strived to continue the character of the II metro line. The stations will be energy-efficient and, as far as possible for large underground facilities, environmentally friendly. In the design process, ILF Polska has tried to minimize the impact of construction on the comfort of the residents by using the ceiling method – which has already become a company signature. This makes it possible to quickly rebuild numerous gas, heating, sewage, electrical and telecommunications networks, so as not to cause unnecessary interruptions in the supply of utilities to residents in the vicinity of future stations.
Over the last decade we have become the most experienced company in Poland in the field of metro design. We have been involved in the works of 18 out of 21 stations of the II metro line in Warsaw, providing comprehensive design services for most of them. Basing on our experience and solid know-how we will definitely bring many attractive ideas and propose optimal design solutions also for the III line. Preparing tender materials for the future contractor in the “Design and Build” system will not be new for us either – we have created them in this formula many times – comments Rafał Blankiewicz, Business Development Department Director, ILF Consulting Engineers Polska. The planned investment brings a lot of interest. In particular, it is awaited by residents of those places where the 3rd line is to run and where it will improve communication – he adds.
