Fehmarn link prequalifiers unveiled
27 May 2013
Patrick Reynolds for TunnelTalk
- Five consortia of contractors have prequalified to face off in a race to win the two main design-build packages for the 17.6km long immersed tube Fehmarn Link between Denmark and Germany. Confirmed today by project client Femern A/S, most will also compete on further packages for the mega-project. Subcontractors and consulting engineers associated with each group have also been named.
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Schematic of the cross-section and elements of the road and rail immersed tube link (Illustration: Femern A/S)
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The five prequalifiers with confirmed subcontractors and design engineers for the Tunnel North and Tunnel South civil engineering packages are:
• Fehmarn Belt Contractors: Hochtief Solutions (lead), Ed Züblin, Boskalis International, and Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors
Subcontractors: MT Hojgaard, Volker Construction International, and Strukton
Consultants: Capita Symonds and Grontmij.
• Femern Link Contractors: Vinci Construction Grand Projects (lead), Per Aarsleff, E Pihl & Son, CFE, Soletanche Bachy International, BAM civiel, BAM International, Wayss & Freytag and Max Bogl
Consultant: Cowi
• JV of Salini (lead), Impregilo, Samsung C&T and Johann Bunte
Subcontractors: Danish firms CG Jensen and Barslund, and a Dutch consortium of Mammoet, Arcadis, Seatools and Ratio
Consultants are together in JV called Fehmarnbelt Consultants, comprising EKJ, Mott MacDonald and GEO
• JV of ObrasconHuarte Lain (lead), Daewoo Engineering and Construction, and Daelim Industrial
Consultant: Aecom
• Immersia: FC Construccion (lead), NV Besix and Jan De Nul - The prequalification process for the main civil works received submissions in January 2013, and preliminary bids for the two equal-sized contracts are to be made in 2014. A two-stage assessment process is planned and contracts are due to be finalised in 2015. The exact timing is subject to government approvals, which are expected in the early 2020s.
Portal structures and ramps for the Danish (left) and German (right) landfalls (Illustration: Femern A/S)
- Two further contract packages went through the prequalification process with the results revealing that most of the same groups, or parts, are prequalified to bid for those works in different ways.
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Portals and Ramps
Four prequalified consortia
• Fehmarn Belt Contractors: bidding team, subcontractors and consultants all the same as for the main tunnel packages
• Femern Link Contractors: bidding team the same as for the main tunnel packages under leader Per Aarsleff
Consultant: Cowi
• JV of Salini, Impregilo, Samsung and Bunte: same bidding team members as for the main tunnel packages, excluding the Dutch consortium sub-contractors
• JV of OHL, Daewoo and Daelim: bidding team the same as for the main tunnel packages; -
Alignment of the immersed tube trench to be excavated on the seabed (Illustration: Femern A/S)
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Tunnel Dredging and Land Reclamation
Three parties are prequalified to bid - • Fehmarn Belt Contractors: bidding team, sub-contractors and consultants all the same as for the main tunnel packages under leaders Boskalis and Van Oord;
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• Femern Link Contractors: Dredging International (Lead) with Per Aarsleff, which is part of bid teams on the three other packages;
Sub-contractors: Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co
Consultant:Cowi. - • Jan De Nul: bidding alone and as part of the Immersia consortium for the main tunnel packages.
- Femern A/S prequalified all JVs that applied for the four lots, and said they "proved strong enough to be allowed to bid for the project." In a statement, Femern A/S Technical Director, Steen Lykke, said he was "very satisfied" with the outcome, and added: "We anticipate healthy competition with regard to methods, innovation and price."
- The project budget is cited as €5.5 billion (2008 prices). Later stages of procurement will see further prequalification steps for fit-out works.
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Fehmarnbelt link design safety contract - TunnelTalk, January 2013
Prequalifiers called for Fehmarn sea link - TunnelTalk, October 2012
TBM tunnels considered for Fehmarn sea link - TunnelTalk, December 2011
Deep data on Fehmarn Link - TunnelTalk, May 2011
Innovations for the Fehmarnbelt tunnel option - TunnelTalk, May 2010
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