Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link Tunnel

BRIDGES & TUNNELS ASIA 2014

19.04.2014
Axel Emil Christensen, Ramboll

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 THE TUNNEL TEAM

Client: Femern A/S

Joint Venture: RAMBØLL

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TEC

Subconsultants: Wilkinson Eyre (UK),

Schönherr Landskab (DK),
WTM (DE)

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LINKING NORTHERN EUROPE

2000: The Oresund

1998: The Great Belt Bridge
Bridge

2021: The ”Missing

Link”

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 FEHMARNBELT FIXED LINK

Treaty between Denmark

and Sweden 1991

Trans European Network

priority

Treaty between Denmark

and Germany 2008

Multiple solutions
investigated, including:
Immersed tunnel
Bored tunnel
Cable stayed bridge
Suspension bridge

Immersed tunnel solution

adopted 2011
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OWNERSHIP

The Danish state

The Ministry of
Transport

Sund & Bælt

Holding A/S

A/S
A/S Øresund Femern A/S
Storebælt

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 FINANCING THE LINK
Finance Model

100% Danish owned Company 100% German

Danish State Guarantee Company

Appr. 1.2
billion € Appr. 5.5 billion € Appr. 1.0
billion €

Danish German
Coast to Coast
Hinterland Hinterland
Fixed Link
May be
financed by Financed by income from
income from fixed link fees
the fixed link
fees

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TRAFFIC VOLUMES

• Road tunnel operational design Traffic Volume 2021 2041

speed = 110 km/h
Road Tunnel 9,800 16,000
• Rail tunnel operational design
speed not less than 200 km/h
Rail Tunnel 89 153

Road Traffic Rail Traffic

Bus Passenger
Trucks

Cars Freight

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FASTER RAILWAY CONNECTION TO EUROPE

Today:

• København-Hamborg: 4½ t.

• Stockholm-Hamborg: 10 t.

2021:

Fixed Link: - 1 t.
Hinterland works - ½ t.

• København-Hamborg: 3 t.

• Stockholm-Hamborg: 8 t.

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IMPORTANT MILESTONES

• 1991, Part of the Øresund treaty, Denmark Sweden

• 1996 – 1999, feasibility study

• 2006 – 2008, further studies

• 7th October 2008, Treaty between Denmark and Germany

• November 2010, immersed tunnel recommended

• February 2011, the recommendation was accepted

• October 2012, pre-qualification was started

• May 2013, PQ result was published

• 2nd September, tender process starts

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 MAIN ALTERNATIVES
Cable Stayed Bridge : Immersed Tunnel:

Cable Stayed Bridge : Immersed Tunnel:

Feasibility Study : 4,4 bill EUR Feasibility Study : 5,5 bill EUR
Conceptual Design : 5,1 bill EUR Conceptual Design : 5,0 bill EUR
(COWI /Obermeyer) (Ramboll /Arup/TEC)

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 ALTERNATIVE - BORED TUNNEL

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 THE TUNNEL

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ALIGNMENT AND SECTION

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Tunnel Length and Depth

Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link

Tunnel Length 18.1 km
Trans Bay Tube BART Tunnel
Øresund Tunnel
Busan-Geoje Fixed Link
Immersed Tunnel
17.6 km Hampton Roads Tunnel
Length
Cross Harbour Tunnel
Tama River Tunnel
Marmaray Crossing
Tunnel Depth 40 m
0 5 10 15 20

WORLD IMT RECORD !

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PORTAL AREA - FEHMARN

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 PORTAL AREA - FEHMARN

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PORTAL AREA - LOLLAND

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RECLAMATION WORKS

• All dredged materials to be

re-used inside the project
• Reclamation area at Lolland
about 330 ha
• Reclamation area at
Fehmarn about 30 ha
• Stockpiles for TPR contractor
at Fehmarn and Lolland
• Reclamation areas to include
beaches and different
habitats

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LANDSCAPE AND NEW ENVIRONMENT

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 LAGOON AREA

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 SAFETY CONCEPT
AND
INSTALLATIONS

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 DIFFERENCES
TUNNEL AND OPEN ROAD OR BRIDGE

• Wind
• Slippery road surface
• Rain
• Fog
• Darkness

• Protected against the weather

• Well lit environment

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RISK – CONCLUSION:
Tunnels are in general the safest ”element” in the
road network but:
Tunnels have a “disaster potential”

OVERALL TARGET FOR THE PROJECT:

Just as safe – or safer- to drive through the tunnel as driving on
an open motorway or railway!

We fulfil this requirement with a comfortable margin!

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KEY ASPECTS OF THE SAFETY CONCEPT

• Rural tunnel + Intelligent traffic

management = no queuing up

• Unidirectional traffic, Road and Rail

• Full emergency lane in each direction

• Robust Longitudinal Ventilation

• Escape per 108 meters to centre gallery

or parallel safe tube

• Fixed Fire Suppression Systems

• High level Monitoring, Detection and

Control

• 24/7 Traffic Control Operation

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 VENTILATION – DAY-TO-DAY OPERATION

• Longitudinal ventilation –
portal to portal

• Both road and rail tubes

normally self-ventilated
by piston effect

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 VENTILATION – FIRE SITUATION

• Minimum cross section

• Jets fans every 400m

• Critical velocity of • Simplicity, reliability and resilience

3.1m/s
• Implications for congested traffic

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 IMT DESIGN

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GEOLOGICAL PROFILE

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 Alignment

Puttgarden
Rødby

1 10
9
8
2 7
3 4 5 6

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 Standard element
• 79 Standard elements divided into 9 segments of app. 24 m,
weight 76.600 tons

• Niche at centre of the element for ventilation or traffic information

signs

• Same layout for all standard elements e.g. Box-outs, cast-in

items, cable ducts, etc.

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Special element

Systems distributed from special element:

• Electrical systems

• Communication systems

• Monitoring systems

• Drainage system

1,780 m 1,780 m 1,780 m

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Special element

Special element is approximately:

• 4 meter higher

• 5 meter wider

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Special element

• Lay-by is located on the western side

(accessible for maintenance vehicles
coming from Denmark)

• Access to all rooms (without

disturbing traffic)

• Access to service gallery and traffic

tubes above

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Special element

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Special element; technical rooms

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INNOVATION – SPECIAL ELEMENTS

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 CONSTRUCTION

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 PRODUCTION SITE RØDBYHAVN

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PRODUCTION SITE - PERSPECTIVE

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 CONSTRUCTION PRINCIPLE
STANDARD ELEMENTS

Production of tunnel
elements for Øresund
- Controlled environment
- Straight elements

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CI
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 ØRESUND TUNNEL – TOW OUT

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 BASIC DATA – CONCEPT DESIGN
Approximate
numbers

Length of standard tunnelelement 217 m

Height of standard tunnelelement 8,9 m
Weight of standard tunnelelement 76,000 ts
Number of tunnelelements 89 pcs
Structural Concrete 2,6 mio. m3
Reinforcement 300.000 ts
Tie-down anchors 1400 pcs

Total dredged volume in trench 14,5 mio. m3

Trench backfill volumes 7 mio. m3
Reclaimed areas 3 mio. m2
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 CONTRACT PRINCIPLES
• Four Civil Works Contracts:

• Tunnel North (IMT)

• Tunnel South (IMT)
• Portal Structures and Ramps
• Dredging and Reclamation

• Design and Build Contracts

• Competitive Dialogue Procedure
• Other contracts will follow later

• Electrical and Mechanical Works

• Railway
• ??

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PROJECT PROCUREMENT PROCESS
• Stage 1 Bid submission 4 April 2014

• Stage 1 Bid assessment April and May 2014

• Stage 1 Dialogue meetings May to August 2014

• Stage 2 Invitation (Priced Bids) October 2014

• Stage 2 Bid submission December 2014

• Stage 2 Bid assessment

• Stage 3 Invitation Spring 2015

• Stage 3 Final Bid submission

• Stage 3 Final Bid assessment

• Preferred Bidder

• Standstill period (10 days)

• Contract, Summer 2015

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 THE FOUR CIVIL WORK CONTRACTS

IMT North (TUN) Tunnel Portals & Ramps (TPR)

IMT South (TUS) Dredging & Reclamation (TDR )

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QUANTITIES FOR STANDARD ELEMENTS

Required amount of materials Delivery of concrete

per week

Concrete 24,000 m³
Reinforcement 3,200 tons
Water 4,400 m³ 16 trucks every hour
Cement 8,000 tons
Sand 16,800 tons Or
Gravel 28,800 tons
(1 day = 24 hours) Delivery of materials

1 coaster every day

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 GERMAN CONSTRUCTION SITE

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 PROJECT TIMESCHEDULE

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 ADVANCE ACTIVITIES

Special grant for the project – Total 1,1 billion DKK

2013: 350 million DKK
2014: 750 million DKK
The activities do not require a Danish EIA-procedure

• Access roads
• Services for the construction sites
• Dewatering system for the hinterland
• Demolition works
• Environmental provisions
• Archeological investigations

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 ANNIMATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORK

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION

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