Zlatko Korpar, New President of HUKA Aleksandar Čaklović, HUKA's New
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HRVATSKA UDRUGA KONCESIONARA ZA NEWSLETTER AUTOCESTE S NAPLATOM CESTARINE / OCTOBER 2009 CROATIAN ASSOCIATION OF TOLL MOTORWAYS CONCESSIONAIRES Zlatko Korpar, new President of HUKA The Croatian Association of Toll Motorways of Geotechnics. In the period from 1990 to Concessionaires held its regular session 2005, during his employment with Cesta on 29 April this year. On that occasion, the Varaždin d.d., he assumed managerial and company Hrvatske autoceste d.o.o. passed project management functions on road and on the HUKA presiding function to the com- motorway construction projects in Croatia. pany Autocesta Rijeka-Zagreb d.d., and so In 2008, he obtained the title of Certified the Management Board President of the Member of Supervisory and Management latter was appointed as new President of Boards at the Faculty of Economics in Zagreb, the Association for the ensuing two year and at the Faculty of Economics in Split. period. Mr. Zlatko Korpar is well acquaint- In April 2008, after he had been for three ed with HUKA’s activities and objectives as years the Management Board Member for he has assumed the HUKA Vice President Technical Activities, he assumed the func- function during the period in which Mr. Ju- tion of the Management Board President of achieving interoperability of the elec- rica Prskalo from Hrvatske autoceste was the Autocesta Rijeka-Zagreb d.d. tronic toll collections system on the en- HUKA’s President. During his two-year term, Mr. Zlatko Korpar tire motorway network, which is now 1263 HUKA has changed its head office and now will direct domestic and international activi- km long, and also on increasing current shares the same address with the ARZ, i.e. ties of the Association, in full accordance with safety and quality standards. it is located at Ulica grada Vukovara 54. HUKA’s objectives and work programme. The Association will strive to articulate, as Mr. Zlatko Korpar is manager in his early He will continue to coordinate activities clearly as possible, all common grounds forties, and a proud father of two children. undertaken by the members, and will also reached by its members, and will conduct He is fluent in English language. He was cooperate with other partners involved in joint activities aimed at representing and born and educated in Varaždin where motorway management. defending needs and interests of motor- he completed his studies at the Faculty The work of the Association will focus on way sector at all levels. Aleksandar Čaklović, HUKA’s new Vice-President Aleksandar Čaklović, a Management Board changed name into Hrvatska uprava za ceste. Member of the Autocesta Zagreb - Macelj, After establishment of the company Hrvatske d.o.o, has been appointed as Vice-Presi- autoceste d.o.o., he was appointed as Direc- dent of HUKA. tor of the Construction Sector and as Director Mr. Čaklović, a Zagreb University alumnus, of Technical Units for construction of the Za- graduated in 1963 from the then Faculty of greb - Macelj Motorway and Istrian Upsilon. Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geode- Since 2005, he is a Management Board Mem- sy, and completed his post graduate studies ber of the concession company Autocesta Za- at the Faculty of Civil Engineering in 1977. greb - Macelj d.o.o. The start of his productive and long-last- He speaks English and French languages ing professional activity is marked by the fluently. In addition to his managerial func- work in several design offices in Zagreb, tions, he also excels in scientific activity, and after which he moved to the Civil Engi- has participated as researcher in scientific neering Institute, Zagreb, where he as- programs at the Civil Engineering Institute. is extremely well acquainted with this mo- sumed, among other functions, the posi- In the scope of his teaching activity, he has torway management model, quite popular tion of Head of Department for Concrete lectured as Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer or and extensively used in Europe. and Masonry Structures. Senior Lecturer at the Faculties of Civil En- At the HUKA’s regular assembly meeting, In the period from 1992 to 1995, he was the gineering in Zagreb and Split. the former President of this Association, President of the State Office for Stand- As he has taken part in negotiations for the Mr. Jurica Prskalo, was appointed Honor- ardisation and Metrology and, during the allocation of motorway concessions, and in ary President of the Association, thus as- ensuing four years, he was at the head of establishment and management of conces- suming the position also held by Mr. Josip the company Hrvatske ceste which later sion companies in the Republic of Croatia, he Sapunar and Mr. Aleksa Ladavac. Hrvatske autoceste d.o.o. New kilometres of motorways opened to traffic Osijek - Đakovo Section tersections. Connections with the motorway are possible at interchanges only. The fol- The Osijek - Đakovo Section of the Beli Ma- lowing intersections were built: nastir - Osijek - Svilaj Motorway (A5) was Osijek Interchange enabling connection with opened to traffic on 17 April 2009. Following the National Road D2 (Osijek Bypass); completion of this 32.5 km long section, the Josipovac Interchange on the National Road Slavonia and Baranja have gained possibility D2 (Osijek Bypass); of being included in major European traffic Čepin Interchange enabling connection with flows as well as in the European economic the County Road Ž4105 and with the National Osijek - Đakovo Section system. Road D7. Cesta Varaždin d.d., Swietelsky B.m.b.H, Za- 29 structures were built along the Osijek The toll collection system applied on the Osi- greb Branch Office, Alpine Mayereder Bau to Đakovo section (3 viaducts, 8 bridges, 17 jek to Đakovo Section is of closed type, with G.m.b.H., and Đuro Đaković-Montaža d.d. overpasses, and 1 underpass). The section two toll stations: Osijek TS and Čepin TS. The The price of construction work amounts to also features 2 roadside rest areas (Beket- motorway section was built by Konstruktor- EUR 293.2 million (not including the V.A.T.) inci and Strossmayerovac), and a traffic Inženjering d.d., Split, Viadukt d.d., Zagreb, and includes the design, relocation of utili- maintenance and control centre in Čepin. Hidroelektra niskogradnja d.d., Zagreb, Stra- ties, archaeology, land acquisition, con- All crossings with the existing transport bag AG Spittal, Austria, Zagorje-tehnobeton struction of motorway and road structures, network were solved by grade-separated in- d.o.o., Varaždin, Osijek-Koteks d.d., Osijek, supervision work, and road equipment. Velika Gorica (South) - Buševec Subsection the County Road Ž3116 and National Road D30 fice, Alpine Mayereder Bau G.m.b.H., Zagreb (Buzin Interchange - Velika Gorica - Petrinja Branch Office, and GD Granit AD - Skopje, The Velika Gorica (South) - Buševec Subsec- - Hrvatska Kostajnica), and the Velika Gorica Macedonia. The total price of works amounts tion, situated on the Zagreb - Sisak Motor- (South) Interchange. In addition, two toll sta- to EUR 87.6 million (not including the V.A.T.) way, was opened to traffic on 9 May 2009. The tions were built: the Buševec toll station with and includes the design, relocation of utili- Velika Gorica (South) - Buševec Subsection is 3 toll booths and 4 toll lanes, and the fron- ties, archaeology, land acquisition, construc- 9 km long and it is a part of the Velika Gorica tal toll station at Mraclin with 7 toll booths tion of motorway and road structures, super- (South) - Lekenik Section of the Zagreb - Si- and 8 toll lanes. The toll collection will start vision work, and road equipment. sak Motorway. The total of 14 structures were on this subsection after construction of the built along the subsection: 6 bridges, 4 over- Jakuševec - Velika Gorica (South) Section, passes, 1 wildlife crossing, 1 viaduct, 1 under- whose completion will mark achievement of pass and one wildlife underpass. The most a logical and functional transport system, and significant structures are the bridge over a considerable improvement with respect to the Sava - Odra Channel, the Buna Bridge, the existing public road system in this area. and the Barbarički jarak Bridge. Two inter- On this subsection, the construction works changes were built along this subsection: were realized by the Joint Venture formed Buševec Interchange providing connection to of Swietelsky B.m.b.H., Zagreb Branch Of- Velika Gorica (South) - Buševec Subsection Second tubes opened at the Sveti Rok and Mala Kapela Tunnels As of 30 May 2009, both tubes are in use at significant increase in traffic, with frequent ditions encountered along the tunnel route. the Sv. Rok and Mala Kapela tunnels. Prior traffic standstills in summer months, was The construction of the left-hand tunnel to that date, only right-hand tunnel tubes registered at the motorway A1. The motor- tubes at the Sveti Rok and Mala Kapela were used, and the temporary traffic regula- way A1, where the highest peak hour traffic tunnels was a highly complex construction tion system was applied. The left hand tunnel attains up to 30 percent of an average an- undertaking, and was conducted in parallel tubes were used as service tunnels for safety nual daily traffic, is extremely significant with the operation of traffic in the right-hand related interventions, or for the evacuation of for tourist traffic operated in the months of tunnel tube. This is why the construction passengers in emergency situations. June, July and August. Summer traffic ac- scheduling was partly adjusted to the use of The decision to use the second tunnel tubes counts to more than 40 percent of the total such tubes as safety facilities for commu- at the Mala Kapela and Sveti Rok tunnels annual traffic operated on this roadway. nication of all competent services in emer- was made for safety reasons, i.e.