PROJECT SHEET A4 DELFT - SCHIEDAM
INTRODUCTION FEATURES Boskalis Nederland is working on the A4 from Client Rijkswaterstaat Delft to Schiedam. The client is Rijkswaterstaat. (Dutch Directorate General for Public After 40 years, the construction of this final Works and Water Management) section will bring to an end the public debate about whether this new road was needed. Location A4 Motorway, Delft - Schiedam Boskalis Nederland, Heijmans and Period January 2012 - late 2015 VolkerWessels are working on the widely-discussed section in the ‘A4all’ Contractor A4ALL consortium: Boskalis, Volker- consortium, a name demonstrating that not only Wessels, Heijmans traffic but also the environment and the local Type of contract Design, Construct & Maintenance people play an important role in the project.
BACKGROUND AND GOAL At present, the A13 is the only large road linking The Hague and Rotterdam. The intensive traffic causes major congestion every day in the areas around these large cities. The A4 Delft-Schiedam is the solution to this driver's nightmare. Access to Rotterdam and The Hague will improve considerably. But the extension of the A4 will also reduce traffic pressure on the underlying road network in the Delft, Midden Delfland, Lansingerland and Westland areas. That represents a major boost for living A conditions and safety in the surrounding A Consultations on the project residential areas. B Aerial photo of Kethelplein intersection in 2012
A4ALL CONSORTIUM WINS THE ASSIGNMENT DESIGN AND EXECUTION The A4ALL consortium submitted the best-priced The preparatory work began in January 2012; execution in the second tender for the design and the construction of the quarter of 2012. Starting in Delft, 2.6 kilometers of the new section will be new motorway. The consortium developed smart semi-sunken. This section will include features such as an ecoduct and an design solutions that took the wishes of local aqueduct. The next section of 1.4 kilometers extending as far as the built-up residents, who don't want to hear, smell or see areas of Vlaardingen and Schiedam will be entirely below ground. This the new road, into account. The result is a section is approximately 9 meters below the surface, allowing it to pass Design, Construct & Maintenance agreement with below an eco-aqueduct that will be 100 meters long. It is being built to a value of about EUR 300 million. prevent any disruption of animal migration or of the Zweth and Slinksloot
B 09 — 2014 The information contained in this data sheet is for guidance purposes only and may be subject to changes. © Boskalis. All rights reserved. Noise barrier structures Engineering Crash barrier Asphalt work Earthmoving Length QUANTITIES years. of thetechnicalplantoveraperiodseveral awarded theassignmentformaintenance hasalsobeenRijswijk. Theconsortium Kruithuisweg inDelftandBeatrixlaan concrete andtrafficsignalswillbeinstalledon openasphalt layerofvery A20. Anewsurface section oftheA4toBeneluxTunnel andthe The nextstepwillbetolinkuptheexisting large numberofnoisebarrierswillbeinstalled. be adaptedinlinewiththenewdesignanda the semi-completedengineeringstructureswill intersection, whichwillbegivenanoverhaul: tunnel. TheroadthencrossestheKethelplein A4ALL willinstallthetechnicalplantin land tunnel. dropsawayintoatwo-kilometer-longmotorway polder either. WhenitreachesSchiedam,the signs abovetheroadcannotbeseenfrom will bebuiltoneithersidesothatthegantry from thesurroundingpolders.Embankments structure meansthattheroadcannotbeseen almost 2.5kilometers.Thissemi-sunken foradistanceof4 metersbelowthesurface watercourses. Theroadthenrisestoalevelof C 12 kilometers tunnel, intersection structures ecoduct, aqueduct, land 50 kilometers 300,000 tonnes 3.5 millionm 7 kilometers 3
A4 DELFT-SCHIEDAM C all interested parties informed. all interestedparties centerinSchiedamandnewslettersarebeingsentouttokeepinformation isengagingwithallthestakeholders.ThereanThe consortium LOCATION MANAGEMENT Schiedam. parkinoperations. A4allisalsoengagedinpreparationsforanewsports be encouragedtoengageinsustainable,andeconomicallyhealthy, will farms greenhouse developmentwillbecomeathingofthepast.Dairy nature, arangeofleisurefacilitieswillalsobeestablished.Scattered urban areabetweenSchiedamandVlaardingen.Aswellasadditional will alsobeinvestmentinupgradingtheMidden-Delflandareaand program. AtthesametimeasA4Delft-Schiedamisbeingbuilt,there The IntegralDevelopmentbetweenDelftandSchiedamisanarea-based AREA-BASED DEVELOPMENT the Boskalissafetyprogram,NINA. willcomplywith work.Onthisassignment,theconsortium and servicing andalsoexecutesomeoftheconcreteengineering structuresconsortium, intheA4ALLBoskalis willbeinvolvedintheintegralworkwithitspartners WHAT ISTHEROLEOFBOSKALISNEDERLAND?
The project in progress near Vlaardingen and Schiedam. The preparatory workstar The projectinprogressnearVlaardingenandSchiedam.preparatory 2012; execution in the second quarter of2012.Completionwillbeinlate2015. 2012; executioninthesecondquarter www.boskalis.com [email protected] F +317869555 T +317869000 The Netherlands 3350 AAPapendrecht PO Box43 Royal BoskalisWestminster N.V. ted in January ted inJanuary