NETLIPSE NETWORK MEETING THE BRENNER BASE TUNNEL PROJECT RAFFAELE ZURLO TURIN – 24.10.2016 1 THE NEW EUROPEAN INFRASTRUCTURAL POLICY • Baltic – Adriatic Austria • North Sea – Baltic • Mediterranean • Orient / East-Med Italy • Scandinavian – Mediterranean • Rhine – Alpine • Atlantic • North Sea – Mediterranean • Rhine - Danube 2 SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS OF SCAN-MED CORRIDOR IN THE YEAR 2011: INHABITANTS EU28 77,40% 22,60% Scan-Med Corridor regions Fonte: EU Commission, Work Plan Corridor Scan – Med, May 2015 3 SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS OF SCAN-MED CORRIDOR IN THE YEAR 2011: GDP EU28 72,60% 27,40% Scan-Med Corridor regions Fonte: EU Commission, Work Plan Corridor Scan – Med, May 2015 4 THE BBT PROJECT 5 PROJECT AREA Emergency area Emergency area TRENS ST. JODOK Emergency area INNSBRUCK Franzensfeste Fortezza Access tunnel MULES Mauls Mules Brenner Brennero Ampass Access tunnel WOLF Steinach a.Br. Access tunnel AHRENTAL Existing line Innsbruck New line Emergency area Link with existing line Access tunnel 6 LONGITUDINAL PROFILE 0 PendenzaSlope 26 /00 Existing line 0 linea attuale 4 – 6,7 /00 Slope New line Freight trains Length Locomotives Length of the Max transportable Travel time trains mass Existing line 75km 2 - 3 450 m 1200 t 1h 45’ New line 55km 1 750 m 1600 t 35’ 7 THE BRENNER BASE TUNNEL GENERAL OVERVIEW Main Characteristics Fortezza-Tulfes About 64 Km Fortezza-Innsbruck About 56 Km Transversal Bypasses Each 333 m Main Tunnel Excavation Diameter About 10,5 m Exploratory Tunnel Exc. Diameter About 6,6 m Average Overburden About 1000 m Maximum Overburden Over 1850 m 8 SECTION The Rail System Double Railway Tube Bypass every 333 m Three Emergency Stations (Max interval about 20 km) Exploratory/Service Tunnel (About 12 m below the level of the main tunnels) 9 THE EXPLORATORY/SERVICE TUNNEL Function of the Exploratory/Service Tunnel During the excavation of the main tunnels During Service Prospection and logistics Drainage and maintenance Spoil disposal Maintenance vehicle 2 conveyor belts Selective and generalized Two supply trains drainage Excavation of exploratory tunnel is always ahead of the main tunnels, so as to optimize the consolidation/support systems Exploratory Tunnel during excavation Distance Excavation Time Difference ET/MT: From 6 to 18 months Time Main Tunnels Excavation Distance Difference ET/MT: From 500 to 2000 m 10 BASIC DATA Max speed Passengers trains 250 km/h Freight trains 100-120km/h Connections and passing tracks 100 km/h Interconnection with bypass 120 Km/h Innsbruck Outline TSI UIC GC System Main tunnels 2 one-track tunnels Outline RFI GC AV Max outline Outlines UIC GC e STI-TAV Interaxis distance between 333 m Outline HL-AG cross connecting tunnels Multipurpose area 3 (max distance 20Km) Access tunnels 4 Traffic Control and ERTMS/ETCS level II Management System 25 kV - 50 Hz Power supply 11 BASIC DATA Main tunnels Total length 108 km Average excavation diameter 10,5 m Excavation with TBM 80 km Excavation with traditional 28 km method (drill & blasting) Outline TSI UIC GC Exploratory tunnel Total length 60 km Outline RFI GC AV Average excavation diameter 6 m Excavation with TBM 52 km Outline HL-AG Excavation with traditional 8 km method (drill & blasting) Cross connecting tunnels Total length 10,5 km Excavation with traditional 10,5 km method (drill & blasting) 12 GEOLOGY ALONG THE TUNNEL European plate African plate Granite Excavation Methods Limestoneschists Phyllite TBM Excavation Italy Conventional Austria Contact Zone : Gneiss The Periadriatic Area 13 CONTACT BETWEEN TWO CONTINENTAL PLATES Austria Periadriatic Fault Area Italy 14 COMPANY 15 PROJECT FINANCING 16 PROJECT FINANCING Expected costs including quantifiable risks (price basis: 01.01.2013) 7.999 Mio. € Management 6.360 Mio€ Rischi Realizzazione e acquisizione 1.006 Mio€ aree 633 Mio€ Expected costs including risks that are presumed to occur but are not quantifiable (price basis: 01.01.2013) 7.117 Mio€ 8.800 Mio. € Management Rischi Realizzazione e 665 Mio€ acquisizione aree 1.018 Mio€ Coefficients: 1,5% from 2015 til 2020; 2,5% from 2021 17 WORK PROGRAMME 18 STATUS OF THE PROJECT UP TO DATE 1.000.000 € INVESTED ALREADY 57,1 KM EXCAVATED MAIN ONGOING ACTIVITIES • Construction lot Wolf 2 (completed) ca. 104 Mio € • Construction lot Tulfes – Pfons ca. 377 Mio € • Planning and works „Isarco River Underpass“ (planning completed) ca. 301 Mio € • Construction lot Mules 2-3 ca. 993 Mio € • Construction lot Pfons-Brenner (to be published in the next weeks) ca. 1.435 Mio € TOTAL ca. 3210 Mio € 20 TENDERING PROCEDURES 21 TENDER PROCEDURES Italian Laws: Legislative Decree 163/2006, Presidential Decree 207/2010, Legislative Decree 50/2016 European Law: 2004/17/EC Open Procedure according to: • art. 55 D.Lgs. 163/2006 • art. 60 D.Lgs. 50/2016 • art. 1, par. 9, letter b) of EU Directive 2004/17/EC Most Economically Lowest price criterion, unit Advantageous (MEAT) price offer (art. 82 D.Lgs. 163/2006 Criterion art. 95 comma 4 D.Lgs. 50/2016 (art. 83 D.Lgs. 163/2006 art. 55, par. 1, letter b) 2004/17/EC) art. 95 comma 6 D.Lgs. 50/2016 art. 55, par. 1, letter a) 2004/17/EC) Evaluation Commission • Unit price offer • Technical quality, improvement proposal • Discount on the tender price ceiling • Unit price offer • Timing offer 22 FOCUS: CONSTRUCTION LOT MULES 2 AND 3 23 CONSTRUCTION LOT MULES 2-3 24 CONSTRUCTION LOT MULES 2-3: OVERVIEW MULES 2-3 MULES 2-3 17 km 5 km 25 CONSTRUCTION LOT MULES 2-3: OVERVIEW Length of the excavation: 46 km TBM excavation + 17 km drill & blast excavation including bypasses 26 MULES 2-3 TENDER PROCEDURE Tender procedure for Mules 2-3 construction lot: OBSERVATIONS ON THE RESULT only for construction The best technical offer was also the Tender base price: most economically advantageous tender. 1.375 M€ Amount available for unforeseen This is due to BBT SE’s approach to its activities during the works: tender procedures. 80 M€ This particular tender procedure took Tender base execution time: place using the MEAT criterion, but the 9 years opportunity for the bidders to suggest improvements was limited to logistics Award criterion: and the choice of the type of TBM. Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) (Directive 2014/24/EU) 27 BEST UTILIZATION OF TBM 28 LOGISTICS - SPOIL MANAGEMENT OPTIMIZATION 3D view of the intersection between the Mules lateral access tunnel and the western railway tunnel, which shows: • Intermediate ceiling in the Mules lateral access tunnel; • Air distribution system via steel tubes to the main railway tunnels; • Sealing divider for the western railway tunnel with automatic door and a door for personnel. 29 LOGISTICS - SPOIL MANAGEMENT OPTIMIZATION Existing single-direction conveyor belt Single-direction conveyor belt Two-direction conveyor belt Reversible conveyor belt Road Transport Installation of 2 conveyor belts near Hinterrigger (1 for B + C-class material and 1 for class A material) able to move vertically on a special support structure and form hills of 1,000 cubic metres. 30 LOGISTICS - SUPPLY OF MATERIALS - OPTIMIZATIONS The set-up of the tubbing prefab plant leads to a clear change in aggregate management, limiting transports to Mules and allowing for a more balanced management on the two sites with a prevalence of class A material used directly on the Hinterrigger site. 31 MULES 2-3 TENDER PROCEDURE RESULTS: 1) Best Logistic Solutions 2) 30%Discount (≈ 400.000.000 € out of 1.375.000.000 €) 3) 2 Years Time Construction Reduction (7 years against 9 years) 32 ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND SAFETY MEASURES 33 ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES 34 ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES 35 ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES Measurement locations for permanent 1.143 hydrogeological monitoring over 600 km2 36 PADASTERTAL DISPOSAL AREA 37 HINTERRIGGER DISPOSAL AREA 38 HINTERRIGGER DISPOSAL AREA 4,6 mio m³ 39 PROJECT COMMUNICATION 40 INFORMATION CENTERS Franzensfeste Fortezza SteinachSteinach am Brenner Innsbruck 41 OPEN DAYS 29.09.2013 Construction site Mules 2479 visitors 18.05.2014 Construction site Wolf 2500 visitors 12.10.2014 Construction site Mules 2173 visitors 28.06.2015 Construction site Wolf 2800 visitors 04.10.2015 Construction site Mules 2744 visitors 18.09.2016 Construction site Wolf 3800 visitors 23.10.2016 Construction site Mules 2573 visitors 42 43 44 45 46 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! 47 .