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Vienna, 16 June 2009 At approximately 12 noon today, 16 June 2009, the tunnel boring machine Gabi I (TBM Ost) broke through the last metre of rock between Erstfeld and Amsteg. The machine covered a distance of 7.2 km in just 18 months, arriving at Amsteg half a year earlier than planned. At the construction site, Moritz Leuenberger, member of the Swiss Federal Council, congratulated STRABAG on this outstanding achievement.
In his speech, Mr. Leuenberger said he was very impressed by the efficient progress of construction and thanked everyone involved, especially the tunnel workers. With the construction of the NRLA, he said, Switzerland proves it belongs to Europe by building the longest railway tunnel in the world with Europeans for Europe. The NRLA is central to Switzerland’s policy of shifting transport from road to rail, and Europe admires Switzerland for the uncompromising manner in which the country is expanding its railway infrastructure, Mr. Leuenberger said.
Gabi I (TBM Ost) began driving towards Amsteg on 4 December 2007. Eighteen months later, and half a year earlier than planned, the TBM reached its destination at Amsteg. The tunnel breakthrough was achieved with great accuracy, with a minimal horizontal and vertical deviation of less than 1 cm.
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STRABAG SE is one of Europe’s leading construction groups. With some 74,000 employees, STRABAG generated a construction output volume of € 13.7 billion in the 2008 financial year. From its core markets of Austria and Germany, STRABAG is present via its numerous subsidiaries in all countries of Eastern and South-East Europe, in selected markets in Western Europe and on the Arabian Peninsula. STRABAG’s activities span the entire construction industry (Building Construction and Civil Engineering, Transportation Infrastructures, Tunnelling) and cover the entire value-added chain in the field of construction. More information is available at www.strabag.com.
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