On Tuesday, April 15, the annual programmatic conference of the company Subterra took place in the multifunctional hall DOX+ in Prague. The presentations given by general director Ondřej Fuchs and financial director Pavel Zykán were followed by the introduction of four selected projects. At the end of the conference, the best employees were awarded. Vladislav Beneš, the long-serving head of the general director’s office and the spokesperson, was named the Person of the Year 2024.
On Thursday, March 27, Prague’s O2 Universum hosted the 28th annual Conference Railways. The meeting of experts, attended by more than 450 guests, was opened by the Minister of Transport Martin Kupka. Štěpán Budík presented the electrification of the line Střelice – Zastávka u Brna, which was led by division 3. Subterra ranks among the main sponsors of the conference.
On Wednesday, March 19, a ceremony, which included the traditional blessing and installation of statues of Saint Barbara, took place at the construction site of the Holstein Tunnel in Germany. The two 1.6-kilometre-long tubes on A44 motorway in Hesse are being built by division 1 and its sister company BeMo Tunnelling. Subterra was represented by its director for foreign business Miroslav Zobaník and the director of division 1 David Cyroň.
On Wednesday, March 12, the blessing of the statue of St. Barbora and the christening of the tunnel boring machine called Božena took place at the construction site in Kněževes. The microtunnelling, with a total length of approximately 320 meters, is being carried out by division 1 for Metrostav DIZ as part of the reinforcement of the storm sewer S_L at the Prague Airport in Ruzyně. The company Subterra was represented at the ceremony by its commercial director Jiří Tesař and the director of division 1 David Cyroň.
On Wednesday, 29 January, the results of the competition the Railway Construction of the Year 2024 were announced in the Fanta building of the Main railway station in Prague. In the category Construction, one of the winning projects was the electrification of the 20-kilometre-long line Střelice – Zastávka at Brno, which had been led by division 3 since 2022. The award was received by commercial director Jiří Tesař and project manager Štěpán Budík.
On Tuesday, 28 January, the Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic hosted for the 12th time the professional conference Trends in Czech and European Transport, with Subterra as one of its main partners. In the afternoon block – focused on transport in Prague and the Central Bohemian Region -commercial director Jiří Tesař presented the progress of the construction of the new metro D line Pankrác-Olbrachtova, led by division 5.
On Saturday, December 14, a closing ceremony of the electrification of the South Moravian railway track Střelice – Zastávka u Brna, which was led by division 3 for more than two years, took place. The event, attended by prime minister Petr Fiala and other distinguished guests, included a ride on a special train from Brno to Zastávka station, where the ceremony took place. Commercial director Jiří Tesař cut the ribbon on behalf of Subterra.
On Friday, December 13, in Prague a new section of the tramline was launched to the stop Pankrác. The tramline, which was built by division 1, is related to the ongoing construction of the metro D, and will be extended to Budějovická after the completion of the Pankrác transfer station. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was attended by representatives of the city and the transit company, Subterra was represented by the general director Ondřej Fuchs.
On Saturday, October 19, the Assembly of Delegates of ČKAIT took place in Prague, during which the Award of the Chamber of Engineers 2023 was announced. The Skärholmen highway tunnel in Stockholm, which was constructed by the subsidiary SBT Sverige AB, received an honorable mention. The jury appreciated the challenging construction, including its management in digital environment. The award was received by the project manager Jan Faltýnek, the ceremony was also attended by the director of division 1 David Cyroň and project engineer Michal Sklenář.