On Thursday, October 21, the results of the 15th competition for the Best Construction of the Moravian-Silesian Region 2020 were ceremoniously announced. The main prize in its category was awarded to the reconstruction of the railway line Český Těšín – Dětmarovice done in the years from 2017 to 2020 with the participation of division 3. The almost 21-kilometer-long section of the 3rd railway corridor was reconstructed for the maximum speed of 160 km/h.
On Thursday, October 21, officially started – at the train station in Adamov – the reconstruction of the Brno – Maloměřice – Adamov railway line by tapping the train track. The ceremony united three projects that will have in common a closure for approximately one year. Division 1 will also participate in the reconstruction of the 9-kilometer-long section, led by division 3. The business director Jiří Tesař spoke on behalf of the group of contractors.
In September, division 1 finished its works on the Milochov Tunnel on the Púchov – Považská Teplá railway line. After the secondary lining of the 1 861-meter-long tube and 260-meter-long emergency exit, sidewalks and other parts of the tunnel were concreted and also landscaping of all the portals was completed. Division 3, which coordinates the construction, continues to participate in the project, as well as division 4, which supplies part of the technological equipment.
The construction of the Žabovřeská tram tunnel on the Great Ring Road of Brno continues. Division 1 is now finishing the concreting of the secondary lining of the cut-and-covered part at the northern portal, afterwards, the lining of the 335-meter-long bored section will be carried out from the southern portal. The completion of the tunnel is planned for next February.
Subterra has become the main sponsor of a floorball tournament for secondary schools. In one of the biggest sport events of this kind in Czechia, hundreds of girls’ and boys’ teams will participate and can advance from the district rounds to the finals to compete for a cup – taking place in April during the Superfinal of floorball in Prague.
Since the middle of last year, division 3 has been participating in the modernization of the 16-kilometer-long section of the 1st railway corridor between Kolín and Prague. The reconstruction of the tracks in the station Poříčany, where two switch points were installed in September at the Pečky throat for the speed of 130 km/h, belongs to the main works.
The annexe of the town hall in Brandýs nad Labem was completed by the ceremonial handover on Thursday, September 23. The structure, designed by Ehl & Koumar architekti, had been built by division 2 since May 2020. The event attended by representatives of the town and the team of division 2, including the director Petr Kajer, took place in the basement with historic vaults.
From last April, division 1 has been casting the secondary lining of the Skärholmen highway tunnel in the section under Mälaren Lake. Two 40-meter-long tubes with an exceptional thickness of the structures belong to the most complicated parts of the construction that is being carried out by the Swedish daughter company SBT Sverige AB since 2017.
On Friday, September 3, division 4 obtained a contract for the reconstruction of a sewerage in Prague-Suchdol. Almost 350 meters of pipes will be installed in an open cut, about 60 meters will be bored. The construction also includes the interconnection of rainwater drainage system and building of 12 access chambers along with other structures. The project is expected to be finished in 25 weeks from the handover of the construction site.