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Since May, division 4 has been participating in the construction of the utility network for a hotel from the chain Motel One. The project of the company CBD Hybernská will occupy the triangular site between Masaryk Railway Station and the crossroad U Bulhara. The construction of the water supply, sewage system and gas main including the foundation pit is accompanied by large archaeological finds.

Since the beginning of June, division 4 has been leading the reconstruction of the Lochkovský and Komořanský tunnels on the Prague Ring Road. The project includes new technological equipment, mainly ventilation. In total, 42 jet fans are being installed. The work is limited to weekend closures and progress by individual tubes, it should be finished in November.

Division 2 continues the overall rebuilding of the Centre of technical-economic professional training Českobrodská in Prague-Hrdlořezy to an intelligent, energetically self-sufficient building. Now, facades of battens and fibre-cement boards are being mounted, and also solar panels on the south facade and green roofs. Works are getting on also inside. The building should be completed in the beginning of next year.

The construction of the Žabovřeská tram tunnel, a part of the Great Ring Road in Brno, reached its breakthrough on Thursday, August 19. The event was attended by representatives of the city, Road and Motorway Directorate (ŘSD) and also division 1 that has excavated the tunnel in the hillside of Wilson Forest since the beginning of May. At present concrete casting of the secondary lining continues, the construction should be completed in February 2022.

Overall modernization and electrification of the 30-kilometer regional railway line between Uničov and Olomouc is completed in terms of the construction itself, after two years since its commencement. Division 3, the leader of this large project, has worked in various sections namely on the reconstruction of tracks, railroad crossings and platforms and other parts of stops. The closure will end on Wednesday, September 8.

On Thuesday, July 27, the building of Malešice Health Centre, which was under reconstruction since the year 2018 by division 2, was finished and handed over. The works on the structure originally from the second half of the 70s were divided into two phases, to keep the facility running. The building got a new roof and facade, technical equiments and the interior, including two original mosaics.

On Monday, August 2, a contract for the complete reconstruction of a more than 9-kilometer track on the 1st railway corridor – led by divison 3 – was signed. Apart from the renovation of the track, railway stops and bridges, the project includes also the repair of four Blanenská tunnels, to be carried out by division 1. The construction should start in October and be completed in less than two years.

In Stockholm, the Swedish daughter company SBT Sverige works on the secondary lining of the Skärholmen highway tunnel. After the aplication of the membrane, the construction carries on by installing of the prefabricated wall elements made of reinforced concrete. The 6-ton panels that cover a maintenance corridor on one side are set by a vacuum lifter.

On Tuesday, June 29, Prague Public Transit Company signed a contract for the construction of the first section of metro D. Subterra leads the international consortium, consisting of HOCHTIEF CZ, STRABAG, HOCHTIEF Infrastructure and Ed. Züblin. The 1.2-kilometre-long section between Pankrác and Olbrachtova stations includes the interchange from C line and is the most demanding part of the whole project.