Since late September, division 2 has been working on the renovation of the Ledebourg Palace in Prague. The baroque monument on the Waldstein Square, whose garden goes up to Prague Castle, will get new installations and toilets. The project also features the decoration of the interior, including the restoration of frescos and reparation of the facade. Works should take more than a year and a half.
The Jaroměř railway station now has a modern form after a general reconstruction, on which division 3 had participated since 2018. Works on the important junction were affected by large archaeological finds. Apart form new rail tracks, overhead lines and safety equipment, the project also featured the construction of a new underpass and platforms with barrier-free access.
On Thursday, September 17 the results of the Building of the Year in Central Bohemia Region 2020 competition, organized by ABF Foundation, were announced in Kutná Hora. One of the special prices, awarded to a private investor for a long-term municipal development conception, was given to the Řevnice Brewery. The conversion of an old railway building was carried out by division 2.
On Monday, September 7, the double-track Milochov Tunnel, a part of the modernized Púchov – Považská Teplá railway line, was broken through. The ceremony at the western portal featured Slovak minister of transport and construction Andrej Doležal and other guests. The 1,861-meter long tunnel, which goes through Stavná Hill, has been excavated by division 1 since 2018.
At the beginning of the school year, September 1, the new school building in Zdice was opened. The modern four-storey building, which is connected to an older object, contains twenty classrooms arranged around a hall. Division 2 had participated in the construction since 2018 and was represented at the ceremony by director Petr Kajer.
Division 3 worked on the railway in Tišnov following an accident. An express train had partly derailed the previous week. Apart from the train itself, a rail switch, safety equipment and overhead lines were damaged. To repair the rails in Tišnov, where division 3 also has an office, a new automatic tamping machine was used.
Daughter company SBT Sverige is carrying out the four-kilometre-long Skärholmen highway tunnel on the Stockholm road bypass, started in 2017. On July 20, the construction reached another breakthrough, which finalized work on the exacting section under Mälaren Lake. The two-tube tunnel should be completed in 2022.
The River City Prague complex in Karlín will be completed with two energy-efficient buildings, Mississippi House and Missouri Park, which will offer 20,000 square meters of offices. Division 4 is delivering heating and cooling, sanitary installations, ventilation and a stable fire extinguishing system for the Austrian developer CA Immo.
The reconstruction of the Přerov railway junction, where two corridor tracks intersect and form the so-called “Triangle,” is in progress. Since March, divison 3 has been working on the reconstruction of the 2nd track in the almost three-and-half-kilometre-long section between Prosenice and Přerov, which was put into operation on 15 July. A subsequent reconstruction of the 1st track will be carried out by December.