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Division 4 will be participating in the renovation of lighting and high-current installations in the Prague Metro’s A line, between the stations Náměstí Míru and Želivského. The contract also features the finalizing project documentation after a call from the investor, the Prague Public Transit Company. The whole project will be realized for almost two years.

On Wednesday, March 10, excavations for the revitalization of a water line crossing under the Elbe River in Obříství were started, featuring division 1. The microtunnelling machine, 1.3 meters in diameter, was lowered and set into the entry pit on the right bank. The space between piping and guards will be filled with a mineral mixture, and each of two water main arms will be almost 142 meters long.

Division 2 is carrying out the general renovation of the baroque Clam-Gallas Palace on Mariánské Square in Prague. After the completion of rough works and reparations, the ceiling and wall frescos and other artistic and building elements are being restored. The project should be finished in 2022, after which the palace will be opened to the public a serve as exposition and cultural space.

Another educational institution with which Subterra concluded a long-tem partnership agreement is the Secondary Technical School and Higher Professional School in Kladno. The subject of the collaboration will be electrotechnics. Division 4 will offer its knowledge in field experience, trainings, or temporary jobs, and also by lectures and excursions.

Division 1 and BeMo Tunnelling are carrying on the construction of the German Spitzenberg Tunnel. The concrete casting of the secondary lining had started with the western tube from the northern portal, where a mobile concrete plant is also situated. Then the formwork complex was moved into the eastern tube. The tunnel, which has a length of 600 meters on the A44 highway, should be put into operation next year.

Subterra is carrying on developing a network of collaborating schools that provide technical education. On Thursday, February 25, a long-term partnership with the Higher Professional School, Secondary Technical School and Language School in Kutná Hora was confirmed. At the school, which celebrated 150 years since the foundation last year, Subterra will provide support in electrotechnics through its division 4.

Division 2 will work on the overall renovation of a housing block in Prague-Žižkov. The project features the modification of the structure, the thermal insulation of the facade and roof, and the exchange of windows and banisters. On ground floors, the gallery will be replaced by residential and commercial spaces. The reconstruction, which will start in April, should be completed in one year.

Since the middle of last year, the 16-kilometer long section of the Ist railway corridor has been being modernized, featuring division 3. The upgrade, financed by the Blending Call EU programme, concerns tracks, technologies, crossings, and platforms. Division 3 works mainly on the reconstruction of the track substructure and superstructure in the Poříčany station.

In the winter resort of Garmisch-Partenkirche in the German Alps, division 1 and BeMo Tunnelling are excavating the one-tube Kramer Tunnel, a part of the B23 highway. From the total lenght of the tunnel, 3.6 kilometers, by February about 2 kilometers had been excavated. The works proceed from both portals, from the south the rock is crushed by explosives, from the north mechanically.