DYWIDAG International GmbH

Metro Delhi BC 18
India
In July 2005 the international Joint Venture IMCC under the leadership of DYWIDAG International GmbH (Germany), together with Larsen & Toubro (India), Samsung Corporation (Korea), IRCON International (India) and Shimizu Corporation (Japan) finished the construction of a 6.8 km long twin tunnel section with six metro stations underneath the centre of Old and New Delhi. In December 2006 the Joint Venture Metro Tunnelling Group (MTG), consisting of the previously successful IMCC-team, was awarded the contract for the design and construction of another 3.2 km long metro twin tunnel and two underground metro stations with the lengths of 300 and 318 m. One section of tunnels runs between Malaviya Nagar and Hauz Khas stations, another two sections of tunnels connect these stations to the contract boundaries at Green Park & Saket (South). The twin tunnelling sections were built by shield tunnel boring machines, with the first Herrenknecht-TBM having been launched within record-breaking one years time in December 2007. The two parallel tunnel tubes are connected by a total of seven cross passages which serve for emergency evacuation of the passengers in case of an accident in the tunnel. The cross passages were excavated by means of the New Austrian Tunnelling Method (NATM) with a diameter of 4m. The underground stations were planned to be constructed by cut-and-cover method with slotted walls. But whereas the construction of the Hauz Khas station could be executed this way, the method for the second station Malaviya Nagar had to be changed to open cut with anchored soldier pile and lagging walls. The reason was the discovery of an elevated rock head after the award of the contract.

DYWIDAG International GmbH, Klausenburger Strasse 9, 81677 Munich, Germany Phone: +49 89 92 10 48 - 0, Fax: +49 89 92 10 48 - 36 88 e-mail: info@dywidag.com web: www.dywidag-international.com

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Client: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) New Delhi, India

The overall construction is planned to be completed by March 2010 after a construction period of 38 month. The section described above is part of the Phase II of the Delhi Metro Project which planed the expansion of the network with another 130 km and 79 stations by 2010.

Contract Value: EUR 82 mil. Period of Execution: 01/2007 3/2010 Joint Venture Partners: DYWIDAG International (29%) Samsung (26 %), South Korea Larsen & Toubro (26 %), India IRCON International (9.5%), India Shimizu Corporation (9.5%), Japan

DYWIDAG International GmbH, Klausenburger Strasse 9, 81677 Munich, Germany Phone: +49 89 92 10 48 - 0, Fax: +49 89 92 10 48 - 36 88 e-mail: info@dywidag.com web: www.dywidag-international.com

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