COWI s Role in the Copenhagen Metro Project

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1 COWI s Role in the Copenhagen Metro Project On the occasion of the award by the Copenhagen Cultural Foundation for COWI A/S part in the implementation of Phase 1 of the Copenhagen Metro

2 2 COWI s Role in the Copenhagen Metro Project COWI s role in Phase 1 of the Copenhagen Metro has been as the Owner s, Ørestadsselskabet in-house Consultant and Project Manager throughout the different stages of the project s development. This has included: Concept selection, after comparison of a number of different schemes. (May to December 1994) Procurement - tender design, prequalification, tendering and contract negotiations (January October 1996) Design and construction (October September 2002) Testing and commissioning (July October 2002) Kgs. Nytorv station area. Photo: René Strandbygaard

3 3 Photo: Ørestadsselskabet / Jens Frederiksen Entrance to underground station. COWI s design management role for Ørestadsselskabet started in spring 1994 and has continued throughout the project, coordinating the work of a number of consultants. This has included consultants involved with the civil works, architecture, railway systems, rolling stock, traffic forecasting and environmental planning. This role has also included the preparation of the Conceptual Design of the civil works. After award of the first two major contracts to COMET (for the design and construction of the civil works) and to ANSALDO (design and installation of the railway systems and rolling stock) COWI s role was expanded to include Construction Management and Supervision. This role included review and acceptance of the Contractor s permanent works design.

4 4 Photo: René Strandbygaard As Project Manager for the Metro COWI has been directly responsible for a multitude of functions, such as: Overall project management Design management Construction management Interface management Office administration Claims management Authority approvals and neighbour relations Contract negotiations Quality assurance Land acquisition and relocation of utilities Risk management Overall planning Building registration Procurement of consultancy services, construction contracts and Employers supplies Administration of agreement with other consultants Budgeting Construction safety Co-ordination with independent safety assessor O&M co-ordination Tunnels are located in Copenhagen limestone.

5 5 In addition to the role of Project Manager for the Metro Project as a whole COWI was appointed as Civil Works Consultant, responsible for preparation of concept proposals for three different transport systems - metro, light rail and tram system. Based on these proposals Ørestadsselskabet chose the system to be implemented - a driverless light metro system. Thereafter, COWI was responsible for preparation of tender documents for civil works and subsequently for review of the Contractors design. This included: Track alignment Tunnels and shafts Stations Station areas for underground stations Viaducts and embankments Tunnel ventilation Measures for reduction of noise and vibration In order to avoid damaging existing foundations temporary or permanent lowering of the ground water table was not permitted. Photo: Stig Stasig

6 6 Photo: Ørestadsselskabet / Jens Frederiksen Management of the Project from the first ideas in the spring of 1994 to the inauguration of the first phase on 19th of October 2002 was a complicated and demanding task. The Design Management organisation - comprising a considerable number of engineers and other technicians with different background as well as administrative staff - produced approximately 150 man-years of work. In addition, the Contract Management organisation employed an average of staff during the six year construction period. Effective management of the Project required that managers from Ørestadsselskabet and COWI could act as an integrated team capable of making decisions as and when required. This was created through close corporation and mutual trust enabling everybody involved to identity themselves with the common goals and to make the decisions necessary for the progress of the Project. Photo: René Strandbygaard Skylights at underground station.

7 7 Constructing a metro crossing an old city like Copenhagen is in itself a technically complicated matter, but it also gives rise to major administrative and organisational complications. It involves a number of organisations and persons with different interests - politicians and civil servants in the affected municipalities, police and fire authorities, property owners and administrators, Ministry of Public Works and Railway Inspectorate as well as local governmental bodies, associations, handicap organisations, etc. One of COWI s primary tasks throughout the project implantation period has been to coordinate all of these many - and often conflicting - interests, and to unite these in a common desire to give the City of Copenhagen a new modern and effective transportation system. Photo: Ole Malling Operations and Maintenance Centre.

8 COWI is an independent consulting company which delivers stateof-the-art services within the fields of engineering, environmental science and economics. COWI has a total of 3400 employees, of which 2000 are based in Denmark and 1400 in subsidiaries and project offices around the world. COWI s future turnover is expected to grow to DKK 2.6 billion (EUR 356m) annually, including the projected turnover of recently acquired companies Kampsax and Interconsult. COWI A/S Parallelvej 2 DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby Denmark Tel Fax e-03a Photo: Ørestadsselskabet / Jens Frederiksen