Month: September 2018

Board of Länsimetro Oy, summary of decisions 23 August 2018

21.9.2018

The Board of Länsimetro convened on 23 August. A status update on construction of the second phase, Matinkylä–Kivenlahti, and a progress report on construction contract procurements were presented to the Board. In general, the project is progressing according to the target schedule and cost targets.

The Board of Directors decided on the creation of separate contracts.

Status updates of 6 August 2018 on the maintenance and servicing of the first phase of the West Metro, the Ruoholahti–Matinkylä section, were presented to the Board. HKL shall report to Länsimetro Oy on the use of the track and stations and the related service and maintenance tasks as agreed.

Project communications were presented to the Board in the autumn of 2018. The focus of such communications is to provide updates on the progress of construction, especially for those living and operating in the affected area, as excavation gives way to construction work.  Communications on the project will also take more detailed account of various stakeholder groups.

The next meeting will be held on 13 September.

Further information:

Ville Saksi, CEO, Länsimetro Oy, tel. +358 (0)40 823 2086

Olli Isotalo, Chairman of the Board of Länsimetro Oy, tel. +358 (0)50 593 3359

Media contacts: Satu Linkola, Communications Director, tel. +358 (0)46 877 3392

Contract tendering for the second-phase will continue – the YIT-Are consortium will build the Kaitaa station

21.9.2018

The construction tender for the Kaitaa station on Matinkylä-Kivenlahti section of the West Metro has been won by the YIT Rakennus Oy and Are Oy consortium. The total contract price is EUR 47 million.

The construction project will involve previously excavated areas for the Kaitaa underground station, a service tunnel and chambers for its connecting tunnels, a civil defence shelter and the Kaitantie entrance, the Iivisniementie technical shaft and the space reserved for the Iivisniemenkallio entrance, in connection with which an exit road connection and technical shaft will be built at this stage.

Construction of the Kaitaa station will be carried out by YIT and the Are consortium. The consortium will also build the Soukka station.

“Our skilled personnel, strong experience in the construction of rock chambers and effective cooperation with Are have contributed to achieving the outcome we sought through the West Metro tendering exercise. We are delighted that, in the second phase of the West Metro, we can engage in the project management of the Kaitaa station’s construction in addition to the Soukka station. A collaborative approach and close cooperation with the customer organisation create an excellent basis for a successful project,” says Anne Piiparinen, Senior Vice President in charge of technical construction Infrastructure projects segment at YIT.

The surface area of the facilities to be built is around 22,900m2. A total of around 8,300m3 of concrete will be cast and over 11,000 m2 of various elements installed.

“Our consortium combines long expertise and experience of challenging projects within both companies, which we were also able to demonstrate in the tender for the Kaitaa station. Are is strongly committed to bringing the best building services expertise to the construction of both the Soukka and Kaitaa stations,” says Kai Nurho, Director Building Services Contracting at Are.

In addition to the tendering process, the objectives of phase two of the West Metro’s construction in 2018 include the completion of excavation work and the acquisition of building permits for the stations. Construction is progressing according to objectives.

“Around 60 percent of the technical construction work for the Sammalvuori depot has already been completed.  Construction work has begun in Soukka, in Kivilahti and on the railway line. The project management contractors for the Finnova and Espoonlahti stations will be chosen next. As a whole, the project is progressing according to schedule. The aim is to hand the Metro over to the traffic operator, HLK, in 2023,” says Ville Saksi, CEO of Länsimetro Oy.

In March 2018, the City of Espoo reviewed its project plan for the second phase from 2012. The revised cost estimate for the entire project is EUR 1,159 million. The goal is to hand over the seven-kilometre rail line together with its five stations and depot to the operator, HKL, during 2023.

More information:
Ville Saksi, CEO, Länsimetro Oy, tel.  +358 (0)40 823 2086, ville.saksi(at)lansimetro.fi
Harri Kailasalo, EVP, Infrastructure projects segment, YIT Group, tel. +358 (0)400 401 538, harri.kailasalo(at)yit.fi
Kai Nurho, Director, Building Services Contracting, Are Oy, tel. +358 (0)40 516 4233, kai.nurho(at)are.fi

Photo: PES-Arkkitehdit Oy

Project engineer recruited from the energy sector for individual automation procurements

21.9.2018

Soile Hanttu (MSc. Eng.) began work on the West Metro as a project engineer on 7 August 2018. Hanttu is working on subcontracts – including the Metro’s lifts, escalators, fire roller shutter doors, fire sliding doors, sliding doors, toilet modules and smoke extraction fans. Automation procurements will be repeated in the same manner for all five new metro stations and the Sammalvuori depot.

Hanttu has long experience of the energy sector as a former employee of ÅF-Consult Oy, where she was involved in power plant projects. Her career has included the Tammervoima utility power plant project and she has also been involved in several power plant projects abroad.

“I’ve have been involved in project work for many years, which will be useful in this post. The scale and multifaceted nature of the West Metro project were what interested me. The project feels particularly important to me as a resident of Espoo,” Hanttu says.

She was impressed by the team spirit and busy mindset of the project during her first two weeks in her new post.

“We seem to have a good team and ‘can-do’ attitude,” Hanttu comments.

Soile Hanttu

 

Excavation until December at the Yläkartanontie entrance

21.9.2018

The excavation of the Yläkartanontie entrance is underway at the Länsimetro Soukka worksite. Yläkartanontie is one of the two entrances to the completed Metro station. The excavation work will continue on Yläkartonantie, in accordance with an updated schedule, until the end of December 2018.

Excavation and tunnel reinforcement work will be carried out between September and December. Noisy work phases may occur on weekdays between 7am and 6pm on Monday to Friday at Soukantie 12 and 14 and Yläkartanontie 29 and 30. The working hours are based on a noise permit granted by the Espoo Environment Centre.

Excavations of the tunnels at the Soukka worksite were finished at the end of the summer of 2017. Construction of the Soukka Metro station also began in August 2018, and will proceed in parallel with excavation during the autumn of 2018.

 

Länsimetro’s financial administration strengthened by new project controller

7.9.2018

Länsimetro has a new Project Controller, Sami Järvinen (Bachelor of Business Administration). He will add valuable expertise to Länsimetro’s financial administration, and will work in close cooperation with the CFO. He will focus on Länsimetro’s cost monitoring, accounts monitoring and control, and both internal and external reporting.

His previous positions include a software trainer for financial administration employees at software developers Heeros Oy, and financial administration assistant at Work Power Oy. Before choosing financial administration, he has also worked as a plumber in Australia.

“Construction is still close to my heart, so I am happy to be part of this project,” says Järvinen.

Järvinen will continue his Master’s studies at Oulu Business School at the University of Oulu in the autumn of 2018, but Länsimetro made such an interesting job offer that he just couldn’t let it pass.

“The size of the project on a Finnish and indeed European scale is interesting, and I cannot wait to get started,” he says.