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FCC
Receives
Two
Tunnel
Boring
Machines
To
Build
Panama
Metro
The
FCC-led
consortium
responsible
for
building
line
1 of
the
Panama
Metro
took
delivery
of
two
tunnel
boring
machines
(TBM)
at a
ceremony
in
the
southwest
German
town
of
Schwanau.
Ricardo
Martinelli,
the
President
of
the
Republic
of
Panama,
attended
the
event.
The
two
TBMs,
built
by
German
company
Herrenknecht
AG,
will
arrive
in
Panama
separately,
in
October
and
November.
The
machines
have
a
diameter
of
almost
10
metres
and
will
be
used
to
bore
a
7-kilometre
tunnel
to
complete
Panama
Metro's
line
1.
The
project,
which
was
awarded
to a
consortium
comprising
FCC
and
Brazilian
company
Odebrecht,
has
a
budget
of
over
1
billion
euro.
The
TBMs
are
equipped
with
cutting-edge
technology
and
include
complementary
equipment
such
as
locomotives,
conveyor
belts,
rails,
spares,
maintenance
equipment,
cabling,
and
cutting
tools.
The
agreement
includes
transport
to
Panama
and
assembly
of
the
TBMs.
At
the
delivery
ceremony,
held
at
Herrenknecht
AG's
hangars,
Mr
Martinelli
announced
the
tender
for
line
2 of
Panama
Metro:
"We
are
going
to
transform
the
former
transport
chaos
in
Panama
into
a
safe,
reliable
system
for
all
citizens."
Other
attendees
at
the
delivery
ceremony
for
the
TBMs
(named
Marta
and
Carolina),
included:
José
Suárez,
Panama's
Minister
of
Public
Works;
Roberto
Roy,
head
of
the
Panama
Metro
Secretariat;
Martin
Herrenknecht,
Chairman
of
Herrenknecht
AG;
André
Rabello,
Director
of
Odebrecht
in
Panama;
and
Avelino
Acero,
General
Manager
of
FCC
Construction.
Metro
building
experience
The
Panama
Metro
line
1
contract
adds
to
FCC's
extensive
experience
in
subway
building
worldwide.
FCC
Construction
has
participated
in
the
construction
of
the
Lisbon
Metro
(Alameda-Expo
section)
and
in
the
extension
of
line
2 of
Athens
Metro,
as
well
as
the
construction
of
new
stations
there
(Periteri
and
Anthoupoli).
Through
Alpine,
its
Austrian
subsidiary,
FCC
is
currently
building
the
metro
line
between
New
Delhi
and
Indira
Gandhi
International
Airport
and
two
new
sections
of
the
Singapore
Metro.
The
company
was
recently
awarded
the
contract
to
build
the
Toronto-York
Spadina
Subway
Extension
(TYSSE)
in
Canada,
which
includes
construction
of
the
North
tunnels
and
the
Highway
407
Station
and
is
worth
304
million
euro,
and
section
1 of
Bucharest
Metro's
line
5
(Romania),
for
267
million
euro.
FCC
also
built
extensions
to
Madrid
Metro,
including
line
10,
line
8
(Barajas-T4),
and
line
3
(from
Legazpi
to
Villaverde),
as
well
as
sections
I
and
III
of
Metrosur.
In
Barcelona,
the
company
built
several
sections
of
metro
lines
2, 5
and
9.
It
is
currently
building
the
metro
in
Málaga
and
section
1 of
Barcelona
Metro's
line
9.
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