{"id":11842,"date":"2023-06-18T04:33:46","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T04:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=11842"},"modified":"2023-06-18T04:33:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T04:33:46","slug":"cowi-arup-jv-to-design-new-copenhagen-metro-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=11842","title":{"rendered":"Cowi Arup JV to Design New Copenhagen Metro Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cowi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cowi<\/a>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arup<\/a> Joint Venture has been selected to oversee the design, environmental impact assessment and utility relocations for Copenhagen\u2019s new M5 metro line.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The submitted engineering and architectural design for the M5 includes Ten stations operating from Copenhagen Central Station through islands Brygge, Amagerbrogade and Refshale\u00f8en to Lynetteholm and \u00d8sterport, plus a bifurcation chamber to organize for a possible \u00d8resund metro line. Also, the infrastructure will preserve a potential upcoming extension of the line to close the ring between \u00d8sterport and Copenhagen Central.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The new line is said to assist with cutting congestion on the M1\/M2 harbor crossing and contribute to sustainable urban development in the new districts of Kl\u00f8verparken, Refshale\u00f8en and Lynetteholm.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto; max-width: 500px;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Cowi-Arup-JV-Design-for-Copenhagens-New-Metro-Line.jpg\" alt=\"Cowi-Arup JV Design for Copenhagens New Metro Line\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Cowi spokesperson conveyed to T&#038;TI that the project would comprise tunnels and objectives would be developed during this first phase.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the concept design is complete, the Cowi Arup JV will create the reference design and follow the project via the procurement process alongside Metroselskabet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The client, Metroselskabet, has prioritized sustainability in the M5 project, intending to halve the overall carbon footprint of the new line compared with the city\u2019s current lines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Flemming Billeskov Nissen, Cowi project director, pointed out: \u201cThe project is highly ambitious when it comes to its vision for sustainability, and innovation and digitalization will be core elements as we design new solutions without compromising the customer experience or safety. We want to significantly reduce the carbon footprint and set new standards for tomorrow\u2019s metros&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As reported, the M5 metro line is anticipated to open in 2035.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cowi&#8211;Arup Joint Venture has been selected to oversee the design, environmental impact assessment and utility relocations for Copenhagen\u2019s new M5 metro line. The submitted engineering and architectural design for the M5 includes Ten stations operating from Copenhagen Central Station through islands Brygge, Amagerbrogade and Refshale\u00f8en to Lynetteholm and \u00d8sterport, plus a bifurcation chamber to organize for a possible \u00d8resund metro line. Also, the infrastructure will preserve a potential upcoming extension of the line to close the ring between \u00d8sterport and Copenhagen Central. The new line is said to assist with cutting congestion on the M1\/M2 harbor crossing and contribute to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-project-show-case","post--single"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}