By Lynda Myer
The design and build contract for the first section of Line 15 West of the Grand Paris Express, has been awarded to the Intencités15 consortium, which is led by Vinci Construction.
The Société du Grand Paris granted this contract with €2.71bn (US$3.04bn) value, while it covers turnkey engineering and construction of 14km of tunnels, five stations (Saint-Cloud, Rueil-Suresnes Mont-Valérien, Nanterre La Boule, Nanterre La Folie and La Défense), as well as a set of tail tracks and 16 service buildings.
Linking to Transilien Lines L and U at Saint-Cloud and at La Défense, RER Line E at Nanterre La Folie, and RER Lines A and E, metro Line 1 and Transilien tramway Line T2 at La Défense, Line 15 West is due to develop Line 15 South. The scheduled date for inauguration of this section is late 2031.
Decreasing its environmental footprint during construction, including using mainly low carbon concrete, is the intention of this consortium.
The Intencités15 consortium comprises Vinci Construction subsidiaries (Vinci Construction Grands Projets, Chantiers Modernes Construction, Dodin Campenon Bernard, and ETF), Vinci Energies (SDEL Infi), Razel-Bec, Fayat Energie Services, Ingérop, Artelia, JFS Architectes, Grimshaw, AREP Architectes, Archi 5 Prod and Philippe Gazeau Architecte.
As Europe’s largest sustainable transport project, the Grand Paris Express is slated to extend the French capital’s metro and light rail network by 200km, improving connections between the city center and suburban areas. Additionally, expansion of the existing Line 14 of the Paris Metro towards the north and south, as well as the building of four new Lines 15, 16, 17 and 18, are the project’s other subsets.
