Due Diligence Grosswasserkraft

The Gotthard Base Tunnel is the longest railway tunnel on earth. It is composed of two tunnels of 57 km length each. Within this mandate, detailed planning of the entire logistics for the installation of the railway technology was done.
Optimized processes and schedules had to be developed. The installation of the railway technology is carried out from two main and three smaller installation sites. These sites are equipped with a complex and highly efficient infrastructure to allow the railway technology installation process, which is unique in terms of scale and complexity, to be carried out according to very high quality requirements and a tight schedule.

In the west of the city of Bern a leisure and shopping centre was designed and planned by the world-famous architect Daniel Liebeskind. This centre includes a large variety of uses, for example a shopping centre, cinemas, a hotel, appartments, an adventure pool and much more. The area of "westside" evolves into a meeting place and an architectonic landmark with international quality.

Emch+Berger AG Berne developed the overall transport and traffic concept, including the traffic management and detailed site development as well as the impact environment assessment. The main focus was on the estimation of the future transport demand and an appraisal of the effects (noise, pollutants, etc.) as well as the conception of measures to mitigate the negative impacts of traffic.

Additionally to the access of this area to the major road network (including a connection to the highway network) the main focus of access was on the public transport including a new tramline and a station of a regional train.