Blue Line Jerusalem

A new tram line for Jerusalem

At a glance

Client

Jerusalem Transportation Master Plan Team

Country

Israel

The routing

The course of the central section of the Blue Line goes right through the inner city main streets: past Golda Meir, Shmuel Hanavi, Yehezkel and Strauss and to the south at the intersection of Jaffa and King George Street – along the streets in the city center on which the public life takes place. The streets are very busy with heavy pedestrian traffic. The areas adjacent to the route are used for various commercial purposes, public and religious institutions as well as for living space.

The reason for building subterraneously

Characteristic for this area are narrow streets, steep inclines, tight curve radii and crossings with the tram lines of the planned Green Line and the existing Red Line. Taking these difficult conditions into account, it was decided to run this section of the route underground.

Services in a nutshell

Preliminary design
Basic design
Detailed design
Approval procedure in accordance with Israeli regional planning and building regulations
Supervision of the additional geological surveys
Tender documents for the trades shell construction and equipment (except railway technology)
Support in evaluating and awarding offers
Construction supervision
Planning of the mining stations (shell construction)
Geological / geotechnical processing for the entire underground section

Services

In future the job will be done before the ground-breaking ceremony – but only digital “Building Information Modeling” allows the building to be built before the first groundbreaking and enables the planner project team to create a tailor-made building for his client. This digital twin helps to deliver the client’s vision through all planning stages, approval processes, execution and will assist the maintenance through the remaining stage of the entire life cycle process. BIM – Building information modeling

GC GROUP has extensive and long time of experience in construction supervision, site management and on-site construction supervision of infrastructure projects of all sizes. Our focus is especially on Austria and Germany but we act also in other European and non-European countries.

Construction supervision for infrastructure projects

Underground constructions represent an essential element of infrastructure in today’s world. They are holistic and sustainable engineering structures for which we find the solution tailored to your requirements. We offer our customers cavity planning, from design to execution. Underground construction

Geological documentation

GC is a competent and strong partner in the planning of rail projects. With the latest technology and interdisciplinary networked thinking, we cover all service phases in the areas of route planning and rail technology. Rail

In order to be able to implement construction and infrastructure projects successfully and, above all, sustainably, you need a detailed knowledge of the subsoil conditions before the project begins. In this area, we offer our customers a comprehensive range of services – from geotechnical (preliminary) investigations to analyzes accompanying construction and renovation issues. Geotechnical investigation