LESSONS LEARNED
200 cars worth of passengers each time that it enters the stations ,” Hagelskær comments . “ On top of that , of course , there are a lot of extra benefits and developments that come with urban development . But actually , the core objectives and the core business case are in the capacity of the tramway .”
LESSONS LEARNED
In August 2012 , the competition for the design and visualisation consultancy for the Odense tram system was won by a team consisting of Niras , PLH Architects , Atelier Villes & Paysages and MBD Design . In March 2015 , Parsons Brinckerhoff won the contract for project management , and strategic and economic advice . COWI was selected as technical advisor . Following on from that , in June 2015 , preparatory work began involving the city ’ s water and sewer pipes – work that will be hard to do once the rails are in place .
“ We are actually taking a risk out for the big contractors by doing all the utilities diversions . That is from lessons learned from programmes in the UK where they have tried to do it at the
The utilities diversion has had a big impact and all along the tram line the utilities have been updated to modern standards , whilst the water supply and sewer system has also been upgraded to better accommodate heavy rainfall
“ WHEN YOU LOOK INTO HOW WE ’ RE GOING TO BUILD THE TRAMWAY , WE HAVE DIVIDED IT UP IN A VERY LOGICAL WAY ”
– Mogens Hagelskær , CEO
same time and you are always surprised by what ’ s happening under the road ,” notes Hagelskær .
The tramway project has been split into four different construction phases . “ When you look into how we ’ re going to build the tramway , we have divided it up in a very logical way ,” Hagelskær observes . After the utilities are moved , the roads , bicycle lanes and pavements will be built . Then after that the tracks , the masts and the stations . Finally , the focus will be on greenery . “ We ’ re
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