The Austrian ALPINE Construction Company completed the first of six subway tunnels for the Downtown Line in the center of Singapore, a city with a population of five million. ALPINE’s tunnel drill recently achieved a performance of 93 meters per week drilling a tube with a diameter of 6.6 meters through the underground between the “Tan Kah Dee” and “Sixth Avenue” stations, a considerable speed considering the difficult soil conditions. ALPINE is using employees from 17 nations and five tunnel drills simultaneously to complete the 400-million-euro contract awarded by the Singapore Land Authority.

ALPINE has been active in Singapore for nine years. Between 2003 and 2010 the first major projects for the Land Transport Authority were completed, providing 12 kilometers of subway tunnel and four subway stations (Serangoon, Holland Village, Buona Vista, Kent Ridge) for the Metro Circle Line.

The Austrian ALPINE Construction Company is a member of the FCC Group and has built roads, motorways, power plants, stadiums, railways and subways, bridges, residential, commercial and industrial buildings around the world. Together with its subsidiary, ALPINE-ENERGIE, it promotes the construction and development of sustainable, alternative energies and energy networks. The revenue from construction services was over 3.6 billion euros in 2011. The FCC Group with its head office in Madrid operates in the public services, environmental services, infrastructure and renewable energies sector on an international scale. FCC has over 90,000 employees in more than 50 countries, generating sales of approx. 12 billion euros last year.

Press Release by Alpine, 10 September 2012