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Willemen Groep
Boerenkrijgstraat 133, BE - 2800 Mechelen
tel +32 15 569 965, groep@willemen.be
 
Tunnel of Cointe - Liège
 

Project Details


Activities
Civil Engineering
Tunnels

Contractors
Franki

location
4020 Liège
Belgium
Liege BE

Client
M.E.T., Sofico

Price
€325.000.000

Temporary partnership
Franki, Bageci-CFE, Duchêne, Galère, Matagne, Réforme Nizet, Bouygues Belgium

Construction period 
11 years

Start work 
03-1986

End of work 
03-1997
 
Double 1,300 m tunnel, each tunnel with road interchanges at entrance and exit. The tunnels run 50 m below the ground, mostly under a built-up zone.  The shoring consists of 30 cm of shotcrete and passive bolting with 1.5 metre bolts at 3 metre intervals.
  • Piles: 15,600 m
  • Concrete: 150,000 m³
  • Steel: 10,000 t.
The tunnel is the link between the E25 and the E40.
Franki

Chemin des moissons, 10
4400 Flémalle, Liege (Belgium)
tel +32 4 2505150 | +32 4 3493939
info@franki.be
www.franki.be

Since 1998 Franki has been part of Willemen Groep, the largest family construction group in Belgium.