Buildings
Project
Upgrade of the Lathe Building of HELLENIC TRAIN S.A. in Thessaloniki
Location: Thessaloniki, Greece
Client: Alstom
Date: 2023-2025
Construction costs: approx € 200.000
Technical Details
The project involves the upgrade of the Lathe facilities within the broader premises of the OSE Engine House property in Thessaloniki. The Lathe Building is a single-story building with a total gross floor area of 628.45 m² and a maximum height of 6.32 m.
The project encompasses:
- Modifications and adaptations to the lathe pit inside the building for the installation of modern technical equipment (underfloor wheelset lathe) as well as minor maintenance and repair works in the rest of the building.
- Upgrade of the existing railway tracks leading to the building with a total length of approx. 0.83 km, out of which 73 m is slab track
The above works are necessary to accommodate the new type of trains.
The basic design specifications include a maximum speed of 20 km/h, 54E1 rail, new turnouts and wooden and embedded reinforced concrete sleepers.
Services Provided
The design services and disciplines are:
- Field and Laboratory Surveys (Topographic Survey and Quality concrete tests)
- Permits (Environmental and Building Permit, Fire Safety Certificate)
- Detailed Design
- Architectural Design
- Structural Design (including demolition/dismantling)
- Electrical & Mechanical Design
- Trackworks Design (slab track, ballast track)
- Hydraulics Design (Sewerage, Drainage)
- Supervision during construction and “As Built” drawings
Surveys:
- Geodetic (topographical) surveys
- Geotechnical Surveys
Design:
– Detailed design for all Civil Works (substructure, superstructure, structures)
- alignment – substructure
- railway superstructure
- bridges
- tunnels
- overpasses/underpasses
- retaining walls, culverts
- drainage
- formation setting
- railway stations and halts, including buildings, platforms, and canopies etc.
- disposal sites / borrow pits
- expropriations
- Design of signalling and telecommunication systems
– Design of electrification system
– Technical Specifications for Interlocking and Communication Equipment.
– Electrification Design
Tender Documents:
- Technical part (arising from the approved designs)
- Legal part: Procurement Plan, Tender Documents, Prequalification Documents, Evaluation Reports, Special Conditions of FIDIC Contract
