PRECISION IN CONCRETE PAVING WITH THE WIRTGEN SLIPFORM PAVERS SP 1500 AND SP 1500 L
The contractor Eurovia GmbH relies on slipform pavers from Wirtgen when building, repairing and modernizing German motorways. High quality on expansion of BAB A9 in Thuringia was required.
The BAB A9 motorway leads past Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, Thuringia and Bavaria, connecting the German metropolises of Berlin and Munich over a total distance of 529 km.
The expansion of the A9 between Triptis and Schleiz over a distance of some 19 km was based for the first time ever on a new model of public-private partnership. In contrast to previous models, the remuneration in this case was dependent on the quality of service provided. In practice, this means that any defects in quality and any limitation on availability result in a reduction of the remuneration paid to the operator by the government.
It was hence of the utmost importance to the consortium tasked with the project – headed by Eurovia GmbH – to achieve the highest quality: Eurovia GmbH is responsible for the planning, construction and operation of the motorway section for the next 20 years, making it available to the German federal government.