The contract includes the design of a new underground bus terminal the Slussen area, and is part of a wider project to transform Slussen into a dynamic new urban quarter at the heart of the Swedish capital.
WSP won the tender for the underground, or rock, section of the project - the other two sections being water and land. It will provide multidisciplinary design services including feasibility study, preliminary and detailed design, rock mechanics, geotechnical, structural design, water and sewerage, M&E, traffic planning, risk management, fire, acoustics and environmental. The project will be designed in 3D using BIM technology. Â
The new bus terminal will serve commuters travelling to the suburbs of Nacka and Värmdö on the east side of Stockholm. It will form part of a new transport interchange. Buses will circulate inside the underground terminal hall around a central waiting area, exiting at ground level on the quay-side. The terminal is expected to be operational in 2018.
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