Fehmarnbelt tunnel film released

Denmark-headquartered Femern Link Contractors (FLC), contracted to build elements of an 18km long Denmark to Germany tunnel, is publishing a video animation of the process.

The Fehmarnbelt immersed tunnel between Rødbyhavn in Denmark and Puttgarden in Germany is expected to be the world's longest road and rail tunnel and will be built from 79 concrete elements and an additional 10 special elements equipped with lower basements for maintenance.

The video animation shows how FLC will build the tunnel elements and details production from the time the steel, stones, gravel and cement arrive at the working harbour to steel fixing, concrete casting, preparation - i.e. transporting the elements via one of the world's largest dock facilities of its kind – and immersion.

Each tunnel element will be about 217m long, approximately 40m wide and weigh more than 70,000 tonnes.

FLC has also agreed to build a 1.5m square metre factory at Rødbyhavn, east of the existing ferry port, to house the tunnel’s construction.

Construction of the tunnel will be carried out in several phases over a period of eight and a half years.

FLC was contracted by Femern A/S. FLC comprises VINCI Construction Grands Projets (France), Per Aarsleff A/S (Denmark), Wayss & Freytag (Germany), Max Bögl Stiftung & Co. (Germany), Soletanche Bachy International (France), CFE (Belgium), BAM Infra (Holland) and BAM International (Holland). Danish company COWI is the contractor's lead consultant, and Belgian company Dredging International NV is a nominated subcontractor.