Stuttgart 21 – a Pan-European Railway Project CLIENT SOLUTIONS OUR EXPERTS ABOUT US CAREERS SEARCH Contact Us Find Us News Europe (English) - English Toggle high contrast mode off Foto: Arnim Kilgus | www.bahnprojekt-stuttgart-ulm.de HOME / CLIENT SOLUTIONS / EUROPEAN RAILWAY PROJECT STUTTGART 21 Stuttgart 21 – a Pan-European Railway Project DB PROJECT STUTTGART ULM GMBH | STUTTGART, GERMANY CDM Smith is assessing the construc­tion area and providing geot­ech­ni­cal consultancy, design review and supervision for one of Europe's landmark railways projects. Es­tab­lished in 1850, the railway con­nec­tion between Stuttgart and Ulm is no longer up to the demands placed upon it by the require­ments of modern railway service. This section is part of the European high-speed railway route from Paris to Budapest via Stras­bourg, Stuttgart, Munich, Vienna, and Bratislava. The Deutsche Bahn AG railway company, Baden-Würt­tem­berg state, regional traffic au­thor­ity and Stuttgart city council, the German federal gov­ern­ment and the European Union are cur­rently im­ple­ment­ing one of the most in­no­v­a­tive and com­pre­hen­sive railway projects in Europe, including 60 km of new per­ma­nent railway from Stuttgart to Ulm as well as the con­ver­sion of Stuttgart’s main station from a terminus to an un­der­ground transit station. Named Stuttgart 21, the project has a total in­vest­ment of around € 6 billion, and is cur­rently one of the world’s most de­mand­ing in­fra­struc­ture projects. tunnels and cuttings train stations bridges A tunnel will connect the new underground transit station in the heart of Stuttgart to the airport and planned high-speed railway to Ulm with entry tunnels, some in open construc­tion, as well as railway and road overpasses, trough structures, niches, new track and other engineering structures. The ring track underneath the city will substan­tially cut journey times for passengers. Commis­sion­ing of the Stuttgart-Ulm rail project is planned for the end of 2025. The geot­ech­ni­cal and hydro­ge­o­log­i­cal conditions of the Gipskeuper formation are excep­tion­ally demanding as well as the location within Stuttgart’s drinking water and medicinal spring protection zone. SVEN MÖLLER, SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER Our clients com­mis­sioned us with building as­sess­ment and ge­ot­ech­ni­cal con­sult­ing through­out the city of Stuttgart in six planned approval stages through­out the ten­der­ing and con­struc­tion phases in the project. Ad­di­tional services include par­tic­i­pa­tion in the de­ter­mi­na­tion and eval­u­a­tion of con­struc­tive so­lu­tions, quality as­sur­ance of tenders, support for the awarding of con­tracts, prepa­ra­tion of subsoil and foun­da­tion reports as well as the prepa­ra­tion of ge­ot­ech­ni­cal and hy­dro­ge­o­log­i­cal risk and mal­func­tion analysis. The services also include the client’s ge­ot­ech­ni­cal con­sult­ing re­gard­ing legally secured pro­ce­dures as well as the the spe­cialised site su­per­vi­sion and the assessment of the subsoil. The con­struc­tion man­age­ment re­quire­ments for urban con­struc­tion stages make this major project es­pe­cially in­trigu­ing given the tight schedule and the highly complex regional ge­o­log­i­cal and hy­dro­ge­o­log­i­cal sit­u­a­tion. We are using our ex­pe­ri­ence in similar in­fra­struc­ture projects together with our ex­ten­sive knowl­edge of ge­ot­ech­ni­cal project prepa­ra­tion in the semi-hard rocks of the region. With our spe­cial­ist ex­per­tise we are making a valuable con­tri­bu­tion to the success of this project. Stuttgart_21_­GI_1 Track apron of the Stuttgart Central Train Station — Foto: Arnim Kilgus | www.bahnprojekt-stuttgart-ulm.de Next 1 2 3 4 Stuttgart 21 is a sign for envi­ron­men­tally friendly rail transport and intelligent urban development. Dr.-Ing. Sven Möller Senior Project Manager Project Details Trans­porta­tion Site Develoment Tunnelling Related Experts Previous Laura Foley Envi­ron­men­tal Scientist, Group Leader Sven Kessler Project Manager Sven Möller Principal Division Manager Next Related Projects and Insights Previous INFRA­STRUC­TURE PROJECT INFRA­STRUC­TURE PROJECT European quarter metro U5 Frankfurt INSIGHT Geot­ech­ni­cal labo­ra­to­ries: our ground freezing facility in Bochum Next CONTACT US Let's start the conver­sa­tion Thanks for visiting. We want to know you better, so send us a message. Acces­si­bil­ity.Open_Link_In­_New_Win­dow_­Text Acces­si­bil­ity.Open_Link_In­_New_Win­dow_­Text Acces­si­bil­ity.Open_Link_In­_New_Win­dow_­Text Acces­si­bil­ity.Open_Link_In­_New_Win­dow_­Text Acces­si­bil­ity.Open_Link_In­_New_Win­dow_­Text Europe (English) - English Privacy Statement Legal & Terms of Use Impressum CDM™ © 2021 CDM Smith Inc. All rights reserved.