Winner announced for the second Rail Baltica design contract in Latvia

The consortium of Egis Rail, DB Engineering & Consulting GmbH and Olimps was selected for the design and design supervision services for the construction of Rail Baltica’s Vangaži–Salaspils–Misa section in Latvia.
EUR 12 million is the value of the contract and includes site investigations, preparation of the master design as well as development of the value engineering studies and detailed technical design for construction of the railway track substructure, superstructure and related civil structures. The contract execution time is 24 months for design services and 60 months for design supervision services during construction phase.
The Vangaži–Salaspils–Misa section is planned to be 67 km long and will include 33 viaducts and overpasses as well as a connection to the Rail Baltica Intermodal Logistics centre in Salaspils and infrastructure maintenance facility in Vangaži. Among other significant structures are 11 bridges, especially the 1.3 km long bridge across the river Daugava.
This is the second design contract for Rail Baltica in Latvia. On May 10, Idom-Ineco consortium was announced as the winner for the design services for the construction of the main line section through Riga.
In June two more design tenders will be launched for Latvia in the sections towards the Latvia/Estonia and Latvia/Lithuania border.


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