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INVOLVED IN MAJOR PROJECTS THAT PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY FORCIT Consulting won the project Fornebubanen for Oslo commune in 2020, the largest metro project in Norway in recent times. The project is an important urban development initiative and a catalyst for greener mobility solutions. The scope includes signalling infrastructure, seven new stations and new maintenance facilities at Fornebu. FORCIT Consulting works as vibration consultant at the Finnish Jokeri Light Rail project. The length of the line is approximately 25 km, of which 16 km will be in Helsinki and the remaining 9 km in Espoo. Jokeri Light Rail will replace trunk bus line 550, which is the busiest bus line in the Helsinki region.
THE NEW METRO IN STOCKHOLM
The metro should be an attractive travel alternative for all groups in the society and provide conditions for social sustainability. The expansion of Stockholm’s metro will contribute to reducing public transport’s consumption of energy and the impact on the environment and health. Stockholm’s metro system will be expanded by approximately 30 km of underground tracks and 18 new stations. The project has a budget of 42 billion Swedish kronor (4.18 billion euros). The planned start of traffic happens phase by phase in years 2026–2030.
There will be approximately two million residents and over a million jobs in Finland’s capital region in 2050. The goal is to steer the increased mobility resulting from the population growth into sustainable modes of transport: public transport, walking and cycling. Constructing housing, workplaces and services along the Jokeri Light Rail route is advantageous and complies with the principles of sustainable development. Thanks to the proximity of services and the fast light rail, residents will have less need to use their own car.
FORCIT Consulting has the task of performing an inspection within the risk areas for the entire project. FORCIT Explosives is involved in most of the blasting operations by supplying emulsion, cartridge, detonators and explosives know-how. Forcit helps customers by doing risk analyses and enabling safe storing and handling of explosives and chemicals on site in inhabited areas.
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To reach set sustainability targets, top performance of products and services, as well as synchronized actions and systems are required from all parties in the chain in these challenging projects. Stockholm’s new metro. Picture: Trafikverket
Sustainability in short
Stockholm is expected to grow with just over 35,000 people a year, making Stockholm one of the fastest growing urban areas in Europe. Since Stockholm is growing so rapidly, the demands on public transport are also increasing.
