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The explosion was ignited at the tunnel portal on the 19th of August 2011. Once the building site has been set up, the project will really get underway. A two kilometre long tunnel lies ahead of the miners. Good luck!
Employees of the Marti building company are to start work soon approximately 100 kilometres away from Oslo. A 2 km tunnel and a 700 m access road must be finished by July 2014.
The Marti Group has been commissioned with the construction of the exploratory tunnel for the Kramer Tunnel. The company’s position in Germany is thereby strengthened even more, and the order volume amounts to approximately CHF 29 million.
The new tunnel between Bolungarvík and Hnífsdalur in the West Fjord area of Iceland has now been inaugurated and opened. The road has been open for traffic since October 2010.
Staff of the Indian subsidiary company asked Vishwakarma, "god of architecture" to protect them in their work. They celebrated the day with prayers, a ceremony and offerings. The significance is similar to St. Barbara’s Day for western miners.
Construction work at the Nant de Drance pump-storage plant in the Canton of Valais is making good progress. Excavation of the access tunnels has commenced and will be the main activity this year.
November 28, 2009 was a great day for the miners in Iceland: the last blast led to strike-through of the Óshlíð Tunnel.
Kraftwerke Linth-Limmern AG is contracting Marti to build the Limmern Pump Storage Facility (lot A2) with an order volume of CHF 630 million. Power will be produced from autumn 2015 on.