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LGV high-speed rail project management

Missions

In view of the budgetary constraints, specialist teams were set up for operational and provisional budget management. setec’s key contributions to the project have included:

  • Creating a project quality manual
  • Applying a budgeting and order process (taking into account commitments, updating budget authorizations, etc.)
  • Developing a plan for filing and managing deliverables electronically
  • Monitoring a management tool: functional maintenance and tracking developments
  • Managing the funding agreement (formalizing the agreement, making monthly calls for funds, following-up on other funding: Europe, related sources, etc.)
  • Projecting final quarterly costs (planning, preparing and participating in the work, developing suitable reporting with the stakeholders, applying methodology to ensure traceability and manage supplies and risks)
  • Project reporting (monthly expense reports and quarterly reports for financial backers and HQ: highlights, key performance indicators, etc.), as well as budgetary control reports
  • Updating provisional work schedules
  • Preparing and revising twice-yearly cost schedules

 width=LGV East Europe: a complex project overall

Organizational complexity: 22 co-funders, 2 project owners, 5 designers/engineers, around 50 private companies, etc.

Technical complexity: 8 civil engineering sections, 3 new stations, 335 engineering structures, ERTMS/GSMR and separately funded related projects

Contractual complexity: contracting assistance and prime contractor assignments, mandates, contracts for construction work, supplies and intellectual services, and a contract with SNCF for supplies and services

Key figures

• 85 municipalities concerned
• 15 years of surveys and studies
• 6,000 jobs linked to the construction site
• 30 million m3 of excavated land
• 22 million m3 of backfill
• A €2.312 billion budget
• Planned service launch: December 11, 2011

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