Students from IE's Master in Business for Architecture and Design have visited the A9 highway expansion project in the Netherlands. The project consists of the remodelling of an 11.4 km stretch of the A9 motorway between Badhoevedorp and Holendrecht. The work consists of widening the platform from three to four lanes in each direction, with the corresponding expansion of existing structures (11), new junctions with other roads, as well as bridges and tunnels. In this regard, there is a section of 1.7 km where it is planned to lower the gradient (currently an embankment) and turn it into a trench section, with three covered subsections. The project is being executed while maintaining traffic on the existing motorway and minimising the impact on the urban environment.

In addition, the scope of the concession includes maintenance for 2 years after completion of the construction works. The new covered areas will serve to regenerate the more urban area, generating new spaces for green areas, roads, etc. The ‘Tree Bridge’, a very unique architectural bridge located over the closed area of the Keizer Karelweg, is one of the most significant elements of the project.

FCC Construcción demonstrates, in one of the largest construction projects underway in Europe, that it has a technical and organisational team capable of successfully tackling the greatest construction challenges, in any country and under the most difficult conditions, once again demonstrating our great technical and management capacity and our great adaptability to different conditions.