Copenhagen Metro

LE34’s work is an important brick in the foundation that enables the other suppliers on the project to get started on their activities and the work to be performed correctly. We are also involved in collecting data to document that the new Metro stations have been constructed as designed.

Our legal skills help ensure that Metroselskabet has the necessary rights to the land on which the Metro is being built. Specifically, we handle 50% of the work involved in preparing and carrying out expropriation of the land for the Metro, calculating proposals for compensation, entering into voluntary agreements with landowners on compensation, completion of land consolidation plans and cadastral procedures. We are also responsible for investigating and preparing easements for Metroselskabet – for example, safety easements – and we provide information about land and rights at public meetings and meetings with landowners.

Due to our extensive experience with complex technical projects, we are also involved in securing the technical foundation for the building activities by establishing the datum grid. The digging and drilling contractors set out their work based on the datum points established by LE34: a datum grid is a vital foundation for any building and construction work.

Another of our technical tasks is to provide Metroselskabet with the tools they need to check and assess whether the work on the Metro is causing damage to the surrounding buildings. Before the earthworks began, we created a benchmark by measuring the deformations that occurred under normal conditions. With this benchmark in hand, Metroselskabet is able to evaluate whether any damage that appears during the construction period is due to work on the Metro.

We have performed extensive deformation surveys, for example on Gammel Strand, at Marmorkirken (The Marble Church) and at Kgs. Nytorv. As surveying consultant to Metroselskabet, we also checked whether the way in which the contractors monitor their work in the course of the construction activities is technically adequate, and whether they are able to register any damage to surrounding buildings and stop work before the damage spreads.

LE34 has been involved in the work on the Copenhagen Metro from the very earliest stages of the planning activities to the actual construction work, and we will continue to be involved up to the final cadastral procedures after the first Metro trains begin running on the two new lines – Cityringen and the South Harbour line.

LE34 has also made its mark on the existing Metro lines from Vanløse to West Amager and from Vanløse to Copenhagen Airport. As a consultant to the Ørestad Development Corporation, we were responsible for cadastral procedures, preparation of easements and surveying consultancy services such as inspection and monitoring 24/7 of the entire tunnel stretch.