2009 Annual Report - CRH

The International Building
Materials Group
CRH plc
Belgard Castle
Clondalkin
Dublin 22
Ireland
Telephone: +353 1 404 1000
Fax: +353 1 404 1007
E-mail: mail@crh.com
Website: www.crh.com
Registered Office
42 Fitzwilliam Square
Dublin 2
Ireland
Telephone: +353 1 634 4340
Fax: +353 1 676 5013
E-mail: crh42@crh.com
Gotthard Base Tunnel is part of the Swiss
Alp Transit project, also known as the New
Railway Link through the Alps. With a planned
length of 57 km it will, on completion, be
the longest railway/road tunnel in the world.
Planning for the project started in 1993
with mechanical excavation commencing
in 2003. The project features two separate
tunnels containing one track each. Final
break-through is expected in Winter 2010
with an opening date planned for 2017. Jura
Cement, a CRH company, under contract
to ARGE AGN, has to date (2003-2009)
delivered circa 215,000 tonnes of cement to
this project.