Transport Construction Branch
The core activity of the Transport Construction Branch is infrastructure development, particularly railway corridor construction, and road and motorway networks.
Construction of roads, motorways and bridges
OHL ŽS, a.s. provides road construction as a complex supply. Together with motorways, expressways, roads and city street construction, we also implement the construction of forest paths, back roads, cycling paths, parking areas and hard surfaces, including pavements and street furniture. Some of our constructions, which we are justifiably proud of are for example the Hlinky multilevel junction, which is a part of the Large City Ring Road in Brno, the tunnel on the by-pass around Jihlava, the motorway in Azerbaijan leading from Baku to the border with the Russian Federation, the R48 expressway and the by-pass from Frýdek-Místek to Dobrá.
> Detailed information on the Roads and Bridges Subdepartment.
Railway corridor construction
The management of railway corridor construction includes such areas as production and transport coordination, controlling the construction economy, qualified management of subcontractors’ building operations as well as compliance with the environmental aspects of a construction. We apply our experience gained with track structure and railway bed construction also to the construction and reconstruction of tram lines and rail sidings. Of course, the services offered by us also contain design activities.
A significant achievment for OHL ŽS, a. s. in the area of Czech track technology was acquiring a part of the Traťová strojní společnost, a.s. company. Nowadays, we have a 49 percent share in this subsidiary of the Czech Railways company. This participation occurred by making an investment contribution in the form of the company’s own track maintenance machines. The share in Traťová strojní společnost means a considerable extension of access to specialised track machines that are used for railway construction in our country as well as abroad.
> Detailed information on the Railways Subdepartment.
Foreign markets and partnerships
Since 2000, we have also been engaged in managing transport construction projects abroad. These are constructions in Greece, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Montenegro, Azerbaijan and Slovakia. We cooperated with our parent company, OHL, in the construction of a high-speed rail line in Turkey.
As regards commercial relations, the major partners of the Transport Construction Branch were customers-investors in the area of public procurements, particularly Czech Railways, joint-stock company; the Railway Infrastructure Administration, state organization; the Road and Motorway Directorate of the CR; municipal and metropolitan authorities; business companies and other legal entities; natural persons and foreign investors.
> Other information about the activities of OHL ŽS, a.s. abroad
The integrated system for the Transport Construction Branch management
The quality of supplied projects is substantiated by the established and maintained integrated system of management:
- The certification according to ČSN EN ISO 9001 for the general contractor’s activities, implementation of railway lines and rail sidings; implementation of tram lines; the leasing, maintenance and repairs of track maintenance machines, construction machinery and trucks; and the execution of construction in the over-land communications sector.
- The certification of the environmental system according to ČSN EN ISO 14 001;
- The certification of health and safety at work management according to OHSAS 18001, including the “SAFE COMPANY” certificate.