ODOS CONSULTING, leader of a J/V of Design Firms, was shortlisted together with two other J/Vs out of sixteen bidder J/Vs, to conduct an Advanced Reconnaissance Study (ARS, scale 1:5.000) for the design of the section Neochoraki-East portal of Timfristos tunnel, of the National Road connecting the cities of Lamia and Karpenissi in the region of Sterea Ellada (Continental Greece) in Greece. The contract for this Design was awarded to ODOS CONSULTING J/V by the General Secreteriat of Infrastructure of the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure of the Republic of Greece. This study will be the Technical Offer of ODOS CONSULTING J/V for the tender of the next stages of the design of the project including the final design. Therefore it will be both reviwed and evaluated against the studies of the other two shortlisted bidding J/Vs. ODOS CONSULTING J/V will submitt a Financial Offer as well. The tender date is 16-11-2018.

In the framework of the ARS, ODOS CONSULTING J/V will investigate alternative alignments for the design of the section, considering intersections connecting the new section with the existing road network and the settlements along the road. The cross-section of the road is single carriageway ~8m wide, one lane per direction plus additional lanes when required depending on the Level of Service (climbing lanes). The average estimated length of the section is 20km. Five at-grade intersections are foreseen along the section. About 5km of local road sections are estimated, for the restoring of interruptions and blocking of access deriving from the new section.