Cutting construction between Hokkaido Shimukappu IC and Tomamu IC

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May 1, 2009
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Hokkaido Regional Head Office

NEXCO EAST Hokkaido Regional Head Office (Sapporo City Atsubetsu-ku, Regional Head Office President: Yuki Yamamoto) confirmed improper construction as part of the construction work to reinforce the cut soil during the construction work between the Hokkaido Transverse Expressway Shimukappu IC and Tomamu IC. did.

In the future, we will promptly investigate the cause and implement the necessary countermeasures.

1 Situation

In some of the cut material constructed during the construction work between Hokkaido Shimukappu IC and Tomamu IC, the reinforcement material (deformed bar steel) for reinforcing the cut material and the head plate installed on the slope are inappropriate. An employee of our company, who was patroling the site, found that it was being constructed by one of these methods and urgently investigated it.

As a result, about 3,700 m of cut soil constructed using the same method 2 Confirmed the same improper construction.

2 Target construction

・Construction name
Trans-Hokkaido Expressway Tomamu East Construction

3 Outline of construction contract

·Contractor
Takenaka Civil Engineering Co., Ltd./Fudo Tetra Co., Ltd.
・Construction period
From July 23, 2005 to February 1, 2009
(Construction Shugo, January 27, 2009)

4 About Hokkaido Crossing Expressway Shimukappu IC-Tomamu IC

・Scheduled completion
2009
・Section distance
26.2km
  • With this matter, we will proceed with measures so that there is no impact on the scheduled completion time.

【Location map】

Construction site: Image image between Hokkaido Crossing Expressway, Shimukappu IC and Tomamu IC

[Conceptual image of improper construction (fixing) method]

Image image of improper construction (fixing) method