Metroul SA, Bucureşti

Design for Romanian capital city's metro system has commenced with the establishment of "Intreprinderea Metroul Bucuresti" on February 3, 1975. This enterprise included specialists in all technical fields: constructors, architects, geologists, mechanical enginners, installation designing engineers and automation specialists, who used their knowledge and expertise to achieve this outstanding project for both Romania and our generation. Works have started shortly after the first plans emerged. There were four major construction sites along Dambovita river in the spring of 1975; first works kicked off on Line 1 under adverse soil conditions. Galleries open on Line 1, as well as those completed later on have required the employment of diverse technical foundation methods, some of them classical, some of them modern, depending on the presence of preexisting buildings and public urban works, some of them old and affected by the passage of time and earthquakes.