The reporter learned from the Department of Transportation of Hebei Province that the key construction project of the external backbone road network of Xiongan New Area has resumed work in full swing recently. All construction units have entered the site and the construction is in full swing. Several transportation integration projects in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, such as the Beijing-Xiong 'an Expressway, the Beijing-Dezhou Expressway and the Tianjin-Shijiazhuang Expressway, are being accelerated.

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It is reported that the Beijing-Xiong 'an Expressway is the most convenient expressway passage connecting the urban area of Beijing and the Xiong 'an New Area. After its completion, the two places will be accessible within one hour. The Jingde Expressway is the main channel for rapid and seamless connection between the areas south of Hebei Province and Beijing Daxing International Airport, and it is also an important passage connecting Beijing and Xiong 'an with the southeastern part of Hebei Province and the western part of Shandong Province. The Jinshi Expressway is the most convenient passage from Tianjin Port through Xiongan New Area to Shijiazhuang and the western hinterland, and it is also the most convenient sea access route for Xiongan New Area.

The construction unit of the Beijing-Xiong 'an Expressway is racing against time and working with a clear plan to catch up with the construction schedule. It is understood that the Beijing-Xiong 'an Expressway has six sections in total. Currently, the sixth section is undergoing substructure construction, beam and slab prefabrication, and steel bar processing. Other sections are currently undergoing station construction and land clearance work. So far, a total of 37.72 kilometers of land has been cleared along the entire line, 1,174 pile foundations have been completed, and 66 pier caps have been built.

In accordance with the requirements of the provincial Department of Transportation and Hebei Expressway Group, while doing a good job in epidemic prevention and control, it is necessary to accelerate the progress of the project construction. We have re-optimized the construction process, and have been meticulous in every task, striving to build the Beijing-Xiong 'an Expressway into a high-quality and benchmark project of the new area's external backbone road network. Zhang Mengqiang, deputy director of the temporary construction office of the Beijing-Xiong 'an Expressway of Hebei Expressway Group, said that all the returning workers at the construction site have been fully engaged in production. The company will carry out labor competitions in each section to ensure that the annual production plan target of the Beijing-Xiong 'an Expressway is achieved on schedule.

Xu Lu, deputy production manager of the SG6 section project of the Beijing-Xiong 'an Expressway, introduced that as the winning bidder, China Communications First Highway Group has adjusted the original progress management model of "reporting plans monthly, ensuring quarterly progress on a monthly basis, and ensuring annual progress on a quarterly basis" to a "daily plan". "Due to the large number of Bridges, the speed and quality of beam fabrication are the key to the project," he said. To increase investment, the number of box girder formwork sets was raised from the original 10 to 14. Increase the number of staff and implement 24-hour shift work.

When reporters were interviewing at the construction site of the Beijing-Xiong 'an Expressway, they found many automatic and intelligent devices: automatic arc bending machines, data sawing threading machines, formwork hydraulic walking systems, concrete intelligent control systems, etc. I have been on the job for over a month and now I can operate it quite proficiently. The curvature requirements of the steel bars are different, and sometimes the parameters need to be adjusted. Lu Hongbo, a worker of the 6th project, was operating the automatic arc bending machine carefully, with a work manual and notes placed beside him.

The SG5 section of the Beijing-Xiong 'an Expressway project accounts for 99.5% of the Bridges. The Baigouhe Special Bridge is currently the largest continuous steel arch bridge with upper bearing capacity in China, and it is extremely technically challenging. Zhen Baobin, the Party branch secretary of the 5th section project, stated that the project department has intensified the construction of intelligent and innovative construction sites. The project integrates multiple modules such as BIM technology, smart beam yards, safety visualization, and material management, and adopts a number of advanced technologies including smart safety helmets, drone aerial photography, AI facial recognition, and VR virtual reality.

The Hebei section of the Beijing-Xiong 'an Expressway consists of the main line and the North branch line of Beijing Daxing International Airport, with a total length of approximately 93 kilometers. The first phase of the project will initially implement 75 kilometers. Among them, the main line starts from the Beijing-Hebei border in Zhuozhou City and connects smoothly with the Beijing section. It runs southward through Zhuozhou City, Gu 'an County, Gaobeidian City, Baigou New Town and Xiongan New Area, and ends at the south of Zhangshi Village in Rongcheng County, where it connects with the existing Rongwu Expressway.

As an important component of the "Four Verticals and Three Horizontals" regional expressway network in the overall planning of Xiongan New Area, the Beijing-Xiongan Expressway is the most convenient expressway passage connecting the central urban area of Beijing and even Beijing Daxing International Airport to Xiongan New Area. It is of great significance for improving the external backbone road network of Xiongan New Area and promoting the process of transportation integration in the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.

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