Italian contractor 1324 Astaldi, as part of a joint venture, has won a €100 million contract to build of motorway in Romania.
The contract is 18km of the Brasov–Oradea section of the partially built A3 Autostrade, a 584km route that runs north to south, from the border with Hungary to the capital Bucharest.
Astalsi’s design and construction work includes three viaducts, five overpasses, three flyovers, and one motorway interchange. Work will begin in May and last for 16 months.
Work on the Brasov-Oradea section – also known as the Transylvania Motorway - has been dogged by contract and financial disputes for more than a decade.
The entire section was originally scheduled to be built by the American company4138 Bechtel Corporation with 5252 Enka of Turkey. The contract was awarded in 2004 but without an open bidding process. Costs rose from €2.8 billion in 2003 to an estimated €4.7 billion by 2007 estimate. Bechtel’s work has since then been reduced.
Three-quarters of the cost for Astaldi’s deal is coming from European funds and the remaining 25% by the federal government.
Astaldi will carry out the works as leader of a joint venture established with German construction firm Max Bogl. Together they had a 48.5% stake in the project. Astaldi has worked with Bogle before in Romana, including on the Lia Manoliu National Stadium in Bucharest, completed in 2012.
Astaldi Group has been active in Romania for more than 20 years and has built more than 250km of roads and motorways, including the Piata Sudului road underpass, as well as the A1-Curiel expressway. Astaldi has also built two international airports - Henri Coanda in Bucharest and Avram Iancu in Cluj-Napoca.
The contract is 18km of the Brasov–Oradea section of the partially built A3 Autostrade, a 584km route that runs north to south, from the border with Hungary to the capital Bucharest.
Astalsi’s design and construction work includes three viaducts, five overpasses, three flyovers, and one motorway interchange. Work will begin in May and last for 16 months.
Work on the Brasov-Oradea section – also known as the Transylvania Motorway - has been dogged by contract and financial disputes for more than a decade.
The entire section was originally scheduled to be built by the American company
Three-quarters of the cost for Astaldi’s deal is coming from European funds and the remaining 25% by the federal government.
Astaldi will carry out the works as leader of a joint venture established with German construction firm Max Bogl. Together they had a 48.5% stake in the project. Astaldi has worked with Bogle before in Romana, including on the Lia Manoliu National Stadium in Bucharest, completed in 2012.
Astaldi Group has been active in Romania for more than 20 years and has built more than 250km of roads and motorways, including the Piata Sudului road underpass, as well as the A1-Curiel expressway. Astaldi has also built two international airports - Henri Coanda in Bucharest and Avram Iancu in Cluj-Napoca.
