Skip to main content

High Struma motorway tender interest

The tender to construct of the Struma motorway in Bulgaria has attracted interest from several international companies. The near US$130million EU funded project, which will link the Bulgarian capital Sofia with the Greek border, is expected to be completed within 27 months of the day a successful bidder is announced. Among companies interested in the project are Greek firms Aktor, GEK Terna and J&P Avax; Spanish firm FCC Construction; Bulgarian company SK 13 Patstroy; Strabag of Austria; and the Italian fi
May 11, 2012 Read time: 1 min
The tender to construct of the Struma motorway in Bulgaria has attracted interest from several international companies.

The near US$130million EU funded project, which will link the Bulgarian capital Sofia with the Greek border, is expected to be completed within 27 months of the day a successful bidder is announced.

Among companies interested in the project are Greek firms 1570 Aktor, 3642 Gek Terna and J&P Avax;  Spanish firm 4914 FCC Construction; Bulgarian company SK 13 Patstroy; 945 Strabag of Austria; and the Italian firms Societa Italiana Per 3481 Condotte D'Acqua; Todini Construzioni Generali-Salini Construction; and 5493 Salvatore Matarrese-ICS Grandi Livori.

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • Key Qatar contracts
    February 10, 2012
    A Greek and Qatari consortium will carry out road contracts worth US$520 million in Qatar. Meanwhile US company Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) will carry out a contract in Qatar worth $135 million.
  • Veenix wins Dutch A9 widening work
    September 13, 2019
    The consortium Veenix, which includes Macquarie Capital, FCC, Count & Cooper and Siemens, will widen a 1.3km section of the A9 motorway in the Netherlands. The losing consortium has not appealed against the open tender decision for the contract which Rijkswaterstaat – the Dutch infrastructure and water authority – says will be around €808 million. There are no Dutch companies in the Veenix consortium.
  • Congestion and safety concerns over Serbia’s roads
    February 23, 2012
    With traffic flows on the increase, Serbia needs to improve its road network and safety record, reports Gordon Feller. Serbia's road network needs to upgrade its road system against the backdrop of increased traffic flows. Serbia is crossed by segments of the important Trans European network (TEN). Corridor X with its branches Xb (Belgrade-Budapest) Xc (Nis-Sofia), and Xd (Nis-Presevo), represent the most important transit routes in the Republic, connecting Austria/Hungary, Slovenia/Croatia, and Bulgaria/Ma
  • New US$341.2mn Polish motorway construction contract awarded to Impreglio
    February 6, 2013
    Italian civil engineering company Impregilo, through Poland-based subsidiary Salini Polska, and Polish firm Kobylarnia has been awarded a US$341.2 million (€250mn) contract to build a stretch of Poland’s A1 motorway. The near 75km route will link the towns of Torun and Strykow, and is expected to be completed within a year.