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Duha and Salini Impregilo to build Slovakia D1 motorway stretch

Slovak national motorway company NDS has chosen the consortium consisting of fellow Slovak construction company Duha and Salini Impregilo of Italy as the winner of the public procurement tender to build a 13km stretch of the D1 motorway. The Lietavska Lucka-Visnove-Dubna Skala stretch of Slovakia’s D1 includes the 7.5km long Visnove tunnel and is a tender worth nearly €410 million. It is expected that Skanska and Doprastav, which were excluded from the competition, will appeal against NDS' tender award dec
April 23, 2014 Read time: 1 min
7808 Slovakian National Motorway Company NDS has chosen the consortium consisting of fellow Slovak construction company Duha and 7809 Salini Impregilo of Italy as the winner of the public procurement tender to build a 13km stretch of the D1 motorway.

The Lietavska Lucka-Visnove-Dubna Skala stretch of Slovakia’s D1 includes the 7.5km long Visnove tunnel and is a tender worth nearly €410 million. It is expected that 2296 Skanska and 2877 Doprastav, which were excluded from the competition, will appeal against NDS' tender award decision.

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