Netherlands: BBV24 consortium to appeal Blankenburg Tunnel deal

In the Netherlands, the consortium of BBV24 is appealing the awarding of the Blankenburg Tunnel construction contract to another consortium, BAAK Blankenburg-Verbinding. BAAK Blankenburg-Verbinding – consisting of Dutch construction firm Ballast Nedam, Belgian dredging company Deme and Australian investment bank Macquarie – won the contract earlier this year.
September 27, 2017 Read time: 2 mins
In the Netherlands, the consortium of BBV24 is appealing the awarding of the Blankenburg Tunnel construction contract to another consortium, BAAK Blankenburg-Verbinding.


BAAK Blankenburg-Verbinding – consisting of Dutch construction firm 8636 Ballast Nedam, Belgian dredging company 8637 Deme and Australian investment bank 2378 Macquarie – won the contract earlier this year.

The deal is for a tunnel under the Nieuwe Waterweg river west of Vlaardingen, a city in southern Holland and on the north bank of the river Nieuwe Maas where it meets the Oude Maas.

The public-private partnership is worth around €1.2 billion, including design, construction and 20 year’s maintenance. The tender was awarded by Rijkswaterstaat, the Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management.

Dutch media report that the government documents state the contract was awarded on price, CO2 emissions, traffic disruption and other quality-related criteria. BBV24 – consisting of VolkerWessels, 1355 Boskalis and 7456 BAM - reportedly has asked for clarification of the awarding procedure but has not received answered from the agency.

The project will connect the A20 motorway to the A15 motorway, with site work to start next year. Work includes construction of two junctions and the widening the A20 between the A24 and the Kethelplein junction.

The project is part of the masterplan Rotterdam Vooruit to develop the Rotterdam region between 2020-2040.

Road Structures

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • Contracts are about to be signed for the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link
    March 13, 2015
    Nearly eight years after Denmark and Germany agreed to construct a major undersea road and rail tunnel, the first contracts are about to be signed. David Arminas reports. Construction is due to start later this year on one of Europe’s most ambitious, as well as the world’s longest, road and rail tunnels, the 17.6km Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link between Germany and Denmark. Fehmarnbelt is expected to cost around US$7.5 billion and be five times the length of the Øresund tunnel between the Danish capital Copenhagen
    Read More
  • Seven bids submitted for Croatia’s Peljeski bridge access roads
    June 18, 2018
    Croatia’s construction company Integral Inzinjering has submitted the lowest bid of €43 million for construction of access roads for the Peljeski bridge project. Croatian daily newspaper Vecernji List reported that seven bidsd were submitted for the 12.4km project. Highest bid of €88 million has come from China Road and Bridge Corporation, which has the contract to build the bridge. Austria's Strabag offered €65 million. Other bidders were France's Colas, Croatia's GP Krk in cooperation with the Bosni
    Read More
  • Consortium of Metrostav to build R2 Mytna stretch in Slovakia
    July 4, 2019
    Slovakia’s motorway company NDS has selected a consortium led by Metrostav of the Czech Republic to build a 13.5km stretch of the R3 The cost of the R3 carriageway between Mytna and Tomasovce in the region of Lucenec will be just under €128 million. Other members of the consortium include Prague-based Hochtief CZ and Bratislava-based Hochtief SK and work should start this summer for completion in two years. NDS reported that it had received six bids for the project which went to tender in February 201
    Read More
  • New Australia road tunnel project planned
    April 12, 2017
    A new road tunnel project is planned for the city of Melbourne in Australia. Construction is set to commence in 2018 and will take until 2022 to complete. The work will be carried out by a joint venture comprising CPB Contractors, the Australian subsidiary of German contractor Hochtief, and engineering firm John Holland. The new West Gate Road Tunnel project will help cut congestion in the city at peak periods. In addition to the tunnel construction the project also includes widening the existing West Gate
    Read More

Highlighted Content