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Tunnel contract for Bosnian highway

Turkish company Cengiz Insaat has reportedly been awarded the €115 million contract for the construction of the Suhodol-Tarcin motorway in Bosnia. The works, which will be done in cooperation with Bosnian company Euroasfalt, will include two tunnels. One of them will be 400m long, while the other will be 2.5km. Works are expected to be completed by 2014. Meanwhile, bids are now being offered for a major highway project in Bosnia. This follows the opening of the tender process for the project by Bosnian high
December 17, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
Turkish company 4144 Cengiz Insaat has reportedly been awarded the €115 million contract for the construction of the Suhodol-Tarcin motorway in Bosnia.

The works, which will be done in cooperation with Bosnian company 5741 Euroasfalt, will include two tunnels. One of them will be 400m long, while the other will be 2.5km. Works are expected to be completed by 2014. Meanwhile, bids are now being offered for a major highway project in Bosnia. This follows the opening of the tender process for the project by Bosnian highway company 1552 Autoputevi Republike Srpske (ARS). The project is located in the autonomous entity Republika Srpska and is for construction of the Doboj-Vukosavlje highway. The project will be carried out under the public and private partnership model and will form part of the European Corridor Vc. The package includes financing, construction, management and maintenance of a total of 46.6km of the new highway. The project will be carried out in two phases. Bidders will be required to submit a guarantee of €500,000 while the tender will be open until 12 October 2012. The total project value is estimated from €260-350 million.

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