Skip to main content

ACS and Ferrovial of Spain interested in U.S. road project

Spanish construction companies ACS and Ferrovial are both taking part in the tender of the US$1.3 billion Neon Project in the U.S. State of Nevada, through different consortia. Ferrovial is bidding for the project through its subsidiary Cintra Infraestructuras, while Ferrovial has formed a consortium with Fengate Capital Management and Star America Fund GP. The Neon Project involves the extension of a 5.95km road stretch in Las Vegas city, including a bridge and a high capacity lane. The contract is expe
October 25, 2013 Read time: 1 min
Spanish construction companies 917 ACS and 2717 Ferrovial are both taking part in the tender of the US$1.3 billion Neon Project in the U.S. State of Nevada, through different consortia. Ferrovial is bidding for the project through ITS subsidiary 930 Cintra Infraestructuras, while Ferrovial has formed a consortium with Fengate Capital Management and Star America Fund GP.

The Neon Project involves the extension of a 5.95km road stretch in Las Vegas city, including a bridge and a high capacity lane. The contract is expected to be awarded in November 2014, with works expected to end in 2019. Other companies showing an interest in the tender include 2378 Macquarie Capital in association with Las Vegas Paving, and French fund 7167 Meridiam together with Kiewit Development.

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • Germany’s Hessen state to invest €640 million to revamp motorways
    May 12, 2017
    Hessen will spend around €640 million renovating and expanding six motorway interchanges. According to media reports, around €126 million will go toward construction of new parking areas for trucks. Hesse state has one of Germany’s most dense road networks that includes 24 motorways. The internationally important motorway routes through Hesse are the A3, A5, and A7. Close to the airport of Frankfurt is the Frankfurter Kreuz, Germany's busiest and one of Europe's busiest motorway junctions, where the motorwa
  • Canada’s toll Highway 407 extension east of Toronto opens
    June 21, 2016
    A US$780 million eastward extension to Toronto’s major toll highway 407 has opened after four years of construction. Work on 407 East Phase 1 project – which also included construction of the smaller Highway 412 – involved building more than 148 lane-kilometres and 11 interchanges. The 22km road stretches from Brock Road in the town of Pickering to Harmony Road in the city of Oshawa. Highway 412 is a 10km north-south road that connects Highway 407 to Highway 401. Travel on the toll road will be free u
  • Strong interest in upcoming bC India show
    April 11, 2014
    The Indian construction market is bullish in the run up to the bC Indian show, being planned for December 15th to 18th, 2014. The event will be held in the India Expo Centre in Greater Noida, near capital Delhi and strong attendance is expected, especially since the country’s construction sector is seeing high demand for new equipment in response to a series of major new contracts and projects getting underway. One key investment is from the Airports Authority of India (AAI), for example, which is planning
  • Bulgaria breaks ground for Martisa River bridge
    August 23, 2023
    The contract was awarded to local engineering firm GBS-Infrastructure Construction in Plovdiv, a subsidiary of the Bulgarian civil engineering group Glavbolgarstroy.