Veenix wins Dutch A9 widening work

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.
September 13, 2019 Read time: 1 min

The consortium Veenix, which includes 2378 Macquarie Capital, 4914 FCC, Count & Cooper and 1134 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.

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