Consortium Wins €934-Million Rail Bypass Contract in Italy

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Webuild and its consortium partners have won a €934-million contract from Rete Ferroviaria Italiana of state rail operator Gruppo FS Italiane for a rail bypass at Lot 3A of a project in Trento, Italy. Webuild, which has a 55% stake in the consortium, will lead the design and construction of approximately 13 kilometers of rail line, nearly all of it underground, as part of a quadrupling of the Fortezza-Verona section of the high-speed railway south of the Brenner Base Tunnel. The contract is to create approximately 1,000 jobs, directly and indirectly, with a significant involvement of the supply chain. The … Read more

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STRABAG Awarded Railway Construction Contract in Slovakia

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STRABAG s.r.o., the Slovak subsidiary of construction group STRABAG SE, along with consortium partners EUROVIA CS a.s., Subterra a.s. and AŽD Praha s.r.o., was awarded the contract to build the new Žilina-Teplička railway station and to modernize the infrastructure of one of the most important Slovak railway junctions for a total of around € 323 million. Work over the total length of 16.3 kilometers is expected to last 48 months. Other projects in the region include the modernization of two sections of the Czech railway network with lengths of 11 kilometers and 12 kilometers, respectively. The construction project covers five … Read more

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