Acciona manages the largest contract in the history of Australia – The World

Acciona manages the largest contract in the history of Australia – The World

Acciona has been awarded the infrastructure largest contract in the history of Australia , the construction of a highway that crosses the city of Melbourne, a project with an estimated 6,000 to 8,000 million amount Australian (between 4,300 and 5,700 million euros) .

This is one of the largest volume contracts made by Spanish construction companies abroad, which enables the group headed by José Manuel Entrecanales enhance the strong presence it has in the country with its three business areas .

The project consists of the build the first section , six miles long, the East-West highway, a highway 18 kilometers in length by cross transversely Melbourne North business district of the city. The objective of the track is to improve connectivity between the East and the West, given the growth that this area recorded.

consortium led by Acciona to supplement local French Bouygues and Lend Lease, was a finalist (‘prefered bidder’) project of the first phase of the corridor, as reported the Linking Melbourne Authority, the Australian government agency project sponsor, who also competed by another consortium, in which Ferrovial and a third who was part of the ACS was interested.

As of now the sponsor agency and the winning group opened a process to formalize the award and close the deal, which is expected to be extended during the month of October.

The section built Acciona and its partners is the highway linking the Eastern Freeway and Citylink, the network of urban highways in Melbourne. This is a particularly complex plot, since it involves sinking two three-lane tunnels and over 4.4 kilometers in length.

It is expected that this first phase, according to Australian media estimated between 4,300 and 5,700 million euros, a work completed in 2019 . Its construction will generate 3,200 jobs and then the path will be used by 80,000 to 100,000 vehicles per day .

With this project, Acciona reinforces the strong presence it already has in Australia with all its lines business (infrastructure, water and renewable energy) and give a boost in its strategy of internationalization.

Also, will become part of the largest and most significant works achieved by the large Spanish construction abroad.

this list include the Mecca-Medina AVE, an estimated 6,300 million project, the construction of three subway lines Riyadh (about 6,000 million euros ), the Metro de Lima (3,900 million euros) and the expansion of the Panama Canal (2,300 million euros).