Acciona wins largest contract in the history of Australia – abcdesevilla.es

Acciona wins largest contract in the history of Australia – abcdesevilla.es

The company participates in a consortium that will build a highway 5,700 billion

New ‘mega-contract” of a Spanish infrastructure company abroad. The usual list of major works, including the often cited the high speed train to Mecca, the expansion of the Panama Canal or the subway Riyadh, we must now add the construction of the motorway East West Highway, a road 18 miles through the city of Melbourne and a tender budget estimated 18,000 million (12,900 million euros) becomes the largest project to date in Australia.

The proposal made by the consortium “East West Connect”, which involved the Spanish Acciona, was chosen as “best” (“preferred bidder”) to carry out this work. This group of companies, in particular, be responsible for the construction of a stretch of six miles, with a cost of between 6,000 and 8,000 million Australian dollars (between 4,300 and 5,700 million euros). Apart from the company led by José Manuel Entrecanales, “East West Connect” consists of the construction and Australian developer Lend Lease, its specialized infrastructure Capella Capital and the French Bouygues background. As a finalist another Spanish Ferrovial is, the consortium’s proposal could not overcome their competitors.

Were the Government of Australia and the Victoria region which jointly submitted a statement announcing the decision, which is a prerequisite to the award Ultimately, expected to be formalized in the coming weeks.

The project involves plotting two tunnels (one in each direction) with three lanes over 4.4 miles. Works are expected to conclude in 2019 and 3,200 jobs will be created in the country of Oceania. So far, it has not been determined what the weight of each company in the consortium, a decision must wait until the work is officially awarded.