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| FCC builds new Bucharest Metro line Spanish builder FCC has been awarded a 267 million euro contract to design and build the first stage of a new metro line in the Romanian capital – Bucharest Metro line 5. FCC entered its bid in consortium with Italian company Astaldi and two Romanian companies, AB Construct and ACM Delta. The contract, awarded by Romania's national metro company - Metrorex, includes civil engineering work to build the 6.1 kilometres of the new underground line, which will include nine stations. The project also involves work on the surface to restore the roads affected by the construction project. Work is scheduled to begin in the second half of 2011 and will take at most 25 months. The route includes two parallel 5.7 metre diameter tunnels measuring 4.85 km each, and a third tunnel measuring 260 metres linking lines 1 and 5 at Eroilor station. A total of 240, 000 m3 of earth and rock will need to be excavated. The nine stations will be located between 15 and 20 metres below ground level. Other bidders included a Turkish-Russian-Italian consortium (Dogus, Gulermak, Moskovsky Metrostroy and Salini) and an Austrian-Romanian group (Strabag and Straco Grup). The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Romanian government will finance the construction project. write your comments about the article :: © 2011 Construction News :: home page |