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Some of Europe’s largest construction companies and international
banks are involved in the consortiums shortlisted to build
Dart Underground.
Iarnród Éireann last week announced names of four consortiums
which have been shortlisted for the €2.5 billion project.
The four include -
The BBI consortium - which comprises -
- Balfour Beatty Capital, one of the largest UK private
sector investors in healthcare, education, roads and infrastructure;
- BAM PPP, part of the Royal BAM Group, a Netherlands-based
€9 billion construction services company;
- Iridium Concesiones de Infraestructuras, a Spanish engineering
group which was part of the Celtic Roads Group (Portlaoise)
consortium - alongside BAM PPP and NTR plc - which built
the recently opened M7/M8 motorway.
The City Connect Consortium - which comprises -
- Macquarie, a global manager of transport, roads, airports
and utilities funds. Founded in 1969, it employs more than
14,600 people in about 70 locations in 28 countries;
- Cintra Infraestructuras, owner of toll roads and car
parks to a value of about €16 billion in Spain, Portugal,
Ireland, Italy, Chile, Canada and the United States;
- Global Via Infraestructuras, which has developed seven
rail projects, 15 toll roads, two airports and seven ports.
Of these, the N6 Galway to Ballinasloe project and the M50
upgrade project are major Irish PPP road projects and the
company is also involved with Macquarie in the Metro Express
consortium bidding for Metro North.
The third consortium, NascRail Consortium, comprises
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- OHL Concessions, which operates 22 toll roads covering
a total of 4,400km;
- Soares da Costa Concessoes SGPS, a Portuguese-based group
active in the construction of roads, residential and commercial
buildings, stadiums and tunnels;
- Bombardier, which manufactures aircraft and trains and
employs almost 63,000 people around the world;
- AIB, the well-known Irish bank;
- Pierse Contracting, the leading building and civil engineering
contractor operating in Ireland.
The fourth consortium is the Toto Consortium - which
comprises -
- Toto Costruzioni Generali, Societa Italiana per Condotte
d’Acqua, Ansaldo STS, Condotte Immobiliare, Torrena Scavi
and Rocksoil.
The membership of this Italian consortium is involved in
the building of railways, roads and tunnels and includes
specialists in underground projects and operations in mass
transit and real estate.
Dart
Underground is to be a 7.6km tunnel under Dublin city
centre linking Docklands station with Heuston via Pearse
Station and new stations at St Stephen’s Green and Inchicore.
Source - The Irish Times
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