Brenner Base Tunnel: Largest Contract Section awarded on Austrian Side of Project

摘要

With the awarding of the largest contract section on the Austrian side of the project, Pfons-Brenner, a significant step has been taken in accomplishing the longest underground rail link, the Brenner Base Tunnel (BBT).The Brenner Basistunnel Gesellschaft (BBT SE) commissioned the consortium comprising the Porr Bau GmbH, Hinteregger & Soehne Baugesellschaft m.b.H., Societa Italiana per Condotte d'Acqua S.p.A. and Itinera S.p.A. The contract is worth around 966 million euros. A number of objections were lodged with the Austrian Federal Court of Administration prior to awarding the contract. However, they were turned down and the consortium headed by Porr confirmed as the best bidder.