Offers for the construction of the second section of the highway were submitted by companies OHL ZS, FCC Construccion and consortia Comsa – Teloxim – Aldesa – Via Design, Copisa Constructora Pirenaica – Corsan Corviam Construccion, Shapir Structures 1991 – Impresa Pizzarotti & C – Pizzarotti, Tirrena Scavi – Societa Italiana per Condotte d’Acqua, Selina – Doprastav, Aktor – Arcada Company, Hochtief – Pa&Co, Astaldi – Euro Construct Trading 98, Azvirt – Consitrans, Strabag – Straco Grup, Sociedad Anonima de Obras y Servicios Copasa – Ortiz Construcciones y Proyectos – Labracom Construct, Constructora San Jose – Ploder Uicesa, Impresa – Azvi, PORR Bau – Teerag Asdag – Porr Polska – Vega 93, Salini – Secol and Spedition UMB – Tehnostrade.
Some of the abovementioned bidders also submitted offers for sections four and three.
Bids for the Lugoj-Deva highway’s section three were submitted by companies Impregilo, Construccion, Corsan Corviam Construccion and OHL ZS, as well as consortia Tirrena Scavi – Societa Italiana per Condotte d’Acqua, Selina – Doprastav, Aktor – Shapir Structures 1991, Hochtief – Pa&Co, Impresa Pizzarotti & C – Pizzarotti, Teloxim Con – Comsa – Aldesa Construcciones – Arcadis Eurometudes, Astaldi – Euro Construct Trading 98 – Consitrans, Strabag – Straco Grup, Sociedad Anonima de Obras y Servicios Copasa – Ortiz Construcciones y Proyectos – Labracom Construct, Constructora San Jose – Ploder Uicesa, PORR Bau – Teerag Asdag – Porr Polska – Delta ACM 93 and Spedition UMB – Tehnostrade SRL.
Firms Impregilo, FCC Construccion, Corsan Corviam Construccion, OHL ZS and Constructora San Jose alongside consortia Shapir Structures 1991 – Aktor Technical Societe Anonyme, Tirrena Scavi – Societa Italiana per Condotte d’Acqua, Aldesa Construcciones – Comsa – Teloxim Con – Vamibero Holding – Procons XXI, Impresa Pizzarotti & C – Impresa Pizzarotti, Astaldi – Max Boegl Romania – Max Bogl Bau & Co.Kg – Tancrad, Delta ACM 93 – PORR Bau – Teerag Asdag – Porr Polska – Consitrans, Selina – Doprastav, Strabag – Straco Grup, Sociedad Anonima de Obras y Servicios Copasa – Ortiz Construcciones y Proyectos – Labracom Construct, Azvi – Impresa and Tehnostrade – Spedition UMB submitted bids to construct the fourth section of the highway.
The three sections are 71.9 kilometers long. Design works will be finished in at most six months and construction works are due to be finished in about two years.
CNADNR estimates construction costs will rise to a little over 1 billion lei (EUR222.7 million), VAT excluded, for each section.
In April 2011, CNADNR selected consortium Tirrena Scavi-Societa Italiana per Condotte d’Acqua- Cossi Construzioni to build the first section of the highway. The constructor’s offer amounted to RON681 million.
The Lugoj-Deva highway is part of Pan-European Transport Corridor IV, which stretches from Germany through Prague, Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, Bucharest, Constanta to Istanbul. (EUR1=RON4.4885)