“Van Oord works in Romania with around 400 people, 90% of whom are Romanians,” say the company’s officials, without specifying whether they plan to recruit further.
In Romania, the builder has so far completed two project, namely the building of an oil terminal for Rompetrol group and a maintenance dredging for Constanta harbor. The company has recently won a contract to protect the coastal area of the Romanian seaside, according to its representatives.
However, the company’s biggest project in Romania is the lengthening of the Constanta dam, which will take three million stones of various sizes and around 16,000 concrete items. The dam is set to have a depth of 26 meters and above water it will be 10 meters high.
At present, Constanta harbor is protected by two dams, but the strong waves are sometimes problematic, a reason why the decision to extend one of them by at least 1 km has been made.
“The contract was signed in February 1, 2013, works started in March 8, 2013 and the deadline is February 15, 2015,” say Van Oord officials. They did not specify the current stage of works.
The current value of the contract stands at EUR100 million and 85% of the money will come from European funds, with the rest to be provided by Romania’s government.
(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)