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Short-List of Bidders For The Highway 2000 Project
The final short-list of
bidders consists of the following groups:
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The
Dragados Group - Spain
The Dragados Group is a national and international civil
construction company based in Spain. Dragados
specializes in transport infrastructure concessions and
offers a complete service that includes feasibility
studies, project construction, conservation and
financial engineering. The Dragados Group has
constructed more than 2 500 km of roads, 4 000km of
highways, 2 500 bridges and 200km of tunnels. Dragados
also constructs prefabricated products such as beams,
pipes, facades and traffic control systems.
- LTA Construction
Limited - South Africa
This company boasts over 110 years of experience as
a multi-disciplinary contractor, offering a complete
range of activities in civil engineering, mass concrete
works, tunnels and concessionary transportation. LTA
Construction Limited, under the LTA Civil and Earthworks
division, has worked extensively in Mali, Ghana,
Zimbabwe, Lesotho and in the Far East. Important works
for LTA include the Warmbaths - Petersburg Toll Road
valued at over US$159M and the Toll Highway Route N17 in
South Africa. For Highway 2000, this company has formed
alliances with the Dragados Group of Spain.
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Bouygues, Challenger - France
This company is one of France's largest roadwork groups
and has extensive experience as an investor in BOOT
highway projects, especially in Central Europe.
Bouygues, Challenger also carries out detailed design,
financing, construction and operation of these projects.
In 1986 the company acquired Colas, Screg and Sacer, one
of France's largest roadwork group. Bouygues, Challenger
is present in 80 countries and has a total workforce of
over 100, 000 persons.
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