Tuesday, April 14, 2015

TAP pipeline awards first major contract in Albania

Italy’s Sicilsaldo has been selected as part of a joint venture formed for the construction and rehabilitation of access roads and bridges in Albania.

14.04.2015 - 18:02
The Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP) said it has selected a joint venture formed by Albania’s Gener 2 and Italy’s Sicilsaldo for the construction and rehabilitation of access roads and bridges in Albania. TAP will connect with the Trans Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) at the Turkish-Greek border at Kipoi, cross Greece and Albania and the Adriatic Sea, before coming ashore in Southern Italy.

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The decision concludes TAP’s pre-qualification process (launched in April 2014), followed by bid assessments from the shortlisted companies that met TAP’s rigorous pre-qualification criteria, TAP said in a press release on April 14. The building of Albanian access roads and bridges is a crucial step in TAP’s preparations for pipeline construction, to begin in 2016.
The scope of work for the contract covers construction and rehabilitation of over 100 kilometres of road along the pipeline’s route: in Vishocice, Trestenik, Vithkuq and Shtyllas in the Korca region, Corovode, Kakruke as well as in the surroundings of Potom in the Berati region and Seman and Topoje in the Fier region.
The contract also covers onstruction of two new bridges and rehabilitation of approximately 50 existing bridges in the regions of Korce, Berat and Fier. Works are expected to begin in the second quarter of 2015.
Leading the joint venture is Gener 2, an Albanian construction and development company with almost 20 years of relevant experience. The company has executed numerous projects, including engineering and design, management, coordination, and supervision of various privately owned and government funded construction and development activities.
Sicilsaldo is an Italian company specialised in engineering, procurement and construction services in the oil and gas as well as in the power sector. The services they provide range from design and construction to maintenance of plant and pipelines.
“Today’s announcement is an important step for TAP’s execution phase, as it will allow for pipe-laying to begin in 2016,” TAP Managing Director Ian Bradshaw said. “I want to express our gratitude to all those who participated in this process and congratulate the winning joint venture company on their success,” he added.
Bradshaw reinforced that TAP remains committed to acting as a responsible corporate citizen. “In addition to our community investment programme in Albania, the access roads and bridges will be left behind for the benefit of the local communities for decades to come,” he said.

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