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Koralm Tunnel: Strabag Wins Austria's Largest Press Review Investor Information 28 October 2010 KORALM TUNNEL: STRABAG WINS AUSTRIA’S LARGEST CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT ■ Main section of Koralm railway between Graz and Klagenfurt ■ Contract value € 570 million ■ Construction period between 2011 and 2018 Vienna, 28 October 2010 Today, Thursday, ÖBB Infrastruktur AG and Austrian construction group STRABAG signed the contract for the construction of the Koralm Tunnel. A consortium under STRABAG’s technical and commercial leadership will begin work in early 2011 in order to complete construction on the main section by late 2018. With a value of € 570 million, it is the largest construction contract ever awarded in Austria. “We are currently finishing work on the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland. It is wonderful that we now have the opportunity to again deploy our decades of expertise in tunnelling in our home country of Austria,” says Hans Peter Haselsteiner, CEO of STRABAG SE. The Koralm Tunnel is the main section of the new Koralm railway link to be built between Graz and Klagenfurt and represents an important section of the Baltic-Adriatic axis of TEN Corridor No. 23 between Gdańsk, Warsaw, Vienna and Bologna. Upon completion, the Koralm Tunnel will be 32.5 km long, making it the longest railway tunnel in Austria and one of the longest in the world. STRABAG, working together with Jäger Bau GmbH, will construct two parallel, single-track bores with a length of 20 km each using two tunnel boring machines with a diameter of 9.9 m. The 8.5 million tonnes of excavated material will be used to produce 1.0 million m³ of concrete for the inner lining of the tunnel. The work represents a particular technical challenge as the only access possibility to the underground construction site is through a 60 m access shaft near Deutschlandsberg in southern Styria. STRABAG company STRABAG AG Construction volume € 570 million STRABAG share 85 % Order backlog Q4 / 2010 Segment Special Divisions & Concessions Construction period Early 2011 – late 2018 Client ÖBB Infrastruktur AG STRABAG SE is one of Europe’s leading construction groups. With some 75,500 employees, STRABAG generated a construction output volume of € 13.0 billion in the 2009 financial year. As a result, STRABAG is listed in the Fortune Global 500 list as one of the largest companies worldwide. From its core markets of Austria and Germany, STRABAG is present via its numerous subsidiaries in all countries of Eastern and South-East Europe, in selected markets in Western Europe and on the Arabian Peninsula. STRABAG’s activities span the entire construction industry (Building Construction and Civil Engineering, Transportation Infrastructures, Special Ground Engineering and Tunnelling) and cover the entire value-added chain in the field of construction. More information is available at www.strabag.com. Seite 2 Contact: STRABAG SE Diana Klein Corporate Communications Tel: +43-1-22422-1116 [email protected] .
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