On 11.09.2014 Ingerop, as leader of a consortium including Italian partner Geodata, secured the supervision of the construction of the 41 km section between the cities of Smokovac and Matesevo of the Bar-Boljare highway. Duration of contract six years, value EUR22 million. Visit http://www.ingerop.com/news-ingenews-international-15-63.html. 47/14.

In July, 2013 the Government of Montenegro selected the Chinese companies CCCC (China Communications Construction Company) and its subsidiary, CRBC (China Road and Bridge Corporation) for construction of the first 41 km-long Smokovac-Uvce-Matesevo section of the169.2 km-long Bar-Boljare highway. This will be the first motorway to be built in the small Balkan country, and one of its largest infrastructure projects. The entire project should include 42 tunnels and 92 bridges and viaducts due to the particularly mountainous terrain. About 41 percent of the total length of the Smokovac-Matesevo stretch will consist of 11 tunnels (about 14 km), viaducts (4 km) and 14 bridges. Visit autoput.me. 47/14.

Cowi has been appointed bridge and tunnel advisor to contractor China Road and Bridge Corporation for the Smokovac-Uvac-Matesevo section of the Bar-Boljare highway project in Montenegro. Bridges and tunnels make up about 60% of the entire 41km route.

Cowi’s scope includes assistance with the advanced geological forecasting of rock mass conditions and interpretation of instrumentation and monitoring, to assist with the design of the primary tunnel lining support, which will be carried out by full time engineering geology staff on site. Click here for further information and me/15 for tunnelbuilder archive. Visit  http://www.cowi.com and http://www.crbc.com. 50/17.