The contracts are worth a combined BRL224.8m (拢55.1m). Ferrovial and Toniolo Busnello鈥檚 work involves the construction of three tunnels - one of them 747m long - and five viaducts, the longest of which is 845m in length.
鈥淭his contract expands Ferrovial Agroman鈥檚 international presence as it is our first project in Brazil,鈥� said Ferrovial Agroman CEO Alejandro de la Joya.
The work is for contracts 6 and 7 of a project to widen the Serra do Cafezal section the R茅gis Bittencourt highway, BR-116, in south-eastern Brazil. The R茅gis Bittencourt toll road, owned by Brazilian operator Arteris, is one of the country鈥檚 most heavily-transited roads.
Ferrovial Agroman has been strengthening its international footprint in recent years. In 2013, 70% of its total revenues came from outside Spain and international contracts also accounted for 70% of its backlog.
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