Secretary of State would exclude Strabag from public procurement



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The STR M0 consortium led by the Austrian Strabag did not take the expected care in the construction of the Hárosi Danube bridge named after Ferenc Deák, the built-in heels are constantly being ruined due to insufficient size, leading to various traffic stops – he said the Ministry of Innovation and Technology (ITM) Secretary of State for Strategy at a press conference on the bridge on Sunday.

Tamás Schanda He emphasized that the condition of the heels was also monitored through ongoing on-site inspections and a newly built monitoring system starting in September, as one had been broken before. Another shoe broke this Wednesday, although the magnitude of the damage did not justify the immediate closure of the bridge, but urgent and many worrying measures are needed. He noted that the leader of the Strabag consortium and its subcontractor for the construction of bridges, A-Bridge, had obviously acted irresponsibly, making a mistake when choosing the type of shoe.

Nemzeti Infrastruktúra Fejlesztő Zrt. He is forced to introduce a traffic diversion from Monday to Sunday, the bridge from the left road to the M1 must be closed again.

The STR M0 Consortium, led by the Austrian Strabag, won the work and in April 2018 the reconstruction began. The necessary footwear changes were carried out on the bridge from May to September last year, and in April of this year the tasks required for the opening of the left track bridge were also completed. However, not long after, it became necessary to replace the heels and one of them broke.

Tamás Schanda also mentioned that all points of the contract with Strabag for the reconstruction of the bridge will be respected. All mistakes, superficiality, negligence will be responsible, will act as strictly as possible. They are also exploring the possibility of excluding such negligent and irresponsible companies from public procurement once and for all.

The secretary of state said that “we can hope that the left will also learn from the Deák Ferenc bridge case.” He is sure that Gergely Christmas The mayor and management of Budapest will not entrust the renovation of another bridge in Budapest, the Chain Bridge, to Strabag or Bridge A.

It is not known why Tamás Schanda did not hold a similar briefing in another case:

Top image: Tamás Schanda, Parliamentary and Strategic State Secretary of the Ministry of Innovation and Technology (ITM) (j) and Zoltán Bóna, Member of Parliament of the 8th constituency of Szigetszentmiklós of the county of Fidesz Pest, deputy head of the faction Member of Parliament, responsible for development tasks in the county of Pest The Ministerial Commissioner (b) will hold a press conference at the foot of the Ferenc Deák bridge in Szigetszentmiklós on November 1, 2020. MTI / Márton Mónus



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