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Alpine built
three stadiums for the UEFA
Euro 2012 worth more than
600 million Euro
and infrastructure, some of the goals set by
Dotter for Alpine over the next few years in-
clude developing the energy division, achie-
ving a leaner and more efficient business
structure and improving margins.
During a press briefing held in Gdansk,
the Managing Director of Alpine, Johannes
Dotter, disclosed that this year, to date, the
Central European country has been awar-
ded almost 1billion Euros in new contracts.
One of the most important of these is the
€170 million contract for the construction of
a motorway in Oslo (Norway), and a €175
million contract for the construction of 30
kilometres of railway in Timisoara (Romania)
in a joint venture with Azvi and Straca.
As some of the most emblematic projects
currently underway at Alpine, Dotter cited
the St. Gotthard Tunnel (Switzerland) which,
at 57 kilometres, will be the world’s longest;
the work on the Whitechapel and Liverpool
stations for the London Crossrail and the
Singapore underground, among others.
the construction and renovation of foot-
ball stadiums and athletic facilities. Some
of the most emblematic facilities include
Allianz Arena (Bayern Stadium in Munich)
which was the venue of the inaugural
match of the World Football Champions-
hip in Germany in 2006 and more recently
the final match of the Champions Lea-
gue between the local team and Chelsea.
The most important construction pro-
jects in the international include the sta-
diums in Innsbruck, Salzburg and Klag-
enfurt in Austria for the European Football
Championship held in August 2008 and
where, for the first time, the Spanish
team was the continental champion.
Some of the most emblematic stadiums
built by FCC in Spain include Cornellá-
El Prat for R.C.D. Español, chosen in
2010 as the best sports facility of the
year, the Valdebebas Sports Complex
for Real Madrid, the Son Moix for Real
Mallorca and the Ramón de Carranza
in Cádiz. The company also remodelled
the Santiago Bernabeu (Real Madrid),
the Camp Nou (F.C. Barcelona) and the
Vicente Calderón (Atlético de Madrid).
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