Romstrade is a construction company based in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...

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which specialises in

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construction and

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infrastructure Infrastructure is the set of facilities and systems that serve a country, city, or other area, and encompasses the services and facilities necessary for its economy, households and firms to function. Infrastructure is composed of public and pri ...

construction, and

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. In 2009 Romstrade was the largest construction company in Romania with a revenue of €268 million. Almost all of Romstrade's business is conducted in Romania. An international branch of the company was started in 2009 with the opening of an office in one of the largest cities in

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, Arbil the capital of

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. The company is a member of the Romstrade Group which also includes the

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Direct Aero Services and the

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, both based in Bucharest.

History

Romstrade was founded by Nelu Iordache in

Adunații-Copăceni Adunații-Copăceni is a commune located in Giurgiu County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Adunații-Copăceni, Dărăști-Vlașca, Mogoșești, and Varlaam. The commune is situated in the southern part of the Wallachian Plai ...

, a commune in

Giurgiu County Giurgiu () is a county ('' județ'') of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Giurgiu. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 265,494 and the population density was . * Romanians – 96% * Romani ...

, Southern Romania, in 1994 . At first the company had 40 employees and was involved mainly in road construction and maintenance. However, it diversified with time to include building construction, airport maintenance, and civil engineering. Since 1999 the company is actively involved in infrastructure works commissioned by the

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, including construction and rehabilitation works all over the country of around of roads and 300 streets.

Projects

Important projects for the company include construction and rehabilitation on several important Romanian roads like

DN7 DN7 () is a national road in Romania, which links Bucharest with the Banat region, in western Romania. It is further to the eastern European capitals Budapest and Belgrade via the border with Hungary at Nădlac. It is a high-traffic road and the ...

DN1 DN1 () is an important national road in Romania which links Bucharest with the northwestern part of the country and the border with Hungary via Borș. The main cities linked by DN1 are Bucharest, Ploiești, Brașov, Sibiu, Alba Iulia, Cluj-Napoc ...

DN1A DN1A () is a national road in Romania connecting Bucharest and Brașov via Ploiești which is long. It serves as an alternative to the route through the Valea Prahovei (Prahova Valley). See also * DN1 *Roads in Romania *Transport in Romania ...

DN73 DN73 () is a national road in Romania which links Pitești with Brașov. It is a high-traffic road and the preferred route for trucks. Near Câmpulung the road crosses the Southern Carpathians along the Dâmbovița River. The road crosses severa ...

, DN65,

DN21 DN21 () is a national road in Romania which that crosses the Bărăgan Plain, linking the Danube port of Brăila with Călărași. The road crosses the A2 motorway near Drajna, between the cities of Slobozia Slobozia () is the capital city ...

, DN2,

DN66 Public roads in Romania are ranked according to importance and traffic as follows: *motorways (autostradă – pl. autostrăzi) – colour: green; designation: A followed by one or two digits *expressways (drum – pl. drumuri express) – col ...

DN67C Public roads in Romania are ranked according to importance and traffic as follows: *motorways (autostradă – pl. autostrăzi) – colour: green; designation: A followed by one or two digits *expressways (drum – pl. drumuri express) – col ...

, and DN7A, as well as roads in

Voluntari Voluntari () is a town in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania. It is located at a distance of 1 km from the northern border of Bucharest (on the DN2 road towards Urziceni) and is thus frequently viewed as a suburb of Bucharest. The population ...

, Ploieşti,

Timișoara Timișoara (, , ; , also or ; ; ; see #Etymology, other names) is the capital city of Timiș County, Banat, and the main economic, social and cultural center in Western Romania. Located on the Bega (Tisza), Bega River, Timișoara is consider ...

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and

Giurgiu Giurgiu (; ; ) is a city in southern Romania. The seat of Giurgiu County, it lies in the historical region of Muntenia. It is situated amongst mud-flats and marshes on the left bank of the Danube facing the Bulgarian city of Ruse on the op ...

. The most important project of the company is the €385 million rehabilitation of of

between

Bengești-Ciocadia Bengești-Ciocadia is a commune in Gorj County, Oltenia, Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to th ...

and Sebeş, also called Transalpina, which is the highest road in Romania with a peak elevation of . The company is also involved in the construction of a section of highway in the Iraqi Kurdistan. Romstrade is also involved in airport construction and maintenance. In March 2010 the company indirectly leased the

Bacău International Airport George Enescu International Airport is an airport located in Bacău, Romania. Named after the Romanian composer George Enescu the airport shares its runway with RoAF 95th Air Base, and Aerostar, a major Romanian aerospace and defence company. Th ...

for a period of 34 years through another company in the group. Also in February 2010 the company expressed an intention of building a new airport in the Adunaţii-Copăceni commune on a plot of land, the entire project being worth €150-200 million.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Romstrade Construction and civil engineering companies of Romania Privately held companies of Romania Romanian companies established in 1994 Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1994