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Visit to TYPSA headquarters of representatives from the Bulgarian Ministry of Transportation and the National Railway Company

In mid-November 2007 TYPSA welcomed to the Madrid main office a delegation comprising representatives from the Ministry of Transport and the National Railway Infrastructure Company (NRIC) of Bulgaria.

The Delegation are currently involved in a large scale program of railway infrastructure development in Bulgaria and are specifically working with TYPSA and other partners to implement the ‘Plovdiv – Svilengrad Railway Electrification and Upgrading Contract’

The Delegation comprised Heads of Departments and State Experts from the Ministry of Transport, together with both Deputy Director Generals of NRIC. Also in attendance were TYPSA’s Project Director for the Supervision of the Plovdiv-Svilengrad Railway, Richard Kerry and Civil and Trackworks Resident Engineer, Valodia Ninov.

The delegation attended a seminar presentation given by TYPSA colleagues, which informed the party on the specific technical elements of rail systems adopted in Spain. TYPSA’s specific capability and experience in the design

and implementation of rail and tunnelling projects was also presented. The trip included a visit to the Guadarrama High Speed Railway Tunnel, the M-30 Tunnels and a journey on a high-speed train, to Zaragoza.

TYPSA’s Eastern Europe Director, Miriam Ruiz, said: ‘TYPSA is committed to developing its relations with its clients and demonstrating our capability. Our contract in Bulgaria includes provisions for knowledge transfer to the client and this visit allowed us to demonstrate elements of the technical systems and management organisation that is commonly adopted in Spain and exemplified by TYPSA’.