Construction company Aedificia Carpati, owned by Romanian investor Petre Badea, and Romtest Electronic have won the bid to revamp and expand the Bucharest National Theater, according to data from the Public Acquisitions Electronic System (SEAP).

Works started in March and will finalize in June 2013, according to Ziarul Financiar, quoting sources in the Ministry of Culture. The first months will be dedicated to the facade of the Large Hall of the theater and the consolidation of the B wing, between the Large Hall and the Ion Dacian Theater.

Aedificia-Romtest won the bid for this project in spring last year, but the selection was challenged by the other contestants, which have however not won.

The Bucharest National Theater revamp works will be financed with EUR 27 million from the European Council Development Bank (ECBD) and from the state budget. The revamped theater building will follow the Barbican Hall model in London and will double the number of existing seats, to reach around 3,000.

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