ROMANIAN infrastructure manager CFR has awarded a consortium of Astaldi, FCC Construction, Salcef, and Thales a Lei 1.76bn ($US 420m) contract to upgrade the 36.1km Bârzava - Ilteu section of the Curtici - Simeria line, which forms part of Pan-European Corridor IV (Dresden/Nuremberg - Prague - Vienna - Budapest - Bucharest - Sofia - Thessaloniki/Istanbul).