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£80m HK rail race
00:00 04 Nov 1998
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Costain, Amec and Kier are all pitching for a £40-80 million
tunnelling contract on Hong Kong's £2 billion Tseung Kwan O
extension in the New Territories for the Mass Transit Railway
Corporation (MTRC).
The 12.5km extension connecting North Point and Po Lam was given the final go-ahead by the Hong Kong government three weeks ago. Three groups are bidding for the Pak Shing Kok tunnel section which extends from south Tseung Kwan O to near the proposed train depot.
Amec has teamed up with Costain, Skanska and local firm China Civil Engineering Construction. Kier Hong Kong is bidding with Hyundai Engineering, while the final bidder is Japan's Kumagai Gumi. Work will involve tunnelling in rock with some cut and cover work.
The contract is one of 13 main civils contracts, along with 21 mechanical and electrical contracts to be let on the line. A joint venture between French contractor Dumez and Chun Wo Construction is being tipped for the first civils contract - the £114.5 million construction of the Black Hill tunnels section between Yau Tong and Tiu Keng Leng, which will comprise four 1.7km main tunnels.
Five consortia are lined up for a third contract for the construction of Tseung Kwan O station and tunnels: Kvaerner's associate firm Gammon Construction; France's Dragages et Travaux Publics; Nishimatsu Construction/Chun Wo Construction; Nesco (Spanish firms Cubiertas and Entrecanales); and Leighton Contractors Asia/China State Construction Engineering Corporation. Construction of the extension is due to begin by the end of this year.
Hong Kong is providing an even bigger rail boom in the shape of the £5 billion West Rail project which is being undertaken by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation to provide better transport for residents in the North-west of the New Territories.
French contractor Dragages et Travaux Publics, part of Bouygues, has won a £160 million contract to design and build the two Kwai Tsing tunnels linking Mei Foo and Tsuen Wan west stations. It will build a 5.5km tunnel under Tai Lam park in joint venture with Japan's Nishimatsu and a 3.6km tunnel in partnership with Hong Kong's Zen Pacific Civil Contractors. Other sections on the 30.5km project are now out for pre-qualification - over 20 contracts are still to be awarded.
The 12.5km extension connecting North Point and Po Lam was given the final go-ahead by the Hong Kong government three weeks ago. Three groups are bidding for the Pak Shing Kok tunnel section which extends from south Tseung Kwan O to near the proposed train depot.
Amec has teamed up with Costain, Skanska and local firm China Civil Engineering Construction. Kier Hong Kong is bidding with Hyundai Engineering, while the final bidder is Japan's Kumagai Gumi. Work will involve tunnelling in rock with some cut and cover work.
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The contract is one of 13 main civils contracts, along with 21 mechanical and electrical contracts to be let on the line. A joint venture between French contractor Dumez and Chun Wo Construction is being tipped for the first civils contract - the £114.5 million construction of the Black Hill tunnels section between Yau Tong and Tiu Keng Leng, which will comprise four 1.7km main tunnels.
Five consortia are lined up for a third contract for the construction of Tseung Kwan O station and tunnels: Kvaerner's associate firm Gammon Construction; France's Dragages et Travaux Publics; Nishimatsu Construction/Chun Wo Construction; Nesco (Spanish firms Cubiertas and Entrecanales); and Leighton Contractors Asia/China State Construction Engineering Corporation. Construction of the extension is due to begin by the end of this year.
Hong Kong is providing an even bigger rail boom in the shape of the £5 billion West Rail project which is being undertaken by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation to provide better transport for residents in the North-west of the New Territories.
French contractor Dragages et Travaux Publics, part of Bouygues, has won a £160 million contract to design and build the two Kwai Tsing tunnels linking Mei Foo and Tsuen Wan west stations. It will build a 5.5km tunnel under Tai Lam park in joint venture with Japan's Nishimatsu and a 3.6km tunnel in partnership with Hong Kong's Zen Pacific Civil Contractors. Other sections on the 30.5km project are now out for pre-qualification - over 20 contracts are still to be awarded.
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