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SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 1994

ANOTHER AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME CONTRACT AWARDED

THE CENTRAL TENDER BOARD HAS APPROVED THE AWARD OF AN AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME (ACP) CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TSING VI INTERCHANGE WHICH WILL CONNECT THE TSING MA BRIDGE WITH ROUTE 3.

THE CONTRACT, VALUED AT ABOUT $460 MILLION, WILL BE AWARDED BY THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT TO A JOINT VENTURE FORMED BY MAEDA CORPORATION OF JAPAN AND CHINA STATE CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING CORPORATION.

THE CONTRACT COMPRISES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 1.2-KILOMETRE DUAL THREE-LANE EXPRESSWAY, A 400-METRE DUAL TWO-LANE BRIDGE STRUCTURE AND ASSOCIATED RAMPS, A 100-METRE TUNNEL AND AN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

THE CONTRACT ALSO COMPRISES NON-ACP WORKS WHICH WILL PROVIDE A LINK BETWEEN THE TSING MA BRIDGE AND THE TING KAU BRIDGE. THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT OF THE TING KAU BRIDGE, WORTH $1.7 BILLION, WAS AWARDED LAST WEEK.

IT WAS DECIDED TO INCLUDE THESE NON-ACP WORKS, VALUED AT ABOUT $66 MILLION, IN THE CONTRACT AS IT IS MORE CONVENIENT AND MORE ECONOMICAL TO CARRY OUT WORKS AT THE SAME TIME IN THE SAME LOCATION.

AND WILL BE COMPLETED IN

WORK WILL START EARLY NEXT MONTH APRIL 1997.

THE AWARD OF THIS CONTRACT BRINGS THE CONTRACTS AWARDED SO FAR TO 61, WITH A TOTAL BILLION.

TOTAL NUMBER OF ACP VALUE OF ABOUT $51.2

THESE INCLUDE 48 CONTRACTS WORTH ABOUT $33.4 BILLION AWARDED BY THE GOVERNMENT, 11 CONTRACTS WORTH OVER $11.5 BILLION AWARDED BY THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY, THE $5.7 BILLION CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AWARDED BY THE WESTERN HARBOUR TUNNEL COMPANY LIMITED, AND A $0.6 BILLION IMMERSED TUBE TUNNEL CONTRACT FOR THE AIRPORT RAILWAY AWARDED BY THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION.

GUIDE TO RETAINING WALL DESIGN 2ND EDITION PUBLISHED

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THE GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING OFFICE OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS PUBLISHED THE SECOND EDITION OF THE GUIDE TO RETAINING WALL DESIGN (GEOGUIDE I).

THIS IS ONE IN A SERIES OF GEOGUIDES WHICH RECOMMEND A STANDARD OF GOOD PRACTICE FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION IN HONG KONG.

THE DESIGN OF RETAINING WALLS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS GIVEN IN THE FIRST EDITION OF THE GEOGUIDE WILL BE ACCEPTABLE UNTIL THE END OF JULY 1995.

AFTER ᎢᎻᎪᎢ . THE GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS SECOND EDITION SHOULD BE FOLLOWED.

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