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TO IMMEDIATE DTI
TELNO INTRA 64
OF 162134Z MARCH 92
C APR 992
INFO ROUTINE SEOUL, TOKYO, ECGD, FCO, PEKING
FOR HALL, HEAD OF PEP.
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HONG KONG AIRPORT PROJECT: THE PLATFORM CONTRACT.
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1. BIDS WERE SUBMITTED BY THE SIX GROUPS ON 12 MARCH FOR THIS
CONTRACT WHICH WITH A VALUE OF APPROXIMATELY POUNDS 1.0 BILLION IS THE LARGEST IN THE WHOLE AIRPORT COMPLEX. THE RESULT IS LIKELY TO BE ANNOUNCED BY LATE APRIL OR EARLY MAY. TWO OF THE GROUPS ARE BRITISH LED, BY COSTAINS AND BY BALFOUR BEATTY RESPECTIVELY, AND MOWLAM WHO ARE PART OF A FRENCH LED GROUP. ALTHOUGH NO BIDS HAVE BEEN MADE PUBLIC, RUMOURS, WHICH APPEAR WELL-INFORMED, SUGGEST THE COSTAINS BID WAS THE LOWEST AND THE BALFOUR BEATTY BID
SECOND. THIS SHOULD OMEN WELL FOR AN ULTIMATE BRITISH SUCCESS IN
THIS MAMMOTH CONTRACT.
DETAIL
2. BIDS WERE SUBMITTED FOR THE 12 MARCH DEADLINE FOR THE PLATFORM CONTRACT BY SIX INTERNATIONAL GROUPS. ALL GROUPS DIVIDED THE WORK INTO DREDGING AND FILLING WHICH THEY TERM THE WET SIDE AND THE DRY SIDE. DUTCH AND OTHER DREDGING COMPANIES THEREFORE FEATURE LARGE IN EACH.
3. THE GROUPS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
(A) HONG KONG AIRPORT RECLAMATION GROUP
BALFOUR BEATTY (UK)
LEIGHTON (HK/AUSTRALIAN/GERMAN)
DILLINGHAM (USA)
FRANKI CHK/GERMAN)
HOCHTIEF (GERMAN)
OBAYASHI (JAPAN)
HYUNDAI (KOREA)
BLANKERVOORT (DUTCH)
DRAGOMAR (ITALY).
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