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MDLIAN 9864
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INFO ROUITNE TOKYO, PEKING, FCO, ECGD, BANK OF ENGLAND, TREASURY
HONG KONG MAJOR PROJECTS
NEW AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME: KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE
SUMMARY:
1. HKG HAVE ANNOUNCED THE AWARD OF THE CONTRACT FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE AND MA WAN VIADUCT TO
THE ALL JAPANESE KUMAGAI GUMI-LED CONSORTIUM. THE ANGLO JAPANESE CONSORTIUM (AJC) SUBMITTED TENDERS FOR A CABLE STAYED BRIDGE AND
ALSO FOR AN ALL CONCRETE BRIDGE BUT BOTH WERE TOO EXPENSIVE.
DETAIL:
2. THE KUMAGAI GUMI/MAEDA/YOKOGAWA/HITACHI JOINT VENTURE SUBMITTED THE LOWEST DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT BID OF HK DOLLARS 1.64
BILLION. THE BID WAS WELL WITHIN HKG'S MOST RECENT ESTIMATE OF HK DOLLARS 1.81 BILLION. THIS IS A FIXED PRICE LUMP SUM CONTRACT
WITH NO PROVISION FOR ADJUSTMENTS FOR INFLATION. HK INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM, LED BY BOUYGUES AND DRAGAGES OF FRANCE SUBMITTED THE SECOND LOWEST TENDER WITH A PRICE THOUGHT TO BE IN
THE REGION OF HK DOLLARS 1.8 BILLION. THIS WAS FOR A PRESTRESSED
CONCRETE CABLE STAYED BRIDGE. THE AJC, WHICH WAS AWARDED THE
CONTRACT IN MAY TO BUILD THE MAIN SUSPENSION BRIDGE LINKING MA WAN WITH TSING YI ISLAND, SUBMITTED THE HIGHEST BIDS, THOUGHT TO BE IN EXCESS OF HK DOLLARS 2 BILLION, AND FOR TWO DIFFERENT DESIGNS, ONE FOR A CABLE STAYED ALL STEEL BRIDGE, THE OTHER FOR AN ALL CONCRETE STRUCTURE.
3.
THE
THIS WILL BE HONG KONG'S FIRST CABLE STAYED ROAD BRIDGE.
MA WAN VIADUCT FORMS PART OF THE PROJECT AND WILL CROSS THE
ISLAND OF MA WAN BETWEEN THE TSING MA BRIDGE AND KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE. IN TOTAL, THE STRUCTURE WILL BE 820 METRES LONG. THE DESIGN PROVIDES FOR CONCRETE SUPPORT TOWERS 150 METRES HIGH TO
SUPPORT A 430 METRE CABLE SPAN TO BE BUILT IN COMPOSITE STEEL AND
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