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160135
MDLIAN 9864
CONCRETE. THE MA WAN VIADUCT WILL HAVE LARGE PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BOX GIRDERS TO ACCOMMODATE AN ENCLOSED RAILWAY AND LOWER LEVEL ROADWAY.
COMMENT
4.
THE AWARD OF THIS CONTRACT TO KUMAGAI GUMI SHOULD NOT COME AS A SURPRISE TO THE AJC. WHILE IT WAS HOPED EARLIER THAT THE AJC'S PRESENCE ON SITE ON THE MAIN BRIDGE WOULD GIVE THE BRITISH GROUP AN EDGE, IT HAS BEEN SUSPECTED FOR SOME TIME NOW THAT KUMAGAI GUMI HAD SUBMITTED AN EXTREMELY LOW BID. IN THE EVENT, THEIR BID WAS SOME POUNDS STERLING 13 MILLION LOWER THAN HKG'S MOST RECENT ESTIMATE. WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN LATE JANUARY 1993 AND TO TAKE 4 1/2 YEARS TO COMPLETE. THERE IS NO DIRECT BRITISH INVOLVEMENT IN THE JAPANESE CONSORTIUM BUT BRITISH SUPPLIERS ARE BEING ALERTED TO THE GOOD OPPORTUNITIES THIS MAJOR CONTRACT WILL PRESENT FOR EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL SUPPLIERS.
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ERD
FED
JOINT DIRECTORATE
LEGAL ADVISERS//MS BROOKS
.AND MS BARRETT
RAD
PS
PS/MR GOODLAD
PS/PUS
MR CROWE
SIR J COLES
MR MILES
MR HUM
NEWS D
ADDITIONAL
CAB OFF//SIR R BRAITHWAITE
HMT//MR MACINTYRE
BANKE//MR C ELSTON
D
CAB OFF! MISS & CORNER
CAE OFF/MR A CHARLTON
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CAB OFF//MR SIBSON
DTI//MR ROBBINS
DTI//MR MURRAY OT2/3
ECGD / MR PENTECOST ECGD.
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