VINCI awarded a contract for the construction of a 4 km tunnel for the new Hong Kong SCL mass transit line

23 October 2012 - New contracts - Hong Kong

VINCI Construction Grands Projets has been awarded by MTR Corporation Limited the contract 1103 – Hin Keng to Diamond Hill tunnels – part of the new Shatin to Central Link mass transit railway, for an amount of 280 million euros.

The contract comprises the construction of 2,475 m of drill and blast tunnel and 1,400m twin tunnels to be excavated by means of a slurry TBM with 7.4 m diameter.

The works commence 22 October 2012, with a contract duration of 68 months.

The new Shatin to Central Link is split into 10 main contracts and provides for the realization of a 12 km underground mass transit line, the construction of 4 new stations and the reconfiguration of 2 interconnecting stations.

VINCI Construction Grands Projets has already participated in the construction of the Hong Kong Mass Transit railway between 1998 and 2002, with the completion of 5 tunnels under the Black Hill Mountains for the extension to the town of Tseung Kwan O.

VINCI Construction Grands Projets is one of leading underground works contractors with landmark ongoing contracts such as El Teniente mine access tunnels in Chile, railway tunnels Hallandsas in Sweden and Liefkenshoek in Belgium, Lee Tunnel, Whitechapel and Liverpool Street stations in London in the United Kingdom and the Cairo metro in Egypt.

 

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