XRL awards contract 824

The Kier/Kaden/Ossa joint venture will construct by drill and blast about 2.6km of tunnel between Ngau Tam Mei and Tai Kong Po on the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link. The HKD 1.5bn (USD 194.8M) contract 824 was awarded by Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation.

Contract 823B, the final major tunneling contract on the project, will be awarded in October. It involves work on the Shek Kong Stabling Siding.

The whole USD 8.3bn project is scheduled for completion in 2015. Once complete, passengers will be able to travel from Hong Kong to Shanghai in eight hours and Beijing in ten. Currently the journey takes 20 hours.