HK tunnel contract awarded
4 September 2013Sweett Group has secured a commission to provide cost management services for a 2km submerged cross harbour rail tunnel in Hong Kong, the company announced earlier this week.
As part of a team led by engineering firm Aecom, Sweett Group will provide cost management services for the fourth Cross Harbour Rail Tunnel, part of the Shatin to Central Link (SCL) railway. The contract includes cost planning, Bills of Quantities and tender cost estimates.
The project works include temporary reclamation, immersed tube tunnel under theVictoria Harbour, cut-and-cover tunnel, ventilation building, marine piling and the reprovisioning of a finger pier.
The tunnel construction is scheduled for completion by 2020.
Kim Berry, managing director, Asia Pacific, for Sweett Group said: "We are delighted to have been appointed under the Consultancy Agreement on the fourth Cross Harbour Rail Tunnel. We have recently been particularly active in the Hong Kong rail sector, with current commissions on all four of MTR's main line extensions, an investment programme that will increase the network's length from just under 220km to over 270km during the next decade."
