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The Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD) today (August 14) invited tenders for the contract for the Tseung Kwan O - Lam Tin Tunnel - main tunnel and associated works.
The works mainly involve:
* construction of the main tunnel of the Tseung Kwan O - Lam Tin Tunnel;
* construction of tunnel portal facilities and a ventilation building at Tseung Kwan O;
* construction of slip roads, branch tunnels, viaducts, the Lam Tin Interchange, tunnel portal facilities, a ventilation building and an administration building at Kwun Tong; and
* implementation of the associated building, civil, structural, marine, electrical and mechanical, landscaping and environmental protection and mitigation works.
The works are scheduled to commence in the first half of 2016 for completion in 2020.
The CEDD has commissioned AECOM Asia Company Limited to design and supervise the works. Interested contractors may obtain the tender forms and other particulars from the company at 8/F, Tower 2, Grand Central Plaza, 138 Sha Tin Rural Committee Road, Sha Tin.
The invitation to tender was gazetted today. The closing time for the tender is noon on November 6, 2015.
Details of the tender notice are available at the CEDD's website (www.cedd.gov.hk/eng/tender/contract/tender/index.html#NE/2015/01). For enquiries, please call AECOM Asia Company Limited at 3922 9000 during office hours.
Ends/Friday, August 14, 2015
Issued at HKT 11:10
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