Meinhardt gets QP(S) Contracts for C485 and C487

LTA has recently awarded MCE Contract 487QP. The scope of 487QP includes Qualified Person (Supervision) Services for Contract 487 - Design, Construction and Completion of Marina Coastal Expressway (ECP/ KPE Interchange). The tender attracted eight suppliers including CKM Consultants Pte Ltd, CPG Consultants Pte Ltd, LYL Consultants Pte Ltd, Maunsell Consultants (Singapore) Pte Ltd, Mott MacDonald Singapore Pte Ltd, Meinhardt Infrastructure Pte Ltd, Parsons Brinckerhoff Pte Ltd and Tritech Consultants Pte Ltd. The award went to Meinhardt Infrastructure Pte Ltd at S$5,987,580.00

LTA also awarded MCE Contract 485QP to Meinhardt Infrastructure Pte Ltd. The scope of the contract involves Qualified Person (Supervision) Services for Contract 485 - Design, Construction and Completion of Marina Coastal Expressway (Marina Bay Crossing). Meinhardt won the contract that is estimated to be worth S$7,428,750.00. The other six unsuccessful participants include CKM Consultants Pte Ltd, CPG Consultants Pte Ltd, Maunsell Consultants (Singapore) Pte Ltd, Mott MacDonald Singapore Pte Ltd, Parsons Brinckerhoff Pte Ltd and Tritech Consultants Pte Ltd.

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Two Civil Contracts Awarded for MCE

LTA has confirmed the award of two more Civil contracts for Marina Coastal Expressway.

MCE Contract 482
Contract 482 is awarded to Ssangyong Engineering and Construction Co Ltd at an estimated sum of S$929.9 million. The scope of this contract includes the design, construction and completion of 360m of dual carriageway depressed road structure, 640m of dual carriageway vehicular tunnel structure, slip tunnels, at-grade roads and 280m section of future transit tunnel undercrossing the MCE tunnels.

MCE Contract 483
Samsung C&T Corporation has secured Contract 483 at an estimated sum of S$716.4 million. The scope of this contract includes the design, construction and completion of approximately 950m of vehicular tunnel structure, slip tunnels and at-grade roads connecting to Marina Boulevard. It also includes the construction of one ventilation building.

With the award of the contracts C482 and C483, LTA has awarded four out of the six civil contracts to construct the Marina Coastal Expressway. The first two contracts were earlier awarded to Penta-Ocean (MCE Contract 485) and Sato Kogyo-Daelim JV (MCE Contract 487).

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MCE Contract 487 awarded to Sato Kogyo-Daelim JV

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The recent news release from LTA confirms that Contract 487 for Marina Coastal Expressway has been awarded to Sato Kogyo - Daelim Industrial Joint Venture. The S$732.6 million worth contract includes the design, construction and completion of approximately 700m of dual-carriageway main vehicular tunnel, 1,550m of slip tunnels, at-grade roads connecting to the ECP and Fort Road, and an interchange with Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE)/ East Coast Parkway (ECP).

Sato Kogyo(S) Pte Ltd is one of Japan's leading general contractors and is currently involved in many prestigious projects in Singapore including the Marina Bayfront Bridge (MBB), the Boon Lay MRT extension and District Cooling System Box at Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort (MBSIR). Daelim Industrial Co. Ltd is one of Korea's top construction and engineering companies.

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Penta-Ocean gets MCE Contract 485

Image via WikipediaPenta-Ocean Construction Co. Ltd secured LTA Contract C485, one of the two civil contracts awarded for the construction of Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE).

Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE)
MCE is the latest expressway that will be added to the road network of Singapore. MCE will become the tenth expressway to be constructed in Singapore. The other nine expressways existing in Singapore are as follows:

1. PIE (Pan Island Expressway),
2. ECP (East Coast Parkway),
3. AYE (Ayer Rajah Expressway),
4. CTE (Central Expressway),
   
5. TPE (Tampines Expressway),
   
6. SLE (Seletar Expressway),
   
7. KJE (Kranji Expressway),
   
8. BKE (Bukit Timah Expressway) and
   
9. KPE (Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway)

The MCE is one of many important initiatives to expand Singapore's land transport network into the Marina Bay area. MCE is expected to be about 5 km long, serving as a strategic east-west transport link between the KPE, the ECP and the AYE, with direct connections to the Marina South and Straits View areas.

Contract 485
The scope of Contract 485 includes the design, construction and completion of 700m of dual 5-lane vehicular tunnel structure, of which approximately 420m is below the Marina Bay Crossing. The contract is awarded to Penta-Ocean Construction Co. Ltd at a sum of $669.7 million, as per the news release on LTA's website. Construction works for the MCE are expected to commence in the first quarter of 2009.

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