Hong Kong Shatin-Central metro awards
04 Apr 2013
Peter Kenyon, TunnelTalk
- The next major tunnelling contract on the 17km long Shatin-Central Metro line in Hong Kong is awarded to the Chun Wo/Seli joint venture. The HK$1.07 billion (€100 million) contract is for excavation of the running tunnels between Diamond Hill and Kai Tak (Fig 1). Seli will supply the TBM and complete the excavation works for the 50/50 joint venture.
- The contract award is among the first of 16 major tunnel, station, track, ventilation and rolling stock contracts to be rolled out in the next two years by MTR Corporation, the owner of the Hong Kong Metro system (Fig 1, Table 1).
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Fig 1. The Hong Kong Shatin-Central link runs almost entirely underground and features ten new stations
- The centerpiece will be Contract SCL 1121 for a new 1.3km immersed tube metro crossing of Victoria Harbour. Shortlisted prequalifiers for the contract are expected to be announced imminently and ahead of a planned contract award in the first quarter of next year (2014).
- The link features a new immersed crossing of Victoria Harbour
The next major tunnelling award, for the SCL 1108 Kai Tak Station and associated tunnels contract, is expected in the second quarter of this year. In all the new Shatin-Central Link will have ten stations, six of them allowing connectivity with other lines. Construction of all but HinKeng Station will be by cut and cover, with drill+blast specified for the tunnel between HinKeng and Ma Chai and for the overrun tunnel south of Admiralty Station.
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17km Shatin Central link features immersed crossing of Victoria Harbour
- TBM excavation is specified for the twin running tunnels between Ma Chai and Kai Tak via Diamond Station; between To Kwa Wan and Ho Man Tin Station via Ma Tau Wai; between Causeway Bay Police Officers' Club and Exhibition Station; and between Convention Avenue and Admiralty Station.
- The HK$64.9 billion (€6.4 billion) line is to be constructed in two sections; the 11km Tai Wai-Hung Hom section in Phase 1, to be completed in 2018, and the 6km Hung Hom-Admiralty section that features the harbour crossing and due to be completed in 2020. Enabling works began in June last year (2012).
- "The new rail link plays a vital part in connecting more districts of Hong Kong with our integrated rail network, which will further improve Hong Kong's public transport system," said Jay Walder, CEO of MTR Corporation.
- Award of Contract SCL 1107 to the Chun Wo/Seli JV followed a complex prequalification process. A spokesman for Seli said: "This positive result is significant not only for the size of the project but also for the future and continuity of Seli operations in China."
- In November last year (2012) Seli announced it had taken on a new Chinese partner, Tollian, in a deal which saw Tollian acquire a 29.84% share in the business in exchange for a capital injection of €30 million. The deal was aimed at increasing TBM construction for the Chinese and wider Asian market.
| Table 1. Contract awards for Shatin–Central link | ||||
| Contract (award date) | Description of works | Contract value (HK$) | Contractor | |
| SCL 1102 (07/2013) | Hin Keng Station and Tai Wai-Hin Keng viaducts and at-grade structures | 1,039,000,000 | Penta-Ocean Construction Co Ltd | |
| SCL 1103 (10/2012) | Hin Keng to Diamond Hill tunnels and Fung Tak public transport interchange | 2,727,891,805 | VINCI Construction Grands Projets | |
| SCL 1106 (12/2012) | Diamond Hill Station extension | 1,665,080,888 | Sembawang Leader JV | |
| SCL 1107 (03/2013) | Diamond Hill to Kai Tak tunnels | 1,067,338,000 | Chun Wo/Seli JV | |
| SCL 1108 (04/2013) | Kai Tak Station and Kai Tak–To Kwa Wan Station tunnels | 1,422,000,000 | Kaden/Chun Wo JV | |
| SCL 1109 (07/2012) | Stations and tunnels for Kowloon City section | 4,569,503,000 | Samsung/Hsin Chong JV | |
| SCL 1111 (12/2012) | Hung Hom North approach tunnels | 3,368,442,219 | Gammon/Kadon SCL JV | |
| SCL 1112 (03/2013) | Hung Hom Station and sidings | 5,241,356,085 | Leighton Contractors Asia | |
| SCL 1120 (10/2013) | Trackwork and overhead lines for SCL Phase 1 | 425,910,954 | Alstrom Hong Kong Ltd | |
| SCL 1120B | Trackwork and overhead lines for SCL Phase 2 | To be awarded soon | ||
| SCL 1121 (12/2014) | Cross Harbour Tunnels | 4,350,000,000 | Penta-Ocean/China State JV | |
| SCL 1122 | Admiralty South overrun tunnel | Expected 2Q/2015 | ||
| SCL 1123 (01/2015) | Exhibition Station and Western Approach tunnel | 5,869,282,300 | Leighton/China State JV | |
| SCL 1128 (08/2014) | Causeway Bay typhoon shelter–Admiralty tunnels | 5,266,570,173 | Dragages/Bouygues JV | |
| SCL 1141A (11/2013) | New rolling stock for SCL Phase 1 | 1,139,955,435 | Changchun Railway Vehicles Co Ltd | |
*HK$1 billion = US$130 million (approx)
**Table last updated 9 June 2015
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Seli and Coastal form subcontinental alliance - TunnelTalk, March 2011
Hong Kong begins massive express link to China - TunnelTalk, March 2011
First of four Seli EPBMs ready for Copenhagen - TunnelTalk, November 2012
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