The Highways Department (HyD) today (January 20) invited tenders for the Central Kowloon Route - Ho Man Tin Access Shaft (Contract No. HY/2014/09).

     The works are scheduled to commence in July 2017 and will take about 18 months to complete. The works mainly include:

* construction of a vertical access shaft at Ho Man Tin approximately 100 metres deep and with an internal diameter of 21m for the Central Kowloon Route project;
* ground investigation works comprising 39 boreholes and the associated fieldwork and laboratory testing; and
* horizontal directional coring approximately 3 615m long and the associated fieldwork and laboratory testing.

     The HyD has appointed Arup - Mott MacDonald Joint Venture as the consultant to design and supervise the construction works. Interested contractors can obtain the tender forms and other particulars from Arup - Mott MacDonald Joint Venture at 20/F, AIA Kowloon Tower, Landmark East, 100 How Ming Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

     The invitation to tender was gazetted today. Submission of tenders will close at noon on March 17, 2017 (Friday). Tender submissions should be placed in the Government Logistics Department Tender Box located on the Ground Floor, North Point Government Offices, 333 Java Road, North Point, Hong Kong.

     For enquiries, please call the consultant at 2828 5757.

Ends/Friday, January 20, 2017
Issued at HKT 11:30

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