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| Strabag awarded contract for extension of Delhi Metro in India Strabag SE's Munich-based subsidiary Dywidag International GmbH has been awarded a contract for the extension of the Delhi Metro by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. The construction works involve the design and construction of a new 3.2 km tunnel and two new underground stations. Construction is estimated to take 38 months. Tunnelling works will be carried out using a shielded tunnel boring machine, while the underground stations will be built employing the cut-and-cover method. Dywidag International heads the International Metro Civil Contractors consortium, whose other partners are South Korea's Samsung Corporation, Japan's Shimizu Corporation and the two Indian construction companies Larsen & Toubro and IRCON International. The contract has a value of around EUR 82.6 million. With around 65 kilometres and 59 stations, the Delhi Metro is still in a relatively early stage of development. Work began recently on the Phase II extensions, which include plans for a further 130 kilometres and 79 stations for the nearly 14 million inhabitants of the Indian capital territory. Following two further expansion phases, the network is to cover a total of 245 kilometres by the year 2021. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |