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| Balfour Beatty secures new projects in Asia UK construction giant Balfour Beatty announces that Gammon Construction, Hong Kong's leading construction group, in which Balfour Beatty has a 50% interest, and Balfour Beatty Rail have secured approximately £200 million of major new project work in Hong Kong, Singapore, Macau and China. In Singapore, Gammon has been awarded the contract to design, construct and commission the new Chinatown Interchange Station. The project, which is valued at approximately £55 million, involves new station construction, crossing over the existing Chinatown Station on the North East Line, overrun tunnels, and connecting tunnels to the adjoining Cross Street Station. The project, which is part of Stage 1 of the new Downtown Line development, is due for completion in 2013. In Macau, in a project of similar value, Gammon has been awarded the contract to construct a retail podium and a 42-storey, 2,000-room hotel tower for Venetian Orient, as part of Macau's rapid development as a regional leisure and recreational centre. The project is due for completion in the summer of next year. In Hong Kong, work commenced recently on a £33 million project to design and construct four service reservoirs, a link bridge and a range of civil engineering work for The University of Hong Kong in a project due to be completed by September 2009. In China, Balfour Beatty Rail has been, awarded a £35 million contract in respect of the design, supply, supervision of installation and commissioning of the catenary system for the new high-speed dedicated passenger railway line between Wuhan and Guangzhou by the Chinese Ministry of Railways. The new 968-kilometre double-track line will operate with a line speed of 300 kilometres per hour. The project will be completed by the end of 2009. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |