MRT Corp award jobs worth RM3.47b

Mass Rapid Transit Corp (MRT Corp) has awarded five work packages worth
RM3.47 billion for the Sungai Buloh-Kajang MRT line following the
conclusion of the One-Stop Procurement Committee meeting chaired by
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak in Putrajaya today.

The
packages included Viaduct Package V8 from Taman Mesra to Kajang,
electric trains, signalling and train control system, power supply and
distribution and depot equipment and maintenance vehicles.

Chief
executive officer, Datuk Azhar Abdul Hamid, said with the award of
package V8 to the government-linked company UEM Construction Sdn Bhd,
all eight work packages for the construction of the viaduct guideway,
elevated and underground, for the line had been awarded.

"This is a milestone for the project," he said in a statement today.

He said electric train package was awarded to Siemens AG-Siemens (M) Sdn Bhd-SMH Rail Sdn Bhd consortium.

Azhar
said the company has opted for a driverless Grade of Automation 4
(Unattended Train Operation) system due to its safety, more reliable
and punctual in high frequency services and less vulnerable to shortage
of drivers.

"Driverless systems and their benefits have been proven throughout the world," he said.

The
signalling and train control system was awarded to Bombardier (M) Sdn
Bhd, power supply and distribution package to Meidensha Corp and the
depot equipment and maintenance vehicles to Siemens AG-Siemens (M) Sdn
Bhd-Hisniaga Sdn Bhd consortium. Bernama