MRT Corp awards two more jobs worth RM1.55bil

PETALING JAYA: Mass Rapid Transit Corp Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) has awarded two more work packages worth RM1.55bil to Syarikat Muhibah Perniagaan & Pembinaan Sdn Bhd (SMPP) and Trans Resources Corp Sdn Bhd (TRC) for the Sg Buloh-Kajang (SBK) line.
SMPP's
work package is worth RM1.09bil and will involve the construction of
the viaduct guideway (elevated tracks) from Sungai Buloh to Kota
Damansara. The job is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of
2014, MRT Corp said in a statement yesterday.
Meanwhile, TRC,
which has been appointed as the main contractor for the Sg Buloh depot
(DPT1) contract worth RM459.9mil, will start work soon and expected to
end in the first quarter of 2016.
“DPT1 will be constructed at
the Rubber Research Institute covering 65ha. TRC's scope of work will
include the Sungai Buloh maintenance depot, operation and control
buildings, external works and other associated works,” it said.
MRT
Corp have made available 85 contracts of which 33 had been awarded,
with 21 more contracts currently being evaluated and 31 are yet to be
called.
Of the 33 awarded packages, seven are for viaduct
packages and one for depot. One viaduct package (V8: Taman
Mesra-Kajang) and one depot package (Kajang) are yet to be awarded. The
two packages will be awarded in the third quarter.