In joint venture with Japanese firm

DMCI bags first subway tunnel project

Premier contractor D.M. Consunji, Inc. (DMCI) is set to build its first subway project after its joint venture with Nishimatsu Construction Co., Ltd.(NCC) of Japan received the Notice of Award for the Quezon Avenue and East Avenue underground stations and tunnels for the Metro Manila Subway Project (Contract Package 102).

“We are very excited to be part of this historic project. Once completed, the subway will help address urban mobility issues in our nation’s capital,” said DMCI President and CEO Jorge A. Consunji.

To be funded through a loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the multicurrency denominated infrastructure project is valued at PHP17.37 billion, USD 31.77 million, EUR5.49 million and JPY4.39 billion, roughly equivalent to PHP 21.21 billion as of November 11, 2021 exchange rates and exclusive of value added tax.

Scope of work for Contract Package 102 includes design (to the extent required), supply, installation, construction, testing, commissioning and training. The project will take around 67 months to complete.

The contract is still subject to concurrence by JICA and compliance with the documentary requirements as provided under the April 2012 guidelines for procurement under Japanese official development assistance loans.

As of June 30, 2022, DMCI had an order book of PHP43.7 billion, which was mostly from other joint venture projects and building contracts.

Founded in 1874, Nishimatsu Construction Co., Ltd. is the leading tunnel contractor in Japan, having worked on more than 1,000 tunnels. Its portfolio includes Singapore’s National Library Board Building, London’s Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Hong Kong’s Lap Kok Airport.

NORTH-SOUTH COMMUTER RAILWAY ‘FULL-SCALE’ CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN FEBRUARY 2023

Full-scale construction of the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) project is set to begin by February next year, an official of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said.

The NSCR is a 142-kilometer railway system that will stretch from Clark International Airport (CRK) in Pampanga all the way south to Calamba in Laguna with a travel time of about one hour and 45 minutes, about half the time it would take to drive.

Once operational, it is seen to have a daily passenger capacity of 350,000 and will have direct connections with other transportation projects such as the Metro Manila Subway.

In a Laging Handa briefing, DOTr Undersecretary Timothy John Batan said the NSCR is the country’s largest railway project to date and the largest project funded by the Asian Development Bank, with the NSCR’s four recently signed contract packages worth a total of PHP91 billion.

“We’ll begin pre-construction activities by the latter part of 2022 and by February 2023, we’ll begin full scale construction works,” Batan said.

During its construction, he said the project is seen to create almost 10,000 jobs and boost the economic activity in project areas. Homeowners and informal settlers affected by the NSCR, he said, will be compensated through coordination with social housing finance corporations.

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