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25/03/2010

Gammon Awarded £407m Railway Infrastructure Contract In Hong Kong

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Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has announced that Gammon Construction Limited, a market-leading contractor in Hong Kong in which Balfour Beatty has a 50% shareholding, has been awarded by the MTR Corporation, £407 million railway infrastructure contract, in a joint venture with Nishimatsu Construction Co.

The contract involves the construction of Hong Kong University and Sai Ying Pun Stations and a 2.2 kilometre running tunnel.
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The work will form a prominent part of the West Island Line which, when complete in 2014, will extend the existing Island Line from Sheung Wan to Kennedy Town.

This is Gammon's third contract on the West Island Line project, following awards for Kennedy Town Station and the construction of a temporary underground magazine in 2009.

Balfour Beatty Chief Executive, Ian Tyler, said: "We are delighted to have been awarded this contract and to be playing an integral part in the creation of the West Island Line, a project which will have significant benefits for the community in the western part of Hong Kong island."

(CD/NS)

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