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186357
Fri, 06/03/2011 - 17:55
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SCOMI ENGINEERING CONSORTIUM WINS RM2.6 BLN MONORAIL PROJECT IN SAO PAULO
KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 (Bernama) -- Scomi Engineering Bhd and its partners,
through Consortium Monotrilho Integracao, have won a RM2.6 billion (US$0.86
billion) monorail project in Sao Paulo, the largest city in Brazil.
In filing to Bursa Malaysia (Malaysia's stock exchange) Friday, the
Malaysian company said Sao Paulo Metropolitan Company awarded the project to
Consortium Monotrilho Integracao following a competitive tender process.
The project covers "the design works, manufacture, supply and implementation
of a monorail system for the 18-km monorail Line 17-Gold Metro of Sao Paulo
served with 18 stations commencing from Jabaquara to Sau Paulo-Morumbi".
The system will include the supply of 24-car train sets consisting of three
cars in each and is expected to carry approximately 252,000 passengers per day.
"The project will commence in July 2011 and is expected to be completed in
42 months," Scomi Engineering said.
Other members of Consortium Monotrilho Integracao are Andrade Gutierrez SA,
CR Almeida SA Engenharia de Obras and Montagens e Projetos Especiais SA.