The contract award is valued at R$1.4bn (£539m) and is expected to be completed in 42 months.
The consortium is made up of Malaysia’s Scomi Engineering and Brazil’s Andrade Gutierrez and CR Almeida and its contract covers the design work, manufacture, supply and implementation of the monorail system for São Paulo’s monorail Line 17. The line will have 18 stations.
The international tender and qualification process was carried out by the São Paulo Metro. Work on the project is expected to start next month July 2011.
Scomi group chief executive officer Shah Hakim Zain said: “Given the scale and scope of this major infrastructure project, having successfully awarded the Line 17 Monorail project is indeed an important milestone for Scomi. This is a reflection of the confidence in the Group’s capabilities as well as its track record in managing sizeable and multi-faceted urban transportation endeavours on an international scale.
“The achievement also underlines the strength and depth of our consortium partners. The AG Group and CR Almeida are both well-established and highly-proven construction brands not only in Brazil but in South America. Their credentials in the region and technical skills-set will be invaluable in the success of this undertaking.”
The Brazilian market holds enormous potential, he added. “We are committed to leverage on our expertise as a turnkey specialist of rail systems and to ensure that we take full advantage of the opportunities in urban transportation projects in Brazil and other parts of the world,” he said.
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