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Contract awarded for 18km Sao Paulo monorail

8 Jun 11 The Consortium Monotrilho Integracao has won the contract for an 18km monorail project in São Paulo, Brazil.

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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