MANILA, Philippines — The maintenance and rehabilitation of the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) has been formally handed over to the consortium of Sumitomo Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), and TES Philippines (TESP).
In a ceremony at the MRT-3 depot in Quezon City on Tuesday, officials of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the MRT Transition Team (MTT) including Undersecretary for railways Timothy John Batan and MRT-3 General Manager Rodolfo Garcia witnessed the signing of contracts, which signified the transfer.
The consortium will officially start their work on Tuesday night, as MRT-3 trains return to docking stations after operations stop.
“This afternoon, we are going to witness a very important event here in MRT-3. Actually, it will be a historic event, because after seven years, Sumitomo Corporation is again back with us,” Garcia said.
According to Batan, the project was based on a government-to-government cooperation between Japan and the Philippines. He also noted that the rehabilitation process will span 24 months, but the whole contract will take 43 months.
“This is the official handover, official full start of work, May 1, zero hundred hours is the official service’s start date, but even before, as early as November last year, we have been doing transition discussions,” he explained.
In forging this contract, MRT-3 management brought back the maintenance teams which had the least service interruption and malfunction since it took over in 1997 up to 2012.
MRT-3 claimed that zero major accidents were recorded in 374 months when Sumitomo and Mitsubishi were overseeing maintenance operations, aside from only four broken rail incidents.
Prior to the signing of a contract agreement among the companies and DOTr last December 2018 to rehabilitate the rail system, MRT-3 was managed by Global APT.
Global APT was the maintenance provider when an MRT-3 train overshot past Taft Avenue Station, injuring at least 36 passengers. According to MRT-3, other incidents in 2014 and 2013 left several injured after an MRT train suddenly stopped and a train car collided with another train.
Also, there were 22 broken rail failures under Global APT. Then, when MRT-3 was maintained by PH Trams – CB&T, a short circuit caused a fire inside the middle section of one train, plus 11 broken rail failures. /je
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1112222/sumitomo-mitsubishi-tesp-consortium-to-start-rehab-on-mrt-3
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
DOTr awards contract to DMCI Consortium for PNR North Phase 1 Project
MANILA -- The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has awarded to the consortium of DMCI Holdings Inc. and a Japanese firm the Tutuban to Bocaue segment of the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) Project.
The DOTr is set to sign a contract with the consortium for the local civil works contractor of the first package of the Philippine National Railways (PNR) North Phase 1 on May 10, Assistant Secretary for Communications Goddes Hope Libiran said.
“Yes, that’s correct. We will issue an advisory soon,” Libiran said in a text message to the Philippine News Agency (PNA) on Monday.
Manila Electric Company (Meralco) Senior Vice President Ronnie Aperocho disclosed to the media that the consortium of DMCI and Japanese construction firm, Taisei Corporation, was awarded the contract for Package 1 of the PNR North Phase 1 traversing from Tutuban to Bocaue, which is set to be signed next month.
“We expect Package 1 which is from Tutuban to Bocaue to commence this year as the contract signing has been set for May 10,” Aperocho said in a media briefing on Meralco’s financial results for the first quarter of the year held Monday.
The Meralco official said it is set to conduct major mobilizations, particularly the relocation of its power facilities along the proposed rail line of the PNR North Phase 1 Project.
The PNR North Phase 1 Project is a 38 kilometer rail line from Tutuban in Manila to Malolos in the province of Bulacan, which is seen to serve around 340,000 passengers daily once it starts operations in 2021.
Its second package, which traverses from Bocaue to Malolos, was awarded to the consortium of Sumitomo-Mitsui Construction Co. Ltd. last January.
The civil works and building components of the project have two contract packages: the first covers elevated structures, seven stations and a depot while the second includes elevated structures and three stations.
The groundbreaking of the PNR North Phase 1 Project was held last February 15 in Malolos, Bulacan.
The 147-kilometer NSCR Project estimated to cost around PHP 777.55 billion will have 36 stations from Clark International Airport to Los Banos, Laguna.
The railway project will connect PNR Clark Phase 1 (Tutuban-Malolos) PNR Clark Phase 2 (Malolos-Clark) and the PNR Los Banos Project, which will run from Manila to Los Banos. It will also link with existing railway lines LRT-1, LRT-2, MRT-3 and the Metro Manila Subway. (PNA)
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1068507
The DOTr is set to sign a contract with the consortium for the local civil works contractor of the first package of the Philippine National Railways (PNR) North Phase 1 on May 10, Assistant Secretary for Communications Goddes Hope Libiran said.
“Yes, that’s correct. We will issue an advisory soon,” Libiran said in a text message to the Philippine News Agency (PNA) on Monday.
Manila Electric Company (Meralco) Senior Vice President Ronnie Aperocho disclosed to the media that the consortium of DMCI and Japanese construction firm, Taisei Corporation, was awarded the contract for Package 1 of the PNR North Phase 1 traversing from Tutuban to Bocaue, which is set to be signed next month.
“We expect Package 1 which is from Tutuban to Bocaue to commence this year as the contract signing has been set for May 10,” Aperocho said in a media briefing on Meralco’s financial results for the first quarter of the year held Monday.
The Meralco official said it is set to conduct major mobilizations, particularly the relocation of its power facilities along the proposed rail line of the PNR North Phase 1 Project.
The PNR North Phase 1 Project is a 38 kilometer rail line from Tutuban in Manila to Malolos in the province of Bulacan, which is seen to serve around 340,000 passengers daily once it starts operations in 2021.
Its second package, which traverses from Bocaue to Malolos, was awarded to the consortium of Sumitomo-Mitsui Construction Co. Ltd. last January.
The civil works and building components of the project have two contract packages: the first covers elevated structures, seven stations and a depot while the second includes elevated structures and three stations.
The groundbreaking of the PNR North Phase 1 Project was held last February 15 in Malolos, Bulacan.
The 147-kilometer NSCR Project estimated to cost around PHP 777.55 billion will have 36 stations from Clark International Airport to Los Banos, Laguna.
The railway project will connect PNR Clark Phase 1 (Tutuban-Malolos) PNR Clark Phase 2 (Malolos-Clark) and the PNR Los Banos Project, which will run from Manila to Los Banos. It will also link with existing railway lines LRT-1, LRT-2, MRT-3 and the Metro Manila Subway. (PNA)
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1068507
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