Singapore’s CPG Consultants has won its first assignment in Europe after being appointed by the Japanese-Turkish consortium, Taisei-Kumagai-Gama-Nurol joint venture, to help design twin rail tunnels under the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, Turkey.
The 1.4km Marmaray Railway Bosphorus tube crossing is part of a US$1bn, 13.6km railway that will improve both rail communications in Istanbul as well as between Europe and Asia as it links the European and Asian sides of the city.
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CPG Consultants was formed in 1999 following the corporatisation of Singapore’s public works department. The parent company, CPG Corporation was bought by Australian contractor Downer-EDI in 2003.
Khor Poh Hwa, president and chief executive of CPG Corporation, said: “CPG’s transportation engineering and project management expertise will be our key contribution to the implementation of this mega project in Turkey.” The tunnel is due to be completed in 2009.
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