Contract Awards - T202 & T217

Yesterday the Land Transport Authority announced the final civil contract awards for the Thomson Line (TSL) due this year - contracts T202 and T217. Contract T202 is for the construction of Woodlands North station with over-run tracks and bored tunnels to Woodlands interchange. There will be a scissors crossover before the station as well. This contract was awarded to Penta-Ocean Construction Ltd who is currently building Bendemeer station on Downtown Line 3 (DTL3).

Artist's impression of the entrance at Woodlands North station. There will be two exits and multiple knock out panels here.

The interior of Woodlands North is spacious, with lots of escalators to cater for crowds accessing the JB RTS system.

Contract T217 is for the in-house designed Napier station at the junction of Napier and Cluny Roads. This contract involves construction of the stacked side station with two entrances and stacked bored tunnels to Orchard Boulevard station. Sinohydro Co has received the award and this will be the first time they are involved in an MRT project here in Singapore. Their previous track record lies in Guangzhou and Tianjin in China.

A view of the entrance outside Gleneagles Hospital.

Napier station will see the concourse and upper platform (South-bound) sharing the same level. The lower platform is 2 levels down.

That concludes the expected awards for this year, though LTA may continue to award other contracts next month. For now, here is a recap of the contracts and the companies awarded for the civil construction thus far:

T201 - Jurong Primewide
T202 - Penta-Ocean
T203 - GS E&C
T205 - Woh Hup Pte Ltd
T206 - Shanghai Tunneling Engineering Company
T208 - Leighton - John Holland JV
T209 - China Railway No 5 Engineering
T210 - Gammon Construction
T212 - Sato Kogyo
T213 - Samsung C&T
T217 - Sinohydro