Gurugram firm Egis secures Dhaka metro design contract

10 Apr 2021 CW Staff

Gurugram headquartered Egis has signed the contract agreement with Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) for the design of the Dhaka metro line 5 south. Egis will work in partnership with SMEC and OCG. The Bangladesh government is planning to build Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line 5, commonly known as southern metro rail, in Dhaka.

The project is funded by Asian Development Bank (ADB) under the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges. The proposed length of this route will be 17.4 km including 4.6 km of elevated (Aftabnagar centre-Balirpar) and 12.8 km of underground (Gabtoli-Aftabnagar West) section which will include a total 14 stations. Southern metro rail will carry nearly one million passengers each day.

The three year project is divided into three distinct phases

Review and revision of the feasibility study during nine months

Detailed design of the civil engineering and systems up to the DCE for fifteen months

Assistance in the evaluation of bids and in the selection of builders

Egis teams will be in charge of project management, architecture and technical trades for all stations, civil engineering for the underground stations and the design of almost all the rail systems.

With its first contract in Bangladesh, Egis continues its development in metro projects in South Asia.

Egis creates and operates infrastructure and buildings.

Written from a company news release.

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