HONG KONG - Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Authority has recently completed the tendering process of the design and built contract for the artificial islands and tunnel of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, the key contract of the massive bridge, the Hong Kong government said in a statement on Wednesday.The consortium, led by China Communications Construction Co, has ranked as the first candidate in the tender assessment, said the statement, unveiling the tender assessment result notice.The tender assessment result notice will be published on Thursday in the Chinese mainland. The whole tendering process and its supervision were undertaken by the relevant authorities in the mainland, it said.The team members of the joint venture include AECOM Asia Company Ltd, Shanghai Urban Construction (Group) Co, China Highway Planning and Design Institute Inc, COWI A/S, Shanghai Tunnel Engineering and Rail Transit Design and Research Institute and CCCC Fourth Harbor Engineering Investigation and Design Institute.The contract mainly consists of the design and construction of an immersed tube tunnel of approximate 6.7 kilometers and two artificial islands, according to the statement.The tunnel will become the longest immersed tube tunnel in the world on completion.
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