A Thai joint venture of Power Line Engineering Plc, ASCON Construction Plc and Ruamnakorn Construction (Thailand) Co Ltd yesterday won the third bidding of the Purple Line mass transit project for the construction of a maintenance centre and four park-and-ride buildings at 6.399 billion baht.

According to Chaisit Gururatana, assistant governor of the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) who is the chairman of the bidding committee, the PAR joint venture’s bid was the lowest while Thailand’s largest construction firm Italian-Thai Development Plc came second with nearly 6.88 billion baht, …

Artist's impression of Purple Line train
 
 
 

The joint venture of Ch Karnchang Plc and Japan’s Tokyu Construction yesterday won the bid to build a 12-kilometre electric train line linking Bangkok to neighbouring Nonthaburi province.

CKTC Joint Venture of Ch Karnchang and Tokyu Construction bid some 16.72 billion baht for the first part of Bangkok’s 36-billion-baht “Purple Line” mass transit project while the closest contender, Sino-Thai Engineering and Construction Plc, quoted at 17.1 billion baht and Italian-Thai Development Plc at almost 17.92 billion baht.
The tender won by CKTC Joint Venture is the first …