EEI Corp. said it was recently awarded South Commuter Railway Project (SCRP) Package 7 which involves the construction of a 24-hectare depot in Banlic, Laguna that will support operation of the 18-station rail project.
The Yuchengco-led construction firm will build the depot within five years in partnership with Lotte (Korea), Gulermak (Turkey).
The company said it was also tapped to construct portions of the Malolos-Clark Railway Project (MCRP), among them MRCP’s package 4 covering 6.5-km of double track railway with elevated, at grade and underground sections.
The key components of the project are one underground station at Clark International Airport, one road underpass, 1.2 km depot trackway line and 3.8 km service road.
The project was awarded to EEI’s joint venture with Acciona (Spain) and eyed to be completed within three years. EEI is also involved in MCRP Package 5 as subcontractor of POSCO doing majority of the earthworks, integral bridges, drainages, utilities, and perimeter walls.
In congruence with the MCRP is the construction of the San Fernando Station, a part of the Contract Package 2, in San Fernando, Pampanga. EEI is subcontractor of Acciona and Daelim Joint Venture for this work package. EEI’s scope includes concreting works and supply, fabrication and installation of structural steel and is set to be completed in less than a year and a half.
EEI said it is also involved in the Metro Manila Subway Project , which it will construct in partnership with Shimizu Corp., Fujita Corp., Takenaka Civil Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd., covering the first 7.3-km section of the subway project comprising three stations namely Quirino Highway, Tandang Sora and North avenue as well as the Depot and the Philippine Railway Institute Building in Barangay Ugong, Valenzuela.
For this project, EEI is supplying supervisory personnel and skilled workers on the tunnel boring machine operations.
This joint venture is expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2027.
Also ongoing is the MMSP Phase I contract package for the construction of the cut and cover sections of the project located in Barangay Ugong, Valenzuela City. EEI scope shall be excavations and construction of reinforced concrete structures intended for the U-box and Cut and Cover sections of the subway track.
The project will be completed in two years.
