Megawide Construction Corp. is expanding its operations as it prepares to start construction for the Malolos-Clark Railway Project (MCRP) Phase 1 in the second quarter of the year.
The MCRP is part of the 17-kilometer North-South Commuter Railway Project of the Department of Transportation that will link the New Clark City and the Clark International Airport to Metro Manila and nearby cities.
“The company’s Batching Plant, Formworks and Construction Equipment and Logistics Services (CELS) businesses are gearing up to supply concrete and provide support facilities to the consortium of Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. (Hyundai E&C); Dong-ah Geological Engineering Company Ltd. (Dong-ah), and Megawide after going through and winning a stringent bidding process,” it said.
To meet the requirements, Megawide said it will build two mobile batching plants in the area to ensure efficient production and delivery of high-quality ready-mix concrete, while the formworks segment has begun the installation of temporary facilities at the project site to house various equipment.
The combined contracts for the services is more than P3.1 billion — P2.9 billion for the supply of concrete materials, P152 million for the provision of temporary facilities, and another P59 million for the initial equipment supply contract.
The company operates a 20-hectare industrial facility in Taytay, Rizal, which houses its main pre-cast plant, other ancilliary business, and a vast stockyard.
It also maintains mobile and strategic site-based batching and pre-cast plants for large-scale projects.
