Best Workers from China for Second Penang Bridge

The most experienced workers and professionals from China will be employed for building the Second Penang Bridge by CHEC (China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd).

Wan is presently managing the Sutong Bridge which was recently completed by CHEC in the Jiangsu Province of China.

Recently, CHEC completed the 8146 m long Sutong bridge in the Jiangsu Province of China which partly used the technology is also the world's first longest stayed cable bridge.

The bridge is the first in CHEC's list to use the short-line-matching technology for building the bridge across the Yangtze River, linking Nantong city and Suzhou city in the province.

The Penang Second Bridge will be also built using the same technology.

Its other world records include having the main span stretching for 1088 m, beating the record held by Japan's Duo Duo Luo Bridge by 198 m.

CHEC, which is developing the Second Penang Bridge together with UEM, has given the commitment to the Malaysian government to start work on the bridge in early November if all relevant approvals and documentation on the Malaysian side are completed by Aug 1.

CHEC has already started survey and geo-investigation works at site and mobilised dredging equipment and is on standby to start other preliminary work such as trial piles and dredging.

It is also awaiting the final say from the Malaysian government and UEM on the design for the two viewing platforms on either side of the bridge which are expected to have some Islamic features.

CHEC is China's leading bridge builder but its projects have been mostly within China so far and it sees the development of the Second Penang Bridge as a significant development outside China and as a move towards its expansion to the region and the rest of the world.

Sources:
BERNAMA: Best Workers From China For Second Penang Bridge
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news_business.php?id=275942
CHEC Introduction
http://www.chec.bj.cn/ens/gsgk/zgjj/index.html
Sutong Bridge
http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/sutong/index.html