Dragages Hong Kong, in joint venture with French parent Bouygues, has won a HKD515 million contract to build a 1,245 m-long, 6 m-diameter tunnel for a funicular railway at Ocean Park. Excavation of the tunnel will be mainly carried out using drill and blast techniques. The contract also includes excavation work to reduce the height of a mountain from 183 m to 130 m to create a new platform. Visit www.bouyguesasia.com and www.oceanpark.com.hk 09/07.
