Padma Bridge
Ten firms submit pre-qualification statements
Ten firms have submitted their pre-qualification statements for the $2.4 billion construction work of the Padma multipurpose bridge.
The firms put forward their documents on the last date of submission of the statement yesterday, bridge division sources said.
The 10 companies are Daelim-BAM-VCI joint venture, Hyundai Eng Construction, Samsung, Hindustan Construction & Vinci joint venture, China Railway 15 Bureau, China Railway Construction Corporation, China Major Bridge Eng, GS Engineering Construction Corporation, CCCC Ltd China and L&T India.
The construction of the bridge is expected to begin early next year with a target to complete by 2013.
Development partners including World Bank, Asian Development Bank, JAICA, Islami Development Bank and the Abu Dhabi Fund are financing the bridge.
