On the 1st, Hanshin Expressway Company Construction Business Headquarters announced the selection of two contractors for "Construction of steel cable-stayed bridge in Shinko-Nadahama route area (West)" and "Road area Shinko-Nadahama (East) cable-stayed steel Bridge Construction." An open call for proposals has been published. Apply the design/construction negotiation form of the technical negotiation/proposal method. A single entity or a designated joint venture consisting of a maximum of 10 members may participate.
Construction of a cable-stayed bridge across the sea between Rokko island (Higashimada ward) and Port island (Chuo ward) in the Osaka Bayside Road West Extension section (14.5 km long) connecting Higashinada ward and Nagata ward in Kobe city.
Applications and other documents will be received at the Accounting - General Department of the Department of Construction Planning until December 6, 2024 and the time for submitting technical proposals is from January 15, 2024 to March 25, 2024.
A contractor will be selected for "construction of the Shinko-Nadahama (West) steel cable-stayed bridge" on the Harbor Island side and "construction of the Shinko-Nadahama (East) steel cable-stayed bridge" on the Rokko Island side. Both construction zones did not receive orders, the person with the right to negotiate incentives for the western construction zone was selected first. If you have registered to participate in both construction zones, you will lose your eligibility to participate in the East construction zone when you are selected as the person with preferential bargaining rights in the West construction zone.
Participation conditions are that individual representatives and joint ventures register to work as ''civil engineering designers'' such as survey and construction consultants and have a bridge construction capacity score (metal) of 1,150 points or more. . Representatives of private companies and joint venture companies must have experience in manufacturing and erecting steel main towers and steel beams for cable-stayed bridges (road bridges) with a maximum span length of over 300 meters. Joint venture members must have experience in manufacturing and constructing steel main towers or steel beams for cable-stayed bridges. There are no region requirements.
This is a seven-span, four-tower steel cable-stayed bridge that crosses the Shinko Line and Nadahama Line of the Port of Kobe. The bridge length is 2,739 meters. The span length is 653 meters. The height of the main tower is 191 to 213 meters. The eastern construction area will also build a two-span continuous narrow box girder bridge (154 meters long) in the approach section. This will be one of the largest continuous cable-stayed bridges in the world.
In the design work, we will conduct detailed design of the main structure, analyze cable-stayed bridges and consider bridge construction options. Working period is 30 months. Construction includes 50,000 tons of factory production, two main steel towers, 1,370 meters of steel beams and steel deck, and two steel bridge piers. The two-span continuous narrow box girder bridge in the eastern construction area is 160m long, with steel beams and composite panels. Construction time will be determined at the time of signing the construction contract. The construction site of the west construction zone is 5 Minatojima, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, and the construction site of the east construction zone is 3 Koyocho Nishi, Higashinada-ku.
The technical proposal dossier for selecting the person with priority negotiating rights in the technical proposal/negotiation method has a maximum of 113 points, the number of points for receiving orders for designated construction projects with high difficulty. is 2 points. Thirty marks will be allocated for interviews with the engineers who will be assigned the design work.
