West Rail
West Rail is a HK$40.4 billion project to build a stand-alone 30.5km rail line between Nam Cheong in West Kowloon and Tuen Mun in Hong Kong. The project officially began in November 1995, and finished by the commencement of service in December 2003. The final cost was at 12.9% under budget, making it a successful project in term of both scheduling and costs. Reasons of the project’s success include; the establishment of an effective communication program among different parties, the application of Value Engineering, an effective multi-layer review system and the strategic tendering processes for contracts with different risk levels.
This is part of a series of blogs about recently completed projects, thanks to my University of Toronto Master of Engineering students for their much more detailed reports.