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The Vung Ang – Bung Expressway is more than 55 km long, passing through two provinces: Ha Tinh (nearly 13 km) and Quang Binh (more than 42 km), with a total investment of more than 12,500 billion VND. The Bung – Van Ninh component highway is nearly 49 km long, passing through Quang Binh province, with a total investment of nearly 9,400 billion VND. These are two component projects of the North-South Eastern Expressway, phase II 2021 – 2025.
Reviewed by Project Management Board 6 (Ministry of Transport – representative of the investor), up to this point, both projects are meeting and exceeding the set schedule, with an output of nearly 40% of the construction value. At the Vung Ang – Bung project, the Board has disbursed 100% of the capital as planned.
On the construction site, the contractor is organizing 57 construction tasks, with more than 660 heads of specialized machinery and equipment of all kinds and nearly 1,200 engineers, workers, and laborers closely following the progress along the entire project route.
At the Bung – Van Ninh project, contractors and construction units have mobilized 2 asphalt concrete mixing stations, 4 crushed stone mixing stations, more than 400 main construction equipment, with more than 1,000 engineers and workers. site.
Taking advantage of favorable weather, contractors continuously accelerated progress. The entire line of 2 projects is focusing on building soil for loading roads, constructing 219/319 culverts, 32/38 underground tunnels, 26/31 bridge projects of all kinds… Both of these projects are among the top projects. has the highest progress and disbursement rate among the expressway group phase II of the Ministry of Transport.
According to Mr. Tran Huu Hai, Director of Project Management Board 6, the biggest problem currently facing the two projects is the land clearance issue. There are still about 7% of the site not yet cleared, concentrated in public relocation items. Technical infrastructure and residential housing.
The representative of the contractor constructing the two expressways, Trung Chinh Construction and Trading Co., Ltd., affirmed that if the weather conditions are favorable, by the end of this year, the asphalt concrete cover will basically be completed on the entire route within the month. March 2025 complete main line. If localities with expressways passing through quickly hand over clean land on time, the two projects can be guaranteed to open to traffic in June 2025.
Keep abreast of progress month by month, week by week
At a recent site inspection of these two expressways, Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Danh Huy highly appreciated the efforts of the investor, contractors, construction units, engineers, supervision consultants, workers, Workers have actively coordinated with local authorities to clear land, overcome difficulties, and organize construction implementation closely to the required schedule (output of 2 projects has now reached nearly 40 % contract value). However, Deputy Minister Nguyen Danh Huy also asked some contractors to organize construction unscientifically, and some items were still behind the adjusted schedule to tighten the schedule.
“Taking advantage of favorable weather conditions, Project Management Board 6 must strengthen monitoring the progress of each contractor’s monthly and weekly projects, and promptly have solutions to rectify slow items to make up for the construction.” progress; resolutely handle contractors who are behind schedule and violate quality according to contract regulations and relevant laws; at the same time, direct contractors, design consultants, and centralized supervision consultants Accelerate the preparation, appraisal and approval of construction design documents…”, Deputy Minister Nguyen Danh Huy requested.
Determining that the construction volume to be completed in 2024 is quite large, deciding on the progress of 2 projects to be completed and open to traffic in June 2025 as required, Project Management Board 6 must accelerate the completion of site clearance, especially is to relocate technical infrastructure, build resettlement areas, review locations for handling soft soil, bridges, culverts… to prioritize on-site construction first.
Particularly for consulting units and construction contractors, it is necessary to urgently review the overall construction progress, feasible with actual field conditions (clearly determine the need for machinery, equipment, and human resources according to the requirements). from time to time; calculate financial estimates, supplies, main materials…), striving to complete bidding packages and route sections before June 30, 2025. In addition, contractors must have a plan to mobilize on-site crushed stone and asphalt mixing plants to be proactive and ready for rolling construction of project items.
Through research, the Vung Ang – Bung expressway was constructed by two joint ventures: Son Hai Group Co., Ltd. – Vietnam Construction and Import-Export Joint Stock Corporation – 484 Joint Stock Company – Joint Stock Company. Construction 368 – 479 Hoa Binh Joint Stock Company and Joint Venture Phuong Thanh Traffic Construction and Investment Joint Stock Company – Lizen Joint Stock Company. The project has its starting point at Km 625+000, connecting with the ending point of the Vung Ang – Bung section project, in Cu Nam commune (Bo Trach district, Quang Binh province); The end point is at Km 674+556, connecting with the beginning point of the Van Ninh – Cam Lo section project in Van Ninh commune (Quang Ninh district, Quang Binh province).
The Bung – Van Ninh component expressway is constructed by two joint venture contractors: the Joint Venture of Cienco4 Group Joint Stock Company – Corporation 36 – Truong Son Construction Investment Joint Stock Company – Joint Stock Company 471 and the Joint Venture of General Construction. Truong Son Construction Company – Trung Chinh Construction and Trading Company Limited – Truong Son Construction Investment Joint Stock Company. In the divergence phase, 2 projects were invested with 4 lanes, roadbed width of 17m, design speed of 80 km/h.
