Megawide to supply ready-mix concrete for PNR Clark Phase 2

MANILA, Philippines — Megawide Construction Corp. has signed an agreement to supply ready-mix concrete for the construction of the PNR Clark Phase 2 (Malolos-Clark) railway project package 1.

The company’s batching plant unit will supply to the PNR Railway project consortium which consists of Hyundai E&C, Dong-ah Geological and Megawide. The contract is valued at P2.9 billion.

Megawide will build two mobile batching facilities with rated capacities of 120 and 80 cubic meters per hour, and will be the first among its plans to integrate an ice plant in the production line as a means of optimizing temperature to produce higher quality concrete.

“The PNR Clark Phase 2 promises to improve transportation of people, goods, and services from Central Luzon to the National Capital Region, with the goal of boosting mobility, trade, and commerce between the two regions. Through our combined expertise in engineering and construction, we would be able to meet and support the demands of the railway project by ensuring operational efficiency and raw material availability through the steady supply of consistent, high-quality ready-mix concrete,” said Markus Hennig, Megawide EVP.

The project, which was awarded by the DOTr and the Philippine National Railways in 2020, covers 17 kilometers of elevated viaducts, seven balanced cantilever bridges, and two stations from Malolos and Calumpit in Bulacan, as well as Apalit up to Minalin in Pampanga.

The 54-kilometer PNR Clark Phase 2 (Malolos-Clark), which will feature the country’s first airport railway express service, forms part of the 148-kilometer NSCR project, stretching from Laguna to Clark, Pampanga.

The other segments of the flagship transportation infrastructure project are the PNR Clark Phase 1 (Tutuban-Malolos) and PNR Calamba (Solis-Calamba).

Article and Photo originally posted by Philippine Star last May 5, 2021 12:00am and written by Iris Gonzales.