LOCATION:   Bangkok, Thailand

 

CLIENT:       Bangkok Metropolitant Administration (BMA) Ltd. through Italian-Thai Development Public Co., Ltd. (ITD)

 

PERIOD OF SERVICES:   May 2006 – July 2009

 

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION COST: 3,500,000,000 Baht

 

FINANCED BY:           N/A

 

ASSOCIATED FIRMS:    N/A

 

DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT:

Due to the increasing demand of mass transit use of BTS, and to improve travel time and quality of life of people along Sukhumvit road in region of Aoun Nuch, Bangna intersection and Samutprakarn, BMA decided to extend the elevated railway to Soi Sukhumvit 107.  The extension length is 5.25 kilometers. The design and construction of Bangkok Transit System Extension (BTSE) project was awarded to Italian-Thai Development Public Co., Ltd. (ITD) on a turn-key basis. The project consists of design and construction of elevated railway bridge, railway facilities and railway stations. The bridge structure is a segmental viaduct with single pier, portal frames, cantilevered pier supported by deep foundation using Bored piles. 

 

SCOPE OF SERVICES:

·         Foundation analysis & design

·        Subsurface interpretation

·        Structural analysis and design including station escalator, roof structure

·        Drainage System

·        Traffic management lath of during construction and permanent

 

KEY FACTORS:

·         Geotechnical design of deep pile foundation

·         Railway station design on space constraint

·         Traffic management

·         Drainage design