Civil engineering structures

Tunnel Engineering Consultants (TEC) a permanent joint venture between Royal Haskoning, DHV and Witteveen + Bos), together with an international consortium, advises the Chinese government during the design and construction of a 35 km long bridge/tunnel combination in the south of China, which will form the connection between the important Chinese economic centres of Hong Kong, Macao and the Chinese mainland.

The project, in the delta of the “Pearl river”, comprises a series of conventional bridges and cable bridges, a number of islands to be newly created and a 6 km immersed tunnel. The design is already in full swing and construction is to begin at the end of this year. The intention is for the connection to be put into service at the end of 2015.

The consortium provides the Chinese project organisation with advice in the field of design, implementation, sustainability, costs, planning, management and maintenance throughout the entire project. This project will run until after 2015.