Salcon unit gets RM57 million job in Sri Lanka

KUALA LUMPUR: Salcon Bhd's wholly-owned subsidiary, Salcon Engineering Bhd, via joint venture company, China Geo-SalconAccess JV, has been awarded a RM57.1mil contract to design and build a water treatment plant together with ancillary works in Sri Lanka.

The letter of award was received from the National Water Supply & Drainage Board of Sri Lanka for the Hambantota water supply project, the company said in a statement yesterday. Salcon, a total water and wastewater solutions provider, is part of the consortium comprising China GeoEngineering Corp from China and Access Engineering Ltd from Sri Lanka.

It said the Hambantota project was funded by Asian Development Bank and the scope of works involved the construction and completion of head works, raw water transmission main, water treatment plant and treated water pumping main.

Salcon said the project would be completed within 27 months and its portion as the mechanical and electrical (M&E) specialist included the design and construction of the process plant and M&E works, which accounted for 30% of the contract value. Bernama