SMEC wins India State Highway deal

SMEC is now working on construction supervision and contract administration for the Karnataka State Highway Improvement Project (stage Two) in India. The project is located in Karnataka State and the contract was awarded to SMEC earlier by the local authorities.
August 31, 2012 Read time: 1 min
1326 SMEC is now working on construction supervision and contract administration for the Karnataka State Highway Improvement Project (stage Two) in India. The project is located in Karnataka State and the contract was awarded to SMEC earlier by the local authorities. In all, the project will see some 620km of state highways being upgraded. There are nine separate civil works packages involved in this stage of the project, which has a total value of US$300 million. The 943 Asian Development Bank is funding the upgrade work, which includes new road alignments for two lane roads, widening of other road sections and the development of dual carriageways with separated median stretches.

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