The Dhaya Maju-HSL consortium wins Lebuhraya Borneo Utara deal

Lebuhraya Borneo Utara of Malaysia has awarded a highway construction contract valued at US$422 million to a 30:70 consortium comprising Dhaya Maju Infrastructure and Hock Seng Lee (HSL). Under the contract, the consortium is required to undertake related works for Phase I of the Pan Borneo Highway, according to a report by the New Straits Times newspaper. Works includes upgrading the Batang Rajang Bridge and construction of roads between Sungai Kua Bridge and Sibu Airport as well as between Julau Jun
March 22, 2016 Read time: 2 mins
Lebuhraya Borneo Utara of Malaysia has awarded a highway construction contract valued at US$422 million to a 30:70 consortium comprising Dhaya Maju Infrastructure and Hock Seng Lee (HSL).

Under the contract, the consortium is required to undertake related works for Phase I of the Pan Borneo Highway, according to a report by the New Straits Times newspaper.

Works includes upgrading the Batang Rajang Bridge and construction of roads between Sungai Kua Bridge and Sibu Airport as well as between Julau Junction and Bintangor Junction. Completion of all work is expected in just over four years.

Pan Borneo Highway Sarawak was officially launched in March last year. Construction started soon after on a 43km stretch from the Nyabau to Bakun junctions, according to Lebuhraya Borneo Utara, the project delivery organisation for the project and based in Kuching, Sarawak.

When completed in early 2023, the 1,089km Pan Borneo Highway Sarawak will run from Telok Melano to Merapok. The highway will be the transportation backbone of the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo.
Finance & Funding

Related Content

  • Pan Borneo Highway construction contracts clinched
    August 1, 2016
    Lebuhraya Borneo Utara, the project delivery partner for Malaysia’s Pan Borneo Highway project, has awarded a US$317.5 million contract to a joint venture of local Sarawak state firms. The 70:30 partnership of KKB and WCT will rehabilitate and upgrade the Sungai Arip Bridge-Bintulu Airport Junction section of the highway. Piling works, earthworks, geotechnical, drainage, roads, pavings, as well as demolition and site clearance are all part of the contract, said WCT. Work is expected to take four years an
    Read More
  • Malaysia’s massive road building project is advancing the use of technology
    August 10, 2020
    Malaysia’s huge Pan Borneo Highway project is benefiting from the use of some of the latest technologies in its planning, design and construction
    Read More
  • Malaysia actions Pan Borneo highway projects
    December 20, 2016
    Malaysia is pushing ahead with a series of construction projects that will form sections of the Pan Borneo Highway in Sarawak. Work will go ahead on eight sections of this important route and this will form phase one of the project, with the cost anticipated as some US$3.05 billion. The eight packages consist of the 95km stretch from Sematan to Sungai Moyan Bridge, an 89km stretch connecting Pantu Interchange with Batang Skrang and the 80km section from Sungai Tangap Interchange to the Pujut Link Road. They
    Read More
  • Malaysia hopes Pan Borneo Highway will boost Borneo’s economy
    July 2, 2015
    Malaysian prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the toll-free Pan Borneo highway should trigger economic growth in Sarawak state which has been held back by the lack of a good road network. Razak was speaking at the signing of a memorandum of understanding between federal government officials, officials from the state of Sarawak and infrastructure company Lebuhraya Borneo Utara Sdn. The event took place in the federal administrative capital Putrajaya, around 25km from the capital city Kuala L
    Read More

Highlighted Content