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Overtime work day and night exceeds Nhon Trach bridge schedule

In late May, the South entered the rainy season. The weather was sunny and sunny, but suddenly it rained heavily, but it did not affect the determination of hundreds of workers at the Nhon Trach bridge construction site. Construction started on September 24, 2022, Nhon Trach bridge belongs to component project 1A - construction of Tan Van - Nhon Trach section (phase 1) is one of the first kilometers of Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3.

Mr. Tran Van Thi, Director of My Thuan Project Management Board (PMU), said that the rainy and stormy season greatly affected the project's construction work, especially in the context that the entire project had to be constructed underwater, on a large river. During thunderstorms and strong winds, workers had to temporarily stop construction to ensure safety and quality of the project. However, with the construction experience of the contractors and the advice of a foreign supervision consultant (Korea), the parties have also considered relevant measures to minimize the impact and have a contingency plan for the project.

Tăng tốc Vành đai 3 - Ảnh 1. — Construction of Nhon Trach Bridge under the Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3 project

According to Mr. Thi, immediately after the project started, My Thuan Project Management Board directed the contractor to mobilize all human resources, materials and equipment to carry out massive construction on the entire construction site (the part that already had the ground level). Since then, the units have deployed 3-4 shifts, day and night, working through holidays and Lunar New Year.

As a result, the project is expected to be completed in September 2025, with the cumulative progress of the project reaching 31.7/24.47% of the approved plan, exceeding 127%. Package CW2 (access roads at both ends of the bridge, 5,620 m long) recently signed a contract with the contractor on March 28 and is being implemented on the Ho Chi Minh City side and some sections with ground clearance on the Dong Nai side since mid-May. This package is also expected to be completed in September 2025 for simultaneous exploitation with the above-mentioned Package CW1.

Tăng tốc Vành đai 3 - Ảnh 2. — Construction site of Nhon Trach bridge, part of Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3 project, June 1

Regarding site clearance compensation, the entire project has handed over 3,270/8,220 m, reaching 39.8%. Of which, Ho Chi Minh City has handed over 100% of the site for the project. Dong Nai has only handed over about 1,350/6,300 m, reaching about 21.4%, including the part belonging to Dong Nai River and the section where households are being mobilized. Currently, the locality is actively implementing the next steps for site clearance. However, the biggest bottleneck is the delay in approving specific land prices, so it is not possible to approve the site clearance compensation plan, advance capital, make payments to households and hand over the site for the project.

The investor informed that although the site is not yet fully available, the My Thuan Project Management Board has been requiring all contractors to focus on implementing the construction as soon as the site is available, taking advantage of every little bit when the site is available, especially the locations where weak soil treatment is the critical path of the project's progress.

"With the highest working spirit, the contractor is trying to complete the Ho Chi Minh City side earlier than the contract, determined to shorten the progress according to the Prime Minister's opinion during the inspection of the project site during the recent Lunar New Year. However, the site is a very important issue at present, especially in Dong Nai province. If the project is not fully handed over in June, it will be very difficult to complete on schedule because in addition to the large bridge section, there is also a scope for handling weak soil on the approach road that requires a long loading time," Mr. Tran Van Thi emphasized.

Confident of groundbreaking date June 30

On the groundbreaking day of the Nhon Trach Bridge project, Mr. Luong Minh Phuc, Director of the HCM City Traffic Construction Investment Project Management Board, called it a good start, expressing hope for further successes for the entire Ring Road 3 project. Mr. Phuc's hopes were partly realized when the Nhon Trach Bridge was recorded ahead of schedule, and preparations for the groundbreaking of the Ring Road 3 section through HCM City also witnessed many breakthroughs.

Specifically, the bidding process for selecting construction and consulting contractors has been conducted online, and it is expected that by June 18, procedures will be completed and contracts will be signed to start the project. Regarding the site, although the plan is for localities to hand over the first phase of the site on June 15 to serve the project's commencement, the speed has been accelerated beyond expectations.

As of the afternoon of May 31, 299.9/410 hectares of land had been recovered, reaching a rate of nearly 73%, eligible for construction. There are localities that have recorded a very fast breakthrough speed such as Hoc Mon district for the whole project reaching 91%; Binh Chanh district breaking through to 79%; Cu Chi district also reaching nearly 73%. Thu Duc city has a larger volume of land acquisition but is also trying to speed up the progress, from now until the site handover deadline is about 2 weeks, the number will certainly increase.

"GPMB is the most worrying task, but so far, the results are very encouraging. The day of paying people is like a festival, many initiatives have been implemented by the locality such as giving design drawings to people, free construction permits, payment via account, compensation prices have never been closer to the market like this... All support policies, all determination of the whole city have been initially implemented successfully. We are not subjective but confident with the project starting date before June 30", Mr. Luong Minh Phuc could not hide his joy.

Regarding the source of construction materials, the results of the actual survey in localities show that the supply of roadbed soil, construction sand, and construction stones of all kinds basically ensures the project. Particularly, about 7.2 million ^m3 of roadbed sand is facing many difficulties in finding a source of supply. According to the report of the inter-provincial materials working group, the source of sand for the roadbed has met about 5.8 million ^m3 (reaching about 80.5%), ready to serve the project's groundbreaking work and serve the construction in 2023, 2024, and early 2025.

As for the remaining 1.4 million ^m3 (for construction in 2025), the working group has also worked with localities on mines that can ensure adequate supply of this volume, and will continue to carry out related procedures with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and localities in the coming time. In general, up to now, the source of materials for Ring Road 3 is ready and the units will have measures to ensure continuous construction until the project is completed.

The new approach will be replicated for other projects.

Mr. Luong Minh Phuc said: "Up to this point, it can be said that almost the whole of Ho Chi Minh City is joining hands to build Ring Road 3 in a very emotional way, not just a simple task. This is not only a dream, an aspiration of Ho Chi Minh City for more than a decade but also a belief for the city's transport sector in the coming period. The approach and implementation of Ring Road 3 opens up a new way of doing things, serving as a basis for Ho Chi Minh City to propose new mechanisms in the draft of special mechanisms to replace Resolution 54 currently submitted to the National Assembly. From here, the new way of doing things will be replicated for other projects, Ho Chi Minh City's transport will witness breakthroughs in the future".

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