120-day sprinting for technical traffic clearance of 361 kilometers of North-South Expressway’s 4 main sectors

On the morning of September 10, in Binh Thuan Province, the Ministry of Transport held a ceremony to launch the emulation called "120 days and nights for technical traffic clearance of 4 component projects, including sections of Mai Son- National Highway no.45, Cam Lo - La Son, Vinh Hao - Phan Thiet., Phan Thiet - Dau Giay". The emulation would start from September 2022 to the end of December 2022.

Failure to fulfill commitments is guilty to all people.

The working atmosphere at the Eastern Expressway projects' construction site has been like a fresh wind during the last few days. The projects’ management boards and contractors have become more active and aggressive in organizing construction in bidding packages.
 

The working atmosphere at the package no. XL04 of the Vinh Hao - Phan Thiet section, where the launching ceremony took place, was highly energetic. The workers began early in the morning to work on the junction between the Expressway and the provincial road 718, taking advantage of dry weather to asphalt grouting the road surface. 

Although the workload was still enormous, the officials and workers here remained steadfast in their determination to complete the project on time.

Before the launching ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh went to check the progress of the Dau Giay - Phan Thiet expressway and observed the energetic spirit covering the construction site.

Under the Eastern North-South Expressway that covers a total length of 654 kilometers in the 2017-2020 period, 4 expressways are component projects with a total length of 361 kilometers, which are sections of Mai Son - National Highway no. 45, Cam Lo - La Son, Vinh Hao - Phan Thiet and Phan Thiet - Dau Giay. According to the plan, these 4 component projects shall be technically open to traffic by the end of 2022.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh stated at the launching ceremony that he had recently directly examined these four projects and well noted the objective and subjective obstacles of each project throughout the inspection. However, through discussions with every contractor of projects, there were also issues that contractor leaders shall take into account. Because objective elements have the same impact in the same construction environment, some good contractors have essentially finished the major workload in the bidding package, while others continue to fall short of the progress. 

Appreciating the ceremony launched by the Ministry of Transport, however, the Deputy Prime Minister also said: The movement shall not be perfunctory, but had to be done thoroughly and practically. 

The construction site shall have a new atmosphere following the launching ceremony, with high responsibility in every position, from worker to chief commander, contractor’s director, project’s director, and director of the PMU. Contractors shall enhance equipment and human resources to generate motivation, overcome challenges, and fulfill the committed goals.

"That contractors failed to fulfill commitments is guilty to all people. Construction of highway projects is not only the economic development of contractors, but also their political responsibility, reputation and brand name. The greatest happiness of the construction workers as well as the construction industry is keeping commitments. Once having a reputation and brand name, the transport units would have plenty of jobs to implement, but if they don’t, they would just forever be hired", said the Deputy Prime Minister. He said any contractors that fail to meet the deadline would not be permitted to bid for future projects. 

There were still some issues with electrical lines, particularly in the Dau Giay-Phan Thiet and Phan Thiet-Vinh Hao sections and issues of soil materials in some projects that the Deputy Prime Minister requested the units to involve and resolve them completely. 

The Deputy Prime Minister also asked contractors to use capital properly, avoiding the situation of taking capital of the package for other purposes

The project management unit and the consulting units shall quickly settle payment documents for contractors on the basis of acceptance in each work done.

The Deputy Prime Minister requested that the Ministry of Construction closely coordinate with the Ministry of Transport to carry out the inspection of acceptance conditions in order to put the project into operation as soon as possible and ensure that defects and flaws in the quality of the works are not permitted to occur.

Localities concentrated on fully resolving the issues in site clearance work, in which, relocating technical infrastructures that affect construction shall be done by September 15, 2022 while the remaining items shall be done by 30 September 2022.

In order to move high-voltage power lines on schedule, Vietnam Electricity Company immediately coordinates with the locals.
Vietnam Electricity Group shall urgently coordinate with localities to relocate high-voltage power lines on time.

The Government Office monitors and makes compilation of implementation results, promptly reports and proposes rewards to the Prime Minister for collectives and individuals that have effectively performed their assignments. 

Contractors with good completion would be given priority to participate in phase 2

The consulting units were required to closely monitor the site, process and quality of the construction, accelerate payment acceptance, promptly handle adjustments and supplements of technical design, if any.

Contractors had to adjust the construction schedule, increase human resources, equipment, finance, etc. to speed up the progress, make up for the delayed workload and comply with the emulation commitment.

The Ministry of Transport assigned the Construction Management Department to regularly inspect the sites, urge the PMU, consulting units and contractors to speed up the construction progress, request the s to strictly control the quality and construction progress as committed, apply strict penalties to violating contractors and prohibit for three- to five-year from taking part in projects managed by the Ministry of Transportation.

As for units completing works on schedule, the Ministry of Transport would consider giving them priority to participating in the project construction’s phase 2.

Mr. Duong Viet Roan, Director of Thang Long PMU representing the PMUs and some contractors implementing four component projects under the Eastern Expressway projects, gave a speech at the launching ceremony, committed to the set deadlines and striving for technical traffic clearance of four projects by December 31, 2022.

Construction plan of 4 construction projects of expressways:

- Mai Son - National Highway 45: To complete the roadbed by October 31, the road foundations by November 30, the asphalt layers by December 20, the items on the section by November 30, the median strip system and traffic safety work by December 31.

- Cam Lo - La Son: To complete the roadbed by September 20, the graded aggregate by September 25, the graded aggregate by October 5, and the asphalt layers by October 25, the median strip system and traffic safety work by October 31.

- Vinh Hao - Phan Thiet: To complete the roadbed by October 31, the road foundations by November 30, the asphalt layers by December 25, the main bridges and overpass by December 15, the median strip system and traffic safety work by December 31.

- Phan Thiet - Dau Giay: To complete the roadbed by October 31, the road foundations by November 30, the asphalt layers by December 20, the items on the section by November 30, the median strip system and traffic safety work by December 31, 2022.
 

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