Penang Second Crossing

Location: Malaysia
Client: UEM Construction Sdn Bhd
Owner: Jambatan Kedua Sdn Bhd
Value: RM1.55B (US$450M)

Penang Second Crossing Project consists of a 22km fixed link with a total of 16.5 kilometres of bridge works of which around 15 km is over water.

The Marine Bridge consists of a 16km of Approach Viaduct with a signature bridge over the navigation span. The Approaches consist of an externally prestressed twin concrete box girder deck constructed using precast concrete segments and erected using the whole span segmental construction method.

The overall width of each box is 14.4m and span length is 55m.RB’s design provided over RM 350 million in material savings alone when compared to the design put forward by UEM’s JV partner. RB was appointed as the Consultant responsible for the design & supervision of 16km Marine Viaduct in this design and build contract in which we are also responsible for producing the shop drawings and carried out the alignment control of the deck segments.