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A joint venture led by Nippon Koei Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Integrated Design & Engineering Holdings Co Ltd (ID&E), has secured a consulting services contract for the Dalton Pass East Alignment Road Project in the Philippines.

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The Pan-Philippine Highway (PPH), dubbed the country’s largest north-south highway network, is a major artery in northern Luzon. The approximately 60-km mountainous section of the existing national highway crossing Dalton Pass serves as a key transportation and logistics corridor connecting northern Luzon and the Manila Metropolitan Area. However, this section is prone to natural disasters.

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After the 1990 Baguio earthquake, the section was closed to traffic for approximately six months. Typhoons have also frequently triggered landslides and traffic disruptions. Furthermore, the terrain, with its succession of steep gradients and sharp curves, presents challenges to securing both safe driving conditions and smooth traffic flow. For this reason, the development of an alternative road is needed to ensure a stable and efficient transportation and logistics network.

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The Dalton Pass East Alignment Road Project is located in Nueva Vizcaya province in Region II (Cagayan Valley) and Nueva Ecija province in Region III (Central Luzon). Funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) as an official development assistance (ODA) project, it will involve the construction of a new bypass road, including tunnels, on the eastern side of the existing mountain highway crossing Dalton Pass.

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Commissioned by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Nippon Koei and its JV partners will provide detailed design and construction supervision services for the 23-km, four-lane highway, including two mountain tunnels and bridges, as well as transaction advisory services to facilitate the implementation of a public-private partnership (PPP) scheme for infrastructure operations, maintenance and management.

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Another ID&E Group company, Nippon Koei Energy Solutions Co Ltd, will provide services related to basic design and construction supervision of electrical, mechanical and communications equipment, such as a road traffic control centre, as well as their operation, maintenance and management. Meanwhile, Philkoei International Inc, a subsidiary in the Philippines that will be involved in this project as a cooperating company, will contribute by dispatching Filipino engineers, who are familiar with local natural conditions and design standards.

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The project is scheduled for completion in 2033. Once operational, daily traffic volume is projected to increase by about 1.7 times, while the average travel speed is expected to double. This will enhance the resilience of transportation infrastructure and improve mobility efficiency, thereby strengthening interregional connectivity and revitalising local economies.

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Members of the joint venture comprise Nippon Koei Co Ltd (lead), Nippon Koei Energy Solutions Co Ltd, Katahira & Engineers International, Dia Nippon Engineering Consultants Co Ltd, Chodai Co Ltd, Metropolitan Expressway Co Ltd, and Oriental Consultants Global Co Ltd.

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Surbana Jurong has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Japan-based engineering consultant Nippon Koei and DHI Water & Environment (S) Pte Ltd, a Danish water and environment consulting company to help clients build safer and more resilient cities and townships across the globe.

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The three partners are looking to set up a Centre of Excellence leveraging the strengths of each to help clients set climate change targets and measure their performance as well as secure financing to fund sustainability projects.

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Nippon Koei has deep expertise in disaster prevention and renewable energy having participated in major public-private partnerships in urban development programmes. DHI is consultant to 140 countries in the conservation, re-distribution, quality control and flow management of water environments spanning rivers, reservoirs, oceans, coastlines, cities and factories. DHI actively collaborates in joint projects with the World Health Organization and the United Nations.

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Wong Heang Fine, group CEO of Surbana Jurong, said, “The recent COP26 meeting underscored the complexities surrounding the transition to net zero. Surbana Jurong, Nippon Koei and DHI’s partnership is a timely response to these challenges, particularly in the area of R&D innovation, financing and innovative engineering to enhance the resiliency of urban infrastructure against the threat of rising sea levels and rising temperatures.”

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Surbana Jurong highlighted that industry projections estimate that enhancing the resiliency of infrastructure could save US$4.2 trillion from climate change damages globally. The company further mentioned that the signing of this latest MOU has its roots in earlier collaborations that it entered respectively with Nippon Koei in 2020 and DHI for the last 13 years.

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Surbana Jurong and Nippon Koei have provided technical expertise for the development of the 9,450-ha New Clark City in the Philippines, a disaster management and resiliency study for Danang City in Vietnam, and also a study on the cooperation for infrastructure project formulation between Japan and Singapore undertaken for the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT).

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Surbana Jurong and Nippon Koei successfully integrated vast amounts of climate and natural disaster data into traditional engineering disciplines embracing materials science, data analytics, AI and digital technology. These were used in flood visualisation, seismic, sea level rise and even landslide simulation analysis.

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Hiroaki Shinya, president and CEO of Nippon Koei, said, “Through collaboration between the three companies, we will promote projects on a global scale, mainly in Asia, where the formation of sustainable development projects through public-private partnerships is expected and contribute to the achievement of sustainable development by using comprehensive technological capabilities.”

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Mette Vestergaard, CEO of DHI, added, “The history, heritage, culture, and complementary skills and experience of our organisations position us well to offer exceptional and impactful solutions to our clients who require us to help them adapt and thrive in an uncertain world.”

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DHI has worked with Surbana Jurong for more than 13 years to formulate Singapore’s climate change framework on coastal adaptation, inland, coastal flooding as well as flood risk engineering studies at Labrador Park, Marina South, Marina East and East Coast.

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Images: Surbana Jurong

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