“We have successfully conquered the craggy passes in the Central region, completed the typical highway in the North is Bac Giang - Lang Son and in the South is Trung Luong - My Thuan, but the bridge over the sea with complicated geology is the new milestone that Deo Ca Group has achieved”, Mr. Ho Minh Hoang, Chairman of Deo Ca Group talked about the completion of Cua Luc 1 bridge (Love bridge) in Quang Ninh.

Leaders of Deo Ca Group gave flowers to staff at Cua Luc 1 bridge project to congratulate the new year on the afternoon of January 1, 2022.

In the early days of the new year 2022, people in Quang Ninh were able to walk on Love Bridge after this bridge had been completed with the main construction items. This is also a bridge to help people shorten the time and distance from Hoanh Bo to the center of Ha Long city.

The bridge is designed with 6 lanes, the length of the whole route is 4,265m, which is a work that has made many breakthroughs in Vietnam's bridge construction industry so far, when it is arranged 5 continuous steel spans and does not need to arrange expansion joints in 5 arch spans up to 290 meters long. That is the superiority compared to conventional bridges in Vietnam today.

The project was built by contractors and was implemented by Deo Ca Group as the general contractor in 20 months. It is worth mentioning that at the time of starting construction of Cua Luc 1 bridge, the Covid-19 epidemic escalated as well as the vaccination was not widely implemented as it is today. Thus, the construction implementation process was seriously affected.

Mr. Ho Minh Hoang congratulates the staff and workers at Bao Bien tunnel project for the new year

Quang Ninh province posed Deo Ca Group a problem, which was to study the architecture of 3 bridges on Cua Luc Bay, including Cua Luc 1, Cua Luc 2 and Cua Luc 3, which are not only used for traffic purposes. Deo Ca Group said that they had consulted with the provincial leaders for suggestions from many leading experts on planning, architecture, structure, etc. Especially, including the advice of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. The Prime Minister suggested that Cua Luc bridges should have breakthrough architecture, creating highlights, not simply bridges for traffic, but must be iconic works of Quang Ninh for hundreds of years.

“In order to do this, we think there must be a consensus to link the mechanism from the central to the local, from the local to the contractors, from the contractors to the people. Especially with the support of the central leadership. I remember on the afternoon of the 30th of the New Year, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited Cua Luc construction site, wished New Year's greetings, gave gifts to officials and employees and asked if the completion time of this project ensure progress when the epidemic breaks out. It is true that the Prime Minister's visit to the project was a great honor and encouragement for the staff working at the project, but it was also the responsibility of Deo Ca Group's commitment to punctuality for the project, for the sake of the country", said Mr. Ho Minh Hoang.

A representative of Deo Ca Group said that when they had available personnel, machinery, equipment, and a very thorough preparation of the implementation plan, they were ready to participate in the implementation of Cua Luc 2. The design of Cua Luc 2 project has been assessed by structural experts of Leonhardt Group (Federal Republic of Germany) as one of the top 10 cable-stayed bridges - the world famous inclined arch system.

Cua Luc 1 at night

Deo Ca Group is currently a leading unit in transport infrastructure in Vietnam. Up to now, they are the only investor consortium that has successfully mobilized capital to implement one of the three East North-South expressway projects implemented in the form of PPP, which is the Cam Lam - Vinh Hao section. Simultaneously, Deo Ca Group is the contractor implementing the bidding packages on the North - South expressway, namely Thung Thi tunnel (Thanh Hoa) and Truong Vinh tunnel (Thanh Hoa - Nghe An).

In Quang Ninh, in addition to bringing Cua Luc 1 to the finish line on time, preparing to complete Cua Luc 3, they also consulted for the locality to handle capital mobilization problems using the 3P model at the Van Don - Mong Cai project. Especially, also in the early days of this year, Deo Ca tunnel makers also completed the Bao Bien tunnel with a length of more than 200m in very complicated geological conditions in Quang Ninh in just 8 months, a new record.

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