Project Name: Detailed Design of Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link and City Air Terminal Project
Consultant: Asian Engineering Consultants Corp., Ltd.
Country: Thailand
Project Location within Country: Bangkok, Thailand
Name of Client: The State Railway of Thailand
Professional Staff Provided :
No. of Staff: 35
No. of Man-Months: 231
Start Date (Month/Year) 02/2004 Completion Date (Month/Year) 10/2004
Approximate Value of Services: US$ 7.44 M.
Name of associated firm(s), if any: Proportion :
- Thai Engineering Consultants Co., Ltd. 36.48 %
- Design Concept Co., Ltd. 19.11 %
Project Cost : US$ 725 M. (1 US$ = 39.1438 Baht)
Detailed Narrative Descriptive of Project :
This project is to survey and detailed design the project of Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link
and City Air Terminal Project. Its further detail is briefly displayed below.
1. Detailed design and bidding-document preparation of the airport rail link between (Phaya Thai - Makkasan/Asok-Suvarnabhumi) consisting of
- Civil, structural and system works.
- Train stations; Phaya Thai, Ratchaprarop, Ramkhamhaeng, Hua Mak, Ban Thap Chang, Lat Krabang and Suvarnabhumi.
- Depot/Workshop and Stabling Yard
- Local road
- Area development advice within 500 meters and the connectivity of neighboring area and community within 2 kilometers
- Terms of Reference for consulting services and sub-contractor selection.
2. Detailed design and bidding-document preparation for City Airport Terminal and its accessories, Including Load Traffic Impact Assessment around the stations.
3. Land map, documents and information for land acquisition.
Detailed Description of Actual Services provided :
1. Project management both in technical and general area.
2. Survey and topography mapping/soil and foundation examination.
3. Detailed design of City Airport Terminal (CAT), the stations and Depot.
4. Detailed design of signaling and telecommunication.
5. Detailed design of Electrification and power supply.
6. Construction cost and land acquisition estimation.
7. Construction planning, construction technique, and construction-impact relief planning.
8. Bidding-document preparation.
9. Study, detailed planning and method of practice and impact evaluation.
Highlight :
There are two types of services on Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link. The first one is Suvarnabhumi Airport Express which trains will stop at Makkasan/Asok station (City Air Terminal, CAT) and Suvarnabhumi Station only and will be equiped with baggage handling system. Another one is Suvarnabhumi Airport City Line which trains will stop at all 8 stations. The travelling times between the 2 terminals of the first system will be only 15 minutes while second system will be about 28 minutes. The passengers of Suvarnabhumi Airport can check- in their luggages at CAT and may go for shopping in town before going to the airport later.