In December 2015, the Government of the Philippines, Department of Transport and Communications (DOTC) issued a tender for Manila LRT Line 2 East Extension (L2 EE) Project, for which Marubeni submitted a tender to Republic of Philippines, DOTC Light Rail Transport Authority (LRTA).

The above tender included Systems Assurance services to be provided by E-Consult.

Marubeni was awarded the contract and Notice to Proceed in March 2019, after which they appointed E-Consult to provide RAMS and EMC services.

The proposed approach to the Consultancy Services was based on that applied by E-Consult on Marubeni Manila LRT Line 2 Project (2001 to 2014) and Dubai Palm Jumeirah Transit, monorail) Project (2006 to 2009)

Refer to the E-Consult Capability Statement for more information on the latter projects.

L2 EE works comprises of approximately 4 km of new track, one new viaduct with 2 new stations. The existing L2 rail systems will be extended and upgraded as necessary to include the extended alignment and additional station facilities, with interfaces to station E&M systems (provided by others), as necessary.

Work on this Project is in progress, currently in Preliminary Design, with Final Design scheduled for completion by September 2020.

For the latest information on this Project, please follow the links below:

https://www.worldconstructionnetwork.com/news/marubeni-dmci-consortium-wins-manila-lrt-line-2-east-extension-project

and

http://www.build.gov.ph/Home/Project_Details/55?Agency=DOTr

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsGtpj6s7k8

E-Consult International first became involved in Manila LRT in 2001, when Marubeni Corporation awarded a contract for RAMS and EMC services later that year. Line 2 commenced operation in 2003, after submission of final reports for RAM, Safety and EMC, in addition to the Operational Safety Case. E-Consult continued support to Marubeni during the first year of operation, with implementation of the Reliability and Safety Demonstration Plan and Failure Reporting.