The Public Works Bureau (DSOP) announced on its website yesterday that the first phase of the government’s new central library project is scheduled to be completed in December next year.
The new central library project will be carried out in two phases, with the first phase to demolish the derelict Hotel Estoril and then carry out the new library building’s pile foundation and basement work.
The Public Works Bureau launched a tender by invitation when it asked seven construction companies to bid for the library project’s first phase. All seven companies submitted their respective bids, which were unsealed by DSOP officials on March 18 this year, according to the DSOP website.
The quotations proposed by the seven bidders ranged from 69.78 million patacas to 89.98 million patacas.
According to the DSOP website, the bureau has commissioned Ming Shun Construction and Property Investment Limited, which offered the lowest price – 69.78 million patacas, to carry out the central library project’s first phase. The website announced yesterday that the project’s first phase is now scheduled to be completed in December 2025.
After the first phase’s completion, the library project’s second phase, namely superstructure work, will start, for which the government is yet to launch a tender.
This artist’s rendition downloaded from the website of the Netherlands’ Mecanoo architecture firm yesterday shows its concept design for the interior of Macau’s new central library.
