A Site Visit of Macau Light Rapid Transit (LRT) East Line south section was organized by the American Society of Civil Engineers International Student Group, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UM, University of Macau Students’ Union (ASCEISG, UMSU) on April 20. The project is the joint venture of China State Construction Engineering (Hong Kong), China State Construction Engineering (Macau) and Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Macau branch. The project representatives from China State Construction Engineering introduced the scale and various engineering design for the project. The 4.8km long south section will run through three stations before linking up with the LRT Taipa line at Taipa Ferry Terminal station. The section will include construction of a large-diameter single bore subsea tunnel. The construction methods and machines (bored pile foundation, diaphragm wall and deep mixing pile) were explained. The students then visited the room for tunnel boring machine and the site for stations.
澳門大學學生會美國土木工程學會國際學生會澳門大學土木及環境工程學生支部於4月20日到澳門輕軌東線南段項目工地參觀。該項目是中建（香港）—中建（澳門）-隧道股份合作經營。項目負責人為學生對該項目的規模以及各項建設進行了介紹。南段總長4.8公里，共設三個車站，將連接現時氹仔綫的氹仔碼頭站。該項目包括在澳氹之間建造一條單孔跨海盾構隧道，是澳門首個大直徑跨海隧道項目。其後項目負責人講解了地基施工過程以及施工機器，並帶領學生觀看項目的盾構模型和實地參觀地基施工機器操作。
