Project Name: Ho Chi Minh City Metro Line 1 – Depot
Product Scope: Fire-Resistant Cable Trays, Seismic Supports (Seismic Bracing Systems)
Project Status: Completed | Commissioning Year: 2024
Client/Owner: Ho Chi Minh City Metro
EPC Contractor/Procurement: Sumitomo Corporation
Supplier: Burkaf
Ho Chi Minh City Metro Line 1 is the first urban rail transit line in Vietnam, connecting the city center with eastern provinces. The line spans approximately 20 kilometers with 14 stations and one depot. This project is a milestone in Vietnam's rail transit modernization, developed with Japanese Official Development Assistance loans and with Sumitomo Corporation serving as the EPC contractor.
Burkaf partnered with Sumitomo Corporation to provide fire-resistant cable trays and seismic supports for the depot of this project. The products needed to meet the strict fire protection and seismic safety standards of the rail transit sector.
Strict Fire Safety Requirements: Rail transit projects demand extremely high fire protection performance. Cable trays must have excellent fire-resistant properties to slow fire spread in the event of a fire, buying critical time for personnel evacuation and fire rescue operations.
Stringent Seismic Design Requirements: As critical infrastructure, the metro depot must meet high-level seismic standards to ensure electrical system integrity and functionality during extreme events such as earthquakes.
High Standards of Sumitomo Corporation: As a top Japanese trading house and engineering EPC contractor, Sumitomo Corporation imposes extremely strict requirements on supplier technical capability, product quality, documentation management, and delivery systems.
Special Operating Conditions of Rail Transit: The depot experiences frequent train movements, generating vibration, impact, and other dynamic loads, demanding high stability and durability from the support system.
Vietnam's Hot and Humid Climate: Vietnam has a tropical monsoon climate with high temperatures and high humidity, presenting additional challenges for corrosion resistance.
Burkaf provided fire-resistant cable trays and seismic support systems for the depot of this project, fully meeting the strict fire protection and seismic safety standards of the rail transit sector.
1. Fire-Resistant Cable Trays: Excellent Fire Resistance Performance
Burkaf fire-resistant cable trays feature specialized fire-retardant coatings or fire-resistant material treatment. In the event of a fire, they effectively slow the spread of flames along cable routes and maintain the structural integrity of cable circuits, buying critical time for personnel evacuation and fire rescue operations. Products have passed internationally recognized fire testing standards.
2. Seismic Supports: Ensuring System Integrity Under Extreme Conditions
Burkaf seismic support systems are designed and tested in strict accordance with international rail transit seismic standards (such as IEEE 693, JIS, etc.). They effectively absorb and dissipate dynamic loads during seismic events, maintaining the structural integrity of the cable tray system and ensuring uninterrupted critical power and control circuits.
3. Meeting Sumitomo Corporation's Strict Standards
Burkaf products successfully passed technical reviews and quality inspections by Sumitomo Corporation, with complete product performance test reports, calculation documents, and quality traceability documentation provided, demonstrating the capability to serve a top Japanese EPC contractor.
4. Vibration and Impact Resistant Design
To address the vibration and impact generated by train movements within the depot, Burkaf support systems feature high-strength connection designs and anti-loosening measures, ensuring they remain secure and undeformed during long-term operation, maintaining the stability of the cable routing system.
5. Excellent Corrosion Resistance
Products feature hot-dip galvanized or rail-transit-compliant surface finishing, providing good corrosion resistance suitable for Vietnam's hot and humid tropical monsoon climate, ensuring long-term stable operation of the depot.
6. Reliable Delivery and On-Site Coordination
The project was successfully completed in 2024, with Burkaf achieving batch-by-batch on-time delivery, supporting the on-site construction schedule with no project delays caused by material issues.
Ho Chi Minh City Metro Line 1 was successfully opened to traffic in 2024, with the depot simultaneously put into operation.
The Burkaf fire-resistant cable tray and seismic support system met high rail transit standards for fire protection and seismic safety, receiving high recognition from Sumitomo Corporation and the client.
Provided reliable electrical infrastructure support for the safe operation of Vietnam's first urban rail transit line.
The successful implementation of this project marks Burkaf's entry into the rail transit sector, a high-barrier field. The combined solution of fire-resistant cable trays and seismic supports fully satisfies the dual requirements of fire safety and seismic safety for rail transit. Collaboration with top Japanese EPC contractors such as Sumitomo Corporation further enhances Burkaf's brand credibility in high-end infrastructure projects.
Burkaf – Cable Tray System Expert. Providing Integrated Fire Protection and Seismic Solutions for Rail Transit.
