Editing Tsing Ma Bridge (section)

=== Construction ===
Numerous consortia bid on the contract to construct the bridge. Hyundai made the lowest bid but were disqualified for non-compliance with the financial requirements.<ref name="workstarts">{{cite news|title=Work starts on Tsing Ma contract|work=South China Morning Post|date=28 May 1992|page=35}}</ref> A Japanese bid was ruled out for being too expensive. The Anglo Japanese Construction Joint Venture, comprising [[Costain Group|Costain]], [[Mitsui]], and [[Trafalgar House (company)|Trafalgar House]], won the job.<ref name="marvel">{{cite news|last1=Davis|first1=Chris|title=Engineering marvel becomes territory's latest landmark|work=South China Morning Post|date=22 May 1997|page=1}}</ref> Construction work on the bridge began in May 1992.<ref name="workstarts"/> [[Gammon Construction]] constructed the [[Caisson (engineering)|caissons]] for the bridge towers. The framework for each caisson was floated into place and sunk, and then filled with concrete underwater.<ref name="gammon">{{cite news|title=Gammon begins bridge under the water|work=South China Morning Post|date=30 July 1992|page=26}}</ref> The two caissons on the Ma Wan side weigh 4,500 tons each, while those on the Tsing Yi side (closer to shore) each weigh about 3,000 tons.<ref name="gammon"/> Land reclamation was carried out at both ends of the bridge. The more substantial reclamation on Ma Wan was used as a work platform for construction crews.<ref name="gammon"/>

The first steel deck segment was lifted into place in late 1994.<ref name="milestone">{{cite news|last1=Wallis|first1=Keith|title=Tsing Ma milestone reached|work=South China Morning Post|date=25 October 1994|page=4}}</ref> The approach deck segments were constructed in Britain and Dubai and then shipped to Hong Kong for assembling. The main span segments were built by [[Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company]] in the U.K. and by Mitsui in Japan.<ref name="milestone"/> The climbing cranes used to erect the tower portals were coincidentally also used on the [[HSBC Building (Hong Kong)|HSBC Main Building]] a decade earlier, as well as at [[Canary Wharf]] in the interim.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Metcalfe|first1=Tim|title=Kvaerner's expertise in building spans the years|work=South China Morning Post|date=29 April 1997|page=25}}</ref>