The Contractor's major work remains the installation of cable ladder and luminaries supports, support anchors for fire detector cable and for radio rebroadcast coaxial cable, cable ladder, and luminaries in the main tunnel. Some small works were done in VMB and VAB for conduit, earthing, and lightning protection.

Design work at site continues on the preparation and submittal of installation shop drawings. Detailed design continues in ABB Finland on systems (Fire alarm, communications, radio rebroadcast, traffic control, lighting control, power distribution control, and main SCADA systems) and on systems integration. At the end of August, the Contractor advised that he would be ready for integrated systems testing in Vaasa, Finland at the end of September.

Routine factory tests were carried out in June on medium voltage, low voltage and fire resistant cables, and on inverters, UPS and battery charger systems and on the traffic control system in August. The Contractor continued to receive equipment deliveries including most of the CCTV system, final deliveries of fire rated (FR) cable, MV cable, and UPS, inverters and battery chargers.

The Engineer identified the North and South portal plaza areas as critical civil construction areas to enable early installation of main electrical cables and early supply of power for ventilation fan testing. The south portal area duct banks were handed over in early July for PKIII installation of cable supports and to begin cable pulling in August. The north portal area duct banks were handed over on the 5th. August. The Substation No. 5 was handed over in early August.

PKIII took over maintenance of PKV works as provided for under their contract in May and were to negotiate to sub-contracted this work to HAMADECO. However HAMADECO declined to sign PKIII sub-contract agreement citing unacceptable insurance clauses.  These clauses were copied from PKIII contract documents. PKIII will continue with maintenance of PKV works without sub-contractor.