The Land Transport Authority will be calling an Advance Engineering Study (AES) tender to invite bids from consultants to carry out engineering studies for the Singapore stretch of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR). The AES will include looking into the HSR alignment within Singapore, the architectural and engineering design of the terminus in Singapore, noise and vibration issues, as well as the preparation of tender documents for the construction phase of the project. The tender will be called within the next month. The AES is expected to commence by the first quarter of 2017 and will take about 18 - 24 months to complete.