
BBR Holdings wins S$102.8 million HDB building contract
To build 755 flats in Kallang Whampoa.
In a release, the Mainboard-listed BBR Holdings (S) Ltd (BBR) announced that it has secured another S$102.8 million contract from the Housing and Development Board (HDB) to build a total of 755 units at the Kallang Whampoa area in Singapore.
The contract is for building and contingency works for two 31-storey and two 32-storey HDB blocks, a multi-storey carpark, a precinct pavilion, shophouses and a supermarket. The work also includes a childcare centre, a senior citizen facility, a residents’ committee centre, a playground, a fitness station and other related civil engineering works. The latter includes roof deck landscaping of the multi-storey carpark, driveways, service roads, a covered linkway and a footpath to an underpass.
The contract was secured through BBR’s wholly owned subsidiary, Singapore Piling & Civil Engineering Private Limited. Work has started in March 2013 and is scheduled for completion by April 2016. This is the fifth HDB contract won by the Group since its first in 2009.