S’pore contractor is happy concocting his own brews For small-time contractor Ernest Ng, the recent property boom largely passed him by. High material costs and the difficulty in getting skilled labour has made him reconsider the wisdom of staying on in the business. “The Government has said that the construction industry will be one of the sectors that will remain buoyant. But for small timers like...
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Building government projects at a later time may cost more if prices of materials continue to rise. However, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said that is a calculated risk the government has to take. To cool the market, the government is deferring a total of about S$4.7 billion worth of public sector construction projects to 2010 and beyond. Construction is one of the hottest industries in...
Singapore's Gardens by the Bay project is on track for completion by the end of 2010. National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said the project is unaffected by the government's recent decision to defer S$1.7 billion worth of public-sector building projects – a move meant to ease the pressure on the construction industry in Singapore. Mr Mah was speaking to the media at the official opening of the...
The government has decided to postpone an additional S$1.7 billion worth of public sector projects to further ease pressure on construction resources in Singapore. The government had earlier announced that it would postpone about S$3 billion worth of public sector projects to after 2009. With the latest decision, the government is deferring a total of about S$4.7 billion worth of public sector...
Construction of Phase 2B of Fusionopolis has begun with the ground-breaking ceremony for a 15-storey building called Solaris. It is being developed by Soilbuild Group - the first private sector developer at Fusionopolis cluster at one-north. Its $148-million new building will cover :an estimated gross floor area of 540,000 square feet and is slated for completion in 2010. It will house research...
Construction firm Lian Beng Group has won three new construction and civil engineering contracts worth a total of S$117 million. Two of the deals are for construction projects in the private residential sector. The first contract, worth some S$36 million, is awarded by Sing Holdings for the construction of Bellerive Condominium, a private residential development located at the junction of Keng Chin Road...
Singapore's construction consultancy exports have increased despite the bustling domestic market. This is according to a survey conducted by the Building and Construction Authority. Singapore consultancy firms secured a total of 406 projects in 2007 or up some 13 per cent on year. The most sought-after services were for architectural and master-planning services, constituting more than half of the total...
Sino Construction has raised nearly S$60 million from its initial public offering (IPO). The company said the IPO has been fully taken up, despite the current weak market sentiment. Guoco Group was among the major investors. Sino Construction had offered about 153 million shares at 39 Singapore cents each. Of these, more than 6 million shares were set aside for the public. Sino Construction plans to use...
TO help meet demand for flats in the northern part of the island, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) yesterday launched a: Build-To-Order (BTO) project in Woodlands town called Straits Vista @ Marsiling. The project, comprising 50 units of three-room and 332 units of four-room flats, is located near the Woodlands Regional Centre and is served by the Woodlands MRT station and bus interchange. It is...
National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said the Housing and Development Board (HDB) is containing construction costs as much as it could even though they have gone up significantly recently. HDB is doing this by simplifying some of the projects or by combining them so that there are more economies of scale. A recent example is the Punggol Sapphire project which has more than a thousand units against...