BBR clinches $196m contract to build NTU student hostels
It will be 1st public high-rise devt in Singapore to use PPVC technology
CONSTRUCTION group BBR Holdings has secured a $196 million contract to build Singapore's first public high-rise development using the pre-fabricated and pre-finished volumetric modular construction (PPVC) system.
The contract, through wholly owned subsidiary Singapore Piling & Civil Engineering Pte Ltd, will involve building six blocks of 13-storey student hostels comprising 1,582 hostel rooms at Nanyang Technological University's (NTU's) North Hill precinct.
The project is scheduled to be completed within 19 months.