Centennial falling granite: Owner wins suit against designer, sub-con

Singapore

MILLENIA Pte Ltd, the owner of Centennial Tower, has won its lawsuit against the skyscraper's designer and builder Dragages Singapore and cladding works sub-contractor Builders Shop over the building's granite cladding.

The company had sued for breach of the deed of warranty and a settlement agreement. The breaches have caused Millenia to incur recladding costs and losses arising from the falling of a granite stone panel from the 35-storey skyscraper in Temasek Avenue in 2011.

In a 355-page judgment released on Tuesday, Justice Quentin Loh ruled that Dragages and Builders Shop are liable to Millenia. He found that the cladding installed by Builders Shop "contained serious and substantial defects which rendered it structural…