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City development offers early bird discount on Jewel @ Buangkok

City Developments Limited (CDL) recently launched its latest residential project, Jewel @ Buangkok, in Singapore, and is offering a seven percent discount for early bird buyers.

The 616-unit development is located near to Buangkok MRT station and comprises six 15 to 17-storey towers that will house a selection of five-bedroom apartments, dual key units as well as penthouses. Units range from 43 sqm for a one-bedroom apartment to 158 sqm five-bedroom. Penthouses range from 192 sqm to 235 sqm. Most of the units have been arranged in a north to south orientation to reduce heat and glare from the sun.

“Jewel @ Buangkok is priced attractively especially for a development located just 3 minutes’ to the MRT station. Today, properties that are situated close to existing or upcoming rail networks are highly sought after and command premium prices. In recent months, new launches nearby MRT stations have been priced from an average of S$1,400 psf onwards and have been well received,” said Chia Ngiang Hong, CDL Group General Manager.

There are six thematic cabins at Jewel @ Buangkok, each boasting a different pursuit. There is the Spa Cabin that has a rain spa, hydrotherapy pool, spa deck and spa garden. There is the Gardener’s Cabin, with a gardening corner and vertical garden. The Nature Cabin offers a camping ground, BBQ pit, hammock garden and wading pool. For children, the Adventurer’s Cabin, with play slide, play tunnel and rock climbing wall. There is the Gorment Cabin, with grill, and teppanyaki pavilion. Finally, the Pet Lover’s Cabin, complete with a grooming station and amenities for pets all shapes and sizes.

Near the development, there is a wide range of conveniences such as a 24-hour supermarket and medical centre, as well as an array of educational facilities. The development is also located near a wide range of shopping and dining options such as Compass Point, Rivervale Mall, Hougag Mall and Next Megamall. There is also Punggol park, which has easy access to Coney Island which offers beaches and woods.

Source – PropReport : 27 May 2013

CDL, HDB top construction productivity awards

Developers City Developments Limited (CDL) and Housing & Development Board (HDB) have won Platinum awards for construction productivity.

The new award by the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) gives greater recognition to stakeholders like developers, consultants and builders who play a crucial role in driving construction productivity in the built environment sector. The award integrates the previous CPA-Best Practices and Innovations and the CPA-Value Added Productivity.

BCA said a winning factor for CDL was their strong initiatives in influencing their consultants and builders to adopt safe and easy-to-build best practices in their projects to raise construction productivity.

Some key initiatives adopted by CDL included the use of prefabricated bathroom units, drywalls, and Building Information Modelling (BIM) during the planning and construction phase. As for HDB, it was their extensive use of precast technology since the 1980s to speed up the building process.

This included the use of precast facade with cast-in windows, columns, floor slabs, staircases and refuse chutes. BCA said the precast facade with cast-in windows helped improve the productivity of window construction by about 300 per cent.

Under the Builder sub-category, Chip Eng Seng Contractors won the Gold Award while the Merit award went to Kimly Construction and DLE M&E.

ADDP Architects was the only consultant to receive a Merit Award this year. Under the Projects sub-category, eight teams were lauded for their efforts in improving productivity of their projects.

Winning the Platinum awards were Tiong Seng Prefab Hub, ITE Headquarters and ITE College Central @ Ang Mo Kio, and VoLaRi, a private residential project by CDL.

Gold award winners include projects such as Punggol Green Primary School and HDB’s Punggol Spring estate. The winners will receive their awards during the BCA Awards on Thursday (May 16).

Source : CNA – 13 May 2013