More than half of BTO projects delayed by COVID-19 have been completed: HDB

SINGAPORE: More than half of the Build-To-Order projects delayed by the pandemic have been completed, the Housing and Development Board said on Saturday .

Some examples of the delayed projects that were completed are Northshore Edge in Punggol, and three projects that were affected when their contractor had financial difficulties – Senja Ridges, Senja Heights and Sky Vista @ Bukit Batok. "Even as we catch up on the works, HDB is committed to safety and has been working closely with our consultants and contractors to put in place procedures at worksites to ensure the safety and health of our workers," the agency said.

The construction is also likely to be longer for projects at infill or brownfield sites which are in built-up areas. Demolition works would first have to be carried out in infill sites to prepare the site for BTO construction. For example, a project like Tampines GreenJade, which is not considered complex and is located at a site that had not previously been developed, has a waiting time of 3.6 years. A complex project like Central Weave @ AMK, which is in a build-up area, has an estimated waiting time of five years.

Keat Hong Verge in Choa Chu Kang, launched in the second half of 2020, will have one of the shortest BTO waiting times of 2.1 years, said HDB.

Need to bring down cost of living for Singapore. It’s really not proud to be costliest city in the world. That’s a big problem to be resolved. Singapore solves problems systematically but this is never treated as a problem.

The very concept of BTO is to be able to build to demand; build it fast. If you cannot build it fast, then it defeat the purpose. Better to build to forecast then.

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