Kerjaya Prospek bags RM357.3m contract for BBCC project

KUALA LUMPUR (April 13): Kerjaya Prospek Group Bhd yesterday announced that it has secured a contract worth RM357.3 million in respect of main building works for the Bukit Bintang City Centre (BBCC) mixed development.

The contract was awarded to its wholly owned unit — Kerjaya Prospek (M) Sdn Bhd — by BBCC Development Sdn Bhd, the master developer of the RM8.7 billion project located on the former Pudu Prison site. The BBCC is being jointly developed by UDA Holdings Bhd, Eco World Development Group Bhd and the Employees Provident Fund.

In a statement, Kerjaya Prospek said the contract involves the construction of a block of an eight-storey car park podium, a six-storey car park, and two towers (one 35-storey and one 47-storey) comprising a total of 666 service apartment units.

The 36-month job is targeted to start on April 23 this year, to be completed by April 22, 2021.

Kerjaya Prospek said the contract is its first award for the year, and brings its total outstanding order book to about RM3.1 billion.

“It is truly a great honour for us to have been awarded this contract for the main building works from BBCC Development, to contribute to such a grand masterpiece development in the heart of the Kuala Lumpur Golden Triangle,” said Kerjaya Prospek executive chairman Datuk Tee Eng Ho.

Tee expects the project to contribute positively to the group’s top- and bottom-line growth for the next few years.

This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily, on April 13, 2018.

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