DEMAND FOR CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

Material Cement in Bulk Steel Bars Granite Ready Mixed

Concrete
(‘000 Tonnes) (‘000 Tonnes) (‘000 Tonnes) ('000 Cubic Metre)

Jun 2014 436.84 148.00 1758.14 1228.65

Jul 2014 587.84 185.98 1835.58 1246.58
Aug 2014 385.43 145.96 1975.18 1255.71
Sep 2014 504.49 122.92 2078.31 1319.00
Oct 2014 429.95 118.12 1907.50 1323.23
Nov 2014 492.61 164.96 2116.63 1305.69
Dec 2014 617.47 152.76 1776.57 1399.92
Jan 2015 590.20 211.08 1907.92 1489.62
Feb 2015 422.89 173.97 1587.68 1112.14
Mar 2015 490.57 210.88 1800.82 1416.07
Apr 2015 469.72 265.44 1909.45 1365.38
May 2015 492.00 113.78 1813.54 1349.09
Jun 2015 461.11 165.98 1738.69 1369.68

Monthly Demands for Granite, Cement and Ready-Mixed Concrete

2,500 2,500

2,000 2,000
1,739
Thousand Cubic Metres
Thousand Tonnes

1,500 1,370 1,500

1,000 1,000

461
500 500

0 0
Jun- Jul- Aug- Sep- Oct- Nov- Dec- Jan- Feb- Mar- Apr- May- Jun-
2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015
Month-Year
Granite (Thousand Tonnes) Cement (Thousand Tonnes) RMC (Thousand Cubic Metres)

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 Monthly Demands for Steel Bars
300

250

200
166
Thousand Tonnes

150

100

50

0
Jun- Jul- Aug- Sep- Oct- Nov- Dec- Jan- Feb- Mar- Apr- May- Jun-
2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015
Month-Year

CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL MARKET PRICES

(Data as at 12 August 2015)
Cement in Bulk Steel Bars 1 Granite2 Concreting Ready Mixed
Material (Ordinary (16-32mm High (20mm Sand 2 Concrete
Portland Cement) Tensile) Aggregate)
($/Tonne) ($/Tonne) + ($/Tonne) ($/Tonne) ($/Cubic
Metre) #
Jun 2014 98.60 655.50 22.10 23.20 111.80
Jul 2014 98.10 629.80 22.10 23.30 111.30
Aug 2014 97.90 620.90 21.40 23.30 111.00
Sep 2014 97.20 611.50 21.50 23.20 110.70
Oct 2014 97.00 601.40 21.80 23.10 109.50
Nov 2014 96.40 605.90 21.80 23.00 106.40
Dec 2014 95.70 612.50 21.60 22.90 103.30
Jan 2015 95.10 599.70 21.40 22.80 100.10
Feb 2015 94.40 589.60 21.20 23.00 100.50
Mar 2015 94.30 565.50 21.00 23.40 100.50
Apr 2015 93.80 542.90 20.70 23.20 100.90
May 2015 93.60 518.90 20.60 23.20 99.70
Jun 2015 93.00 506.60 19.90 23.20 99.90
P P P P
Jul 2015 92.80 490 19.20 22.80 99.90P
p
= Preliminary figures
1
Prices of rebar other than 16-32mm dimensions may subject to surcharge.
2
Prices of granite and concreting sand excluded local delivery charges to concrete batching plants.
+
With effect from Jan 2015, the market prices of rebar (without cut & bend) are based on fixed price supply contracts
with contract period 1 year or less.
#
The market prices of ready mixed concrete are based on contracts with non-fixed price, fixed price and market retail
price for Grade 40 Pump.

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 Market Prices of Granite, Sand, Cement and Ready-Mixed Concrete
60 140

$/Cubic Metre for RMC; $/Tonne for Cement

RMC (RHS)
50 120
$/Tonne for Granite and Sand

99.9 99.9
100
40
93.0 92.8
Cement (RHS) 80
Sand (LHS)
30
23.2 22.8 60
20
Granite (LHS) 19.9 19.2 40
10 20

0 0
Jun- Jul- Aug- Sep- Oct- Nov- Dec- Jan- Feb- Mar- Apr- May- Jun- Jul-
2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015p
Month-Year
p - preliminary; RHS- Right Hand Side Y-Axis; LHS- Left Hand Side Y-axis

Market Prices (without delivery) of 20mm Granite ($/Tonne) Market Prices (without delivery) of Sand ($/Tonne)
Market Prices of Cement in Bulk ($/Tonne) Market Prices of RMC Grade 40P ($/Cubic Metre)

Market Prices of Steel Bars (16-32mm High Tensile)

800

750

700

650
$/Tonne

600

550
506.6
500 490

450
Jun- Jul- Aug- Sep- Oct- Nov- Dec- Jan- Feb- Mar- Apr- May- Jun- Jul-
2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015p
Month-Year

VALUE OF CONTRACTS AWARDED BY DEVELOPMENT TYPE AND SECTOR

(Data as at 4 August 2015) ($ Million)

Institutional & Civil

Residential Commercial Industrial Total
Sector Others Engineering
Public Private Public Private Public Private Public Private Public Private Public Private

Apr 2015 96.88 391.37 2.56 135.57 70.87 179.57 310.64 459.37 596.48 29.96 1077.43 1195.84
May 2015 213.16 526.32 11.72 20.77 79.02 450.74 287.61 114.53 196.97 11.04 788.48 1123.40
Jun 2015 P 148.46 303.36 0.00 88.99 326.38 357.00 141.61 13.98 1184.95 34.80 1801.40 798.13
p
= Preliminary figures

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VALUE OF PROGRESS PAYMENTS CERTIFIED BY DEVELOPMENT TYPE AND SECTOR
(Data as at 23 July 2015) ($ Million)

Institutional & Civil

Residential Commercial Industrial Total
Sector Others Engineering
Public Private Public Private Public Private Public Private Public Private Public Private

Apr 2015 P 455.00 670.00 10.00 260.00 40.00 500.00 245.00 85.00 555.00 100.00 1305.00 1615.00
May 2015 P 420.00 685.00 15.00 240.00 30.00 460.00 260.00 160.00 510.00 120.00 1235.00 1665.00
Jun 2015 P 450.00 670.00 8.00 260.00 52.00 490.00 275.00 110.00 545.00 100.00 1330.00 1630.00
p
= Preliminary figures

SELECTED PROJECTS AWARDED IN JUNE 2015

Development
Project Description Consultant Contractor
Type
CONTRACT COST (MORE THAN S$14M TO S$42M)

JTC Space @ Gul: Erection of 2 Blocks of 3-Storey Terrace Industrial Id Architects LBD Engineering
Factory with an Ancillary Office comprising 14 units at Gul
Circle (Contract Cost: $35.31m)

Additions and Alterations to the Existing Riverside, Institutional Architects Guan Ho

Springdale, West Spring and Westwood Primary Schools Project Group Construction Co
(Contract Cost: $24.20m)

Additions and Alterations to the Existing Frontier, Punggol Institutional Architects Guan Ho
Green, Punggol View and Sengkang Green Primary Schools Project Group Construction Co
(Contract Cost: $24.98m)

Completion of Outstanding Works for the Construction of Civil Not Applicable McConnell Dowell
Service Tunnels, Access Shafts and Ancillary Works at Engineering South East Asia
Banyan Avenue in Jurong Island (Contract Cost: $18.89m)

Resurfacing of Taxiways at Singapore Changi Airport Civil RSP Architects Ley Choon
Engineering Planners & Constructions And
Engineers Engineering

CONTRACT COST (MORE THAN S$42M TO S$90M)

HDB Building Works at Yishun N4 C19 comprising 469 units Residential HDB In-House BHCC
and Contingency Works (Contract Cost: $63.80m) Construction

HDB Building Works at Hougang N9 C18 comprising 791 Residential ADDP LBD Engineering
units and Contingency Works (Contract Cost: $75.92m) Architects

Intercontinental Hotel: Phases 1 & 2 Reconstruction of the Commercial SCDA Gennal Industries
Existing 10-Storey Hotel comprising 227 Rooms with a Sky Architects
Terrace, 2 Basement Carparks and an Outdoor Refreshment
Area at Nanson Road

Thomson-East Coast MRT Line: Advanced Sewer Diversion Civil Parsons Ed Zublin Ag,
Package 2 (Contract Cost: $78.60m) Engineering Brinckerhoff Singapore Branch

Widening of Woodlands Road, Choa Chu Kang Link and Civil Not Applicable Hwa Seng Builder
Stagmont Ring (Contract Cost: $46.86m) Engineering

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 Development
Project Description Consultant Contractor
Type
CONTRACT COST (ABOVE S$90M)

High Park Residences: Erection of 6 Blocks of 23 to 25- Residential P&T China Construction
Storey Condominium Development comprising 1,376 units, 4 Consultants (South Pacific)
Units of 3-Storey Bungalows, 10 Units of 3-Storey Semi- Development Co
Detached Houses and 9 Shops at Fernvale Road/Sengkang
West Way

Mega@Woodlands: Erection of an 8-Storey Multiple-User Industrial AC Consortium Wee Hur

Clean, Light & General Industrial Factory Development with 2 Construction
Canteens, a Clinic and a Minimart at Woodlands Close

Erection of a 7-Storey Single User Data Centre with Ancillary Industrial XCube Kienta Engineering
Facilities at Yung Ho Road Architects Construction

Erection of 2 Blocks of 10-Storey, 3 Blocks of 9-Storey Multi- Industrial SAA Architects Tiong Seng
User General Industrial Factory with a Workers' Dormitory, a Contractors
Heavy Vehicle Parking Facility and Commercial Space at
Tuas Avenue (Contract Cost: $277.27m)

Earthworks at Gali Batu (Contract Cost: $133.73m) Civil Not Applicable Chye Joo
Engineering Construction

Expansion of KPE/TPE Interchange including a Link Road to Civil Not Applicable Hwa Seng Builder
Punggol Central (Contract Cost: $185.06m) Engineering

Advanced Work at Depot in Changi Civil Parsons GS Engineering &

(Contract Cost: $428.30m) Engineering Brinckerhoff Construction Corp.

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