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(BORED PILE / D-WALL) TRACK RECORD Item Project Contractor SONIC LOGGING TEST (BORED PILE / D-WALL) TRACK RECORD Type of Item Project Contractor Year piles Alpha Focus (Singapore) 1 ER403 Nicoll Highway / Guillemard Road Junction Bored pile 2013 Pte Ltd Tuas West Extension C1686 Cambrian Engineering 2 - Construction of Tuas West Road and Tuas Link Bored pile 2013 Corporation Pte Ltd Stations Downtown Line 3 Contract 923 Dongah Geological 3 - Construction of Upper Changi Station and Associated Bored pile 2013 Engineering Co. Ltd Tunnels 4 235 Balestier Road Leong Hin Piling Pte Ltd Bored pile 2013 5 M+S Ophir Rochor Resource Piling Bored pile 2013 Downtown Line 2 C920 Shanghai Tunnel 6 D-wall 2013 - Construction of Newton Station Engineering Co Ltd Downtown Line Stage 3 Contract 927 - Construction of Cambrian Engineering 2013- 7 Bored pile Bedok Reservoir Station and Tunnels Corporation Pte Ltd 2014 Downtown Line Stage 3 Contract 937 Dongah Geological 2013- 8 D-wall - Construction of Fort Canning Station Engineering Co. Ltd 2014 Dongah Geological 9 UIC Redevelopment @ Shenton Way D-wall 2014 Engineering Co. Ltd Thomson Line Contract T202 10 Civil Tech Pte Ltd Bored pile 2016 - Construction of Woodlands North Station C9061 Design and Construction of Stabiling Yard at 11 W Foundations Pte Ltd Bored pile 2017 Gali Batu Depot Thomson Line Contract T217 12 W Foundations Pte Ltd Bored pile 2017 - Construction of Napier Station and Tunnels HSL Ground Engineering 2017 - 13 Improvement Works to Bedok Canal Contract 1 and 2 Bored pile Pte Ltd 2018 Proposed Erection of 2 Blks of 7/8-Storey Multi-User Research & Development Building with Auditorium, Shops and Restaurants at 1st & 2nd Storey and 1 Blk of HSL Ground Engineering 14 9-Storey Office Building with a Basement Carpark Bored pile 2018 Pte Ltd (Western Water Catchment Planning Area) at MK 09 LOT01759N PT, MK 09 LOT01814T PT, Cleantech Loop Thomson-East Coast Line Contract T301 HSL Ground Engineering 2018 - 15 - Construction of 4-in-1 Rail and Bus Depot and Bored pile Pte Ltd 2019 Reception Tunnels Thomson-East Coast Line Contract T302 16 Zap Piling Pte Ltd Bored pile 2018 - Construction of Facility Building and Tunnels Dongah Geological 17 SP underground Substation (UGSS) D-wall 2019 Engineering Co. Ltd 18 SGA @ Sunview Drive Zap Piling Pte Ltd Bored pile 2019 Thomson-East Coast Line Contract T309 HSL Ground Engineering 19 D-wall 2019 - Construction of Siglap Station Pte Ltd PUB DTSS Koh Brothers-China 20 D-wall 2021 - Tuas Water Reclamation Plant Contract 2A Harbour Joint Venture PDA / PIT TEST (BORED PILE / MICROPILE / RC PILE / H-PILE) TRACK RECORD FOR YEAR 2020 S/N Project Contractor Type of Type of Pile Test 1 Canberra Link EC Asia Piling Co Pte Ltd Bored Pile PDA / PIT 2 SIT Campus Bored Pile PDA / PIT 3 Corporation Drive Hiap Seng Piling RC Pile PDA 4 14A Tuas South Link 2 Construction Pte Ltd RC Pile PDA 5 De Souza Ave RC Pile PDA 6 56 South Bouna Vista Road (Kent Ridge Hill) RC Pile PDA / PIT 7 Senoko Drive RC Pile PDA 8 Tanglin Trust School HSL Ground Engineering Pte Bored Pile PDA / PIT 9 Tengah Garden C2 Ltd Bored Pile PDA / PIT 10 Blk 206A Punggol Place Kwang Sing Engineering Pte Steel Pipe PDA Ltd Pile 11 990 Bendeemer Road Steel Pipe PDA Pile 12 Changi Cargo Econ2 Builder Pte Ltd RC Pile PDA / PIT 13 C190 ITTC Hiap Seng Piling RC Pile PDA / PIT 14 Citimac Complex Construction Pte Ltd H-Pile PDA 15 Jurong Island GMT RC Pile PDA 16 Kentridge Hill RC Pile PDA 17 Mandai Rain Forest RC Pile PDA / PIT 18 Naval Base RC Pile PDA 19 Offshore Marine Centre 2 Spun Pile PDA / PIT 20 Punggol North C1/C2 H-Pile PDA 21 Punggol West C39 RC Pile PDA 22 N109 POB-19 Deck Post HSB-Chye Joo-Ho Lee JV H-Pile PDA 23 17 Kallang Junction HSL Ground Engineering Pte Bored Pile PDA / PIT 24 SIN-06 Woodlands Data Centre Ltd Bored Pile PDA / PIT 25 Tuas Water Reclamation Plant C1A Bored Pile PDA 26 6 Serenade Walk Kwang Sing Engineering Pte Steel Pipe PDA Ltd Pile 27 33 Faber Green Steel Pipe PDA Pile 28 Punggol Town Hub Asia Piling Co Pte Ltd Bored Pile PDA 29 Sky Everton Bored Pile PDA 30 T311 Bedok South Station China Jinye Engineering Bored Pile PDA 31 92 Tuas South Ave 3 Hiap Seng Piling RC Pile PDA 32 South Buona Vista Road Construction Pte Ltd RC Pile PDA / PIT 33 Bedok Canal 2 HSL Ground Engineering Pte Bored Pile PDA 34 Shimano Ltd Bored Pile PDA PDA / PIT TEST (BORED PILE / MICROPILE / RC PILE / H-PILE ) TRACK RECORD FOR YEAR 2019 Type of S/N Project Contractor Type of Pile Test 1 18CBLEC PDA 2 Areana Residence Asia Piling Co Pte Ltd Bored Pile PDA 3 Huamin Primary School PDA 4 27 Ewart Park RC Pile PDA 5 HTA 5 RC Pile PDA 6 Tuas South Boulevard Yard RC Pile PDA 7 Tuas Bay Close RC Pile PDA / PIT 8 JIWE RC Pile PDA 9 No.28 Jalan Buroh RC Pile PDA 10 20 Loyang Crescent RC Pile PDA 11 T227 Marina South Station RC Pile PDA / PIT 12 CAG PKG 2 (Area 10, 11, 12 & 16) Hiap Seng Piling Construction RC Pile PDA / PIT 13 Changi Airbase Shelter 3 Pte Ltd Spun Pile PDA 14 JTC New Pipe Rack C1805 RC Pile PDA 15 SMC Manufactor RC Pile PDA 16 Punggol North Phase 3A RC Pile PDA / PIT 17 Corporation Drive RC Pile PDA / PIT 18 56 South Bouna Vista Road (Kent Ridge Hill) RC Pile PDA / PIT 19 TTF2 RC Pile PDA 20 Bedok Reservoir RC Pile PDA 21 Verdale (JJK) RC Pile PDA 22 National Skin Centre Bored Pile PDA 23 Shimano @ Jalan Bahar Bored Pile PDA 24 T211 Bright Hill Station Micropile PDA HSL Ground Engineering Pte 25 Rochester Park Bored Pile PDA Ltd 26 SMU-X @ Fort Canning Link Bored Pile PDA 27 Tengah Airbase Bored Pile PDA 28 Tank Farm Modifictaion @ Tuas South Ave 6 Micropile PDA 29 No.148 Saraca Road Steel Pipe Pile PDA 30 817 Bukit Batok West Ave 5 Steel Pipe Pile PDA Kwang Sing Engineering Pte 31 Kranji Loop Ltd Steel Pipe Pile PDA 32 31 Cornwall Garden Steel Pipe Pile PDA 33 104 Kampong Java Road Steel Pipe Pile PDA Peck Brothers Construction Pte 34 60 Marsiling Road Steel Pipe Pile PDA Ltd 35 C10-12 @ Bidadari Park Drive Bored Pile PDA / PIT 36 Punggol Town Hub Bored Pile PDA Progress Piling Pte Ltd 37 Punggol North C13 Bored Pile PDA / PIT 38 9 Amber Road Bored Pile PDA 39 UMC @ 3 Pasir Ris Drive 12 Ryobi Geotech Pte Ltd Micropile PDA 40 Geylang C26A Sengfa Piling Pte Ltd Bord Pile PDA 41 A&A @ Nee Soon Shen Sheng EC & E Pte Ltd Bord Pile PDA PDA / PIT TEST (BORED PILE / MICROPILE / RC PILE / H-PILE) TRACK RECORD FOR YEAR 2018 Type of S/N Project Contractor Type of Pile Test 1 Punggol North C4 Asia Piling Co Pte Ltd Bored Pile PDA / PIT 2 Bidadari Park Drive @ C10-12 Bored Pile PDA / PIT 3 Hougang N3C13 Bored Pile PDA / PIT 4 No.13 & 15 Sungei Kadut St 4 Bored Pile PDA 5 66KV ESS @ Tagore Road Bored Pile PDA 6 Bedok North C8 Bored Pile PDA 7 ISH @ Red Swastika School Bored Pile PDA 8 Bedok Green Secondary School Bored Pile PDA 9 Orchid Park Secondary School Bored Pile PDA 10 Bukit Batok N4 C22-23 Bored Pile PDA / PIT 11 Bukit Batok N1C15 Bored Pile PDA / PIT 12 13 International Business Park Bored Pile PDA 13 Punggol Phase 2B Chang Tai Foundation Pte Ltd RC Pile PDA Chye Joo Construction Pte 14 Jurong Community Club Bored Pile PIT Ltd 15 No.3 Aroozoo Lane Singapore 539796 (Plot 1) Hiap Seng Piling Construction RC Pile PDA 16 ER521A Pte Ltd RC Pile PDA 17 T227 Marina Boulevard RC Pile PDA / PIT 18 Changi Airport PKG-2 (CAG-PKG) Area 2, 4,10, 11 RC Pile PDA / PIT ASAHI Kasei SSP Expansion at Jurong Island 19 RC Pile PDA Singapore 20 NASH (KMG) RC Pile PDA 21 Changi Hangar Complex RC Pile PDA 22 No. 118 Pioneer Road RC Pile PDA 23 Bukit Timah First Diversion Canal RC Pile PDA 24 Tuas Shipyard Phase 1 RC Pile PDA 25 Tuas Shipyard Phase 3A RC Pile PDA 26 T301 Bus Depot Zone 4 RC Pile PDA / PIT 27 T301 Bus Depot Zone 2 RC Pile PDA / PIT 28 Jalan Remaja RC Pile PDA 29 Buangkok Drive RC Pile PDA / PIT 30 JTC Jalan Terusan RC Pile PDA 31 Tampines N6C2B RC Pile PDA 32 Twin View @ West Coast Vale Bored Pile PDA HSL Ground Engineering Pte 33 Contract T309 Bored Pile PDA Ltd 34 JTC Cleantech 3 Bored Pile PDA 35 Geylang C15 JF Foundation Pte Ltd Bored Pile PDA Kim Lian Bee Piling 36 CAG PKG 1 (Area 39-3) RC Pile PDA Construction Pte Ltd 37 33/35 Loyang Drive Leong Hin Piling (Pte) Ltd Bored Pile PDA 38 LTA T303 Tanjong Rhu Ryobi Geotech Pte Ltd Micropile PDA T301-Construction of 4 in 1 Rail & Bus Depot & 39 Sambo E&EC Pte Ltd Bored Pile PDA / PIT Reception Tunnels Thomson-East Coast Line 40 No.16 Soon Lee Road Singapore 628079 Steel Pipe Pile PDA Shintai Piling Pte Ltd 41 Shaft 1 Plan at Banyan Avenue Steel Pipe Pile PDA PDA / PIT TEST (BORED PILE / MICROPILE / RC PILE / H-PILE ) TRACK RECORD FOR YEAR 2017 Type of S/N Project Contractor Type of Pile Test 1 Pulau Sebarok Jetty 2, Singapore BMT Asia Pacific Spun pile PIT Thomson Line Contract T202 - Construction of 2 Civil Tech Pte Ltd Bored pile PIT Woodlands North Station & Tunnels 3 Yishun Ave 4 - Bus Shelter 2 Hiap Seng Piling RC pile PIT 4 Kranji Recreation Centre Construction Pte Ltd RC pile PDA / PIT RC pile / Steel 5 No.
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