United Engineers bags contracts worth over S$70m

Subsidiary UES Holdings has been awarded three environmental engineering contracts, two of which are for the Changi Water Reclamation Plant.

The first contract, valued at approximately S$27.6 million, is for Contract 1 – Proposed Expansion to Digesters and Effluent Pumping Station at Changi Water Reclamation Plant.

The second contract, is for Contract 2 - Proposed Membrane Plant at CWRP and is valued at S$28.7 million.

The third contract, valued at approximately US$11.0 million is for a waste-to-energy project at a poultry farm in Singapore.

The scope of C1 includes the expansion of existing Solids and Liquids treatment facilities at CWRP by adding an anaerobic digester to complement the existing five digesters and extension of existing EPS with a wet-dry well to augment its capacity. The project is expected to be completed by Q1 2014.

The scope of C2 involves the conversion of one of the Conventional Activated Sludge Process bioreactor basins to a Membrane Bioreactor with a total average capacity of 60,000m3/d. Work on C2 will commence in Q2 2012 and is expected to be completed by Q2 2015.

In April 2012, UESH together with its joint venture partner Koh Brothers Building & Civil Engineering Contractor (Pte) Ltd secured a S$54.6 million contract from PUB for the construction of a used water lift station at the Jurong Water Reclamation Plant. KBCE and UESH formed a 60:40 project JV respectively, known as KBCE-UESH Consortium.

Under this contract, KBCE-UESH Consortium will be involved in the procurement, suppply, construction, installation, testing and commissioning of the used water lift station at the Jurong Water Reclamation Plant. Work on the project commenced in Q2 2012 and is expected to be completed by Q3 2014.

Meanwhile the waste to energy project for the poultry farm will address the environmental problems created by the waste generated; employing state-of-the-art Anaerobic Digestion technology.

On a daily basis, the plant will process 80 metric tons of poultry manure and 50 tons of ‘green waste’, which will include feedstock such as garden waste, uncooked vegetables, fruit waste and ‘leafy’ horticultural waste.