Testament to its unwavering commitment to quality, CDL emerged as the most awarded private-sector property developer at the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) Awards 2017 with a total of 31 accolades. It is also the first and only property developer to be conferred the inaugural top Quality Star Champion Award, on top of the Quality Champion (Platinum) Award, and the only Platinum winner for the Construction Productivity Award – Advocates (Developer) Category.

Mr Grant Kelley, CDL CEO said, “Receiving the inaugural top Quality Star Champion is a testament of our unwavering commitment to quality. Over the years, in our pursuit of quality, CDL has committed our projects for assessment under the Quality Mark scheme to ensure high standards of workmanship. Our developments have also consistently excelled under the Construction Quality Assessment System, even though it is not mandatory for all private sector projects to be assessed. Placing our projects against industry benchmarks for assessments have pushed us to continually strive for quality excellence, establishing our reputation as the built industry leader and enhancing our product differentiation in a highly competitive market.”

“As Singapore’s pioneer property developer, for more than 50 years, CDL has built a strong track record for quality, design excellence and sustainable development; and our buildings have created value for customers, the community and environment.”

Innovating for Greater Productivity, Construction Excellence and Sustainability
In addition to quality, CDL has pioneered innovations and championed industry-changing construction methods that enhance productivity, construction excellence and environmental sustainability. This is part of its steadfast commitment to achieve a minimum Green Mark Gold^PLUS certification for all its new developments – two tiers beyond the mandatory Green Mark certification level. Besides enabling CDL to optimise resources and achieve savings, its innovations and advanced methods have helped to change the way it builds, creating quality, eco-friendly and safe homes and spaces.

Extending CDL’s Lead in Tenant Engagement
Beyond greening buildings, in line with BCA’s 3rd Green Building Masterplan, CDL has also focused on greening the “software”. By actively engaging its commercial tenants through the CDL Green Lease Partnership programme, CDL has encouraged and enabled them to play a bigger role in the green building movement.

CDL is the most-awarded developer in the Green Mark Pearl category for its sterling efforts in engaging its tenants through the CDL Green Lease Partnership programme. As of December 2016, over 95% of CDL’s existing tenants have pledged their commitment to reduce their energy consumption and environmental footprint.

Furthermore, CDL’s Fuji Xerox Towers, a Green Mark Platinum 38-storey office building, is the winner of the top-tier Green Mark Pearl Prestige award, making CDL the only developer to win this top-honour accolade for three consecutive years. CDL’s City Square Mall, Singapore’s first Eco-Mall, is also the first shopping mall to achieve the Green Mark Pearl award.

CDL’S BCA AWARDS 2017 – HONOURS ROLL