Balfour Beatty has announced that its 50:50 joint venture, Gammon Construction, has been awarded a HK$4.75 billion (c. £490m) contract to deliver an Advanced Manufacturing Centre (AMC) on behalf of the Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation.
 The contract will see Gammon deliver the 108,000-sq-m facility, including a seawater district cooling system, which Balfour Beatty said will cool the AMC building in a cost-effective and environmentally friendly way.
The works will include all mechanical, electrical and plumbing services, the building façade and a significant amount of steelworks.
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Gammon will use BIM, modularisation and off-site manufacturing techniques to improve safety, quality and speed of work.
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Gammon’s chief executive Thomas Ho said: “This impressive and complex facility for one of Gammon’s long-term customers is designed to meet the increasing need for high-end on demand manufacturing in the region. This latest success is testament to our proven experience in constructing complex buildings and our market leading engineering and technical capability.”
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Early works commenced in Summer 2019 with completion expected in 2021. At construction peak, the project will employ a workforce of around 1,800.
Headquartered in Hong Kong, Gammon Construction is a joint venture between Balfour Beatty and Jardine Matheson, the Asian-based conglomerate.
Image: Hong Kong at night (Diego Delso/CC BY-SA 3.0)
