KUALA LUMPUR: Bina Puri Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bina Puri Holdings Bhd has won a massive sewage treatment plant project to provide for the expected increase of urban dwellers in Setapak for the next 20 years.
This award to expand and upgrade the existing Bunus Regional Sewage Treatment Plant at Jalan Chan Chin Mooi, Titiwangsa, will increase its treatment loading capacity of sewage discharges by three times of 1.1 million residents expected by 2035.
Green technology will utilize the byproduct, biosolids, to generate electricity and this regional treatment plant will free up land of smaller treatment plants for commercial and residential uses, green lungs and gardens. It will also relieve nuisances suffered by residents who have complained of foul smells and clogged sewage pipes.
Bina Puri Holdings Berhad Group Managing Director, Tan Sri Datuk Tee Hock Seng, JP said in a statement to Bursa Malaysia that its subsidiary Bina Puri Sdn Bhd has been awarded the contract by the Sewage Services Department under the Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water on 20 March this year.
This project, costing RM291.16 million will be completed within 18 months. It entails the construction, equipping, testing and commissioning of the Bunus Regional Sewage Treatment Plant including maintenance of the project for 12 months.
This project to expand and upgrade the existing Bunus Regional Sewage Treatment Plant in Jalan Chan Chin Mooi, Titiwangsa, will increase its treatment loading capacity to handle and additional sewage discharges of 750,000 residents in the vicinity.
The laying of 36km of sewage pipes that is included in the project will cater to the expected growth of residential and commercial real estate within Setapak.
With this award, we have managed to secure RM419.66 million projects in the first quarter of this year and confident there will be more opportunities to secure further projects by year end.
The project is expected to contribute positively to the net assets and earnings of Bina Puri Group for the financial year ending 31 December 2015, he said.
With the latest award, the Groups un-built book order stands at RM2.11 billion to date.
The new treatment plant will be built on the existing Bunus Regional Sewage Treatment Plant on a 19.388-hectare site that is flanked by the DUKE highway in the north and the Titiwangsa Golf Course in the south and settlements on the East and West.
The treated sewerage waters will be discharged into Sungai Gombak and ultimately Sungai Klang.
The Bunus project is part of the River of Life sewage masterplan for Greater Kuala Lumpur / Klang Valley under the National Key Economic Areas blueprint. Its mission is to reduce the number of smaller treatment plants and to free up the land they are sitting on for commercial and residential purposes, green space and public gardens.
This master plan will also facilitate the application of green technology utilizing biosolids for electricity generation, reduce pollution loading on water sources and public complaints of foul smell.
The Bina Puri Group has been actively participating in the tender for projects both local and overseas, and would make the appropriate announcements on further projects secured to keep investors and the public informed from time to time.
