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Five teams go on to next phase in Jurong Lake District RFP exercise

By Soon Weilun

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Sep 28, 2016


FIVE teams have been shortlisted for their proposals for the Jurong Lake District Request for Proposal (RFP) exercise that is expected to appoint one of them as consultant by January next year.

Chosen out of 35 teams which submitted proposals for the RFP exercise, the five will now proceed to stage two of the exercise, said the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) in a release on Tuesday.

They will spend 10 weeks to develop and submit their conceptual master plan and proposals for Jurong Lake District, due end-2016.

Transport connectivity, district- level infrastructure such as a cooling system, underground spaces, a distinctive identity for Jurong Lake District, and how it can be integrated with nearby areas are some of the ideas that need to be fleshed out in the second phase.

The teams all have at least a Singaporean firm's representative among them. They are led by Allies and Morrison, Grimshaw Architects, KCAP Architects & Planners, Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei, and Nikken Sekkei.

The shortlisted teams consist of tie-ups between local and international firms with good track record in the fields of master planning, urban design, transport planning, architecture, infrastructure planning, landscape design, environmental sustainability and engineering, and urban logistics, said URA.

"The five teams scored the highest for their track record and quality of their submitted statement of planning and design intent and approach," said the release.

Also considered were the team's collective experience and ability to master-plan for a good quality, high-density mixed use urban district centred around a high-speed rail station, with a focus on transport planning and integration.

The Singapore-Kuala Lumpur High Speed Rail is expected to start operations by 2026. Its Singapore terminus will be in Jurong East.

The level of creativity and innovation shown by the shortlisted teams in their past key projects, and how these would be relevant to the master planning for Jurong Lake District, were also considered.

An evaluation panel will be convened to assess the five proposals and select one of the teams as the appointed consultant by January 2017.

Members of the panel include senior representatives and practitioners from government agencies, academia and industry.

Following that, the appointed consultant will work with the URA and relevant agencies to draw up a detailed master plan proposal for Jurong Lake District. There will be an exhibition of the proposal in the second quarter of 2017 to gather public feedback.

The appointed consultant will then work with the URA and relevant agencies to consider the feedback from all stakeholders and refine the plans, before submitting final detailed proposals for Jurong Lake District.