KUALA LUMPUR: IJM Corp Bhd’s wholly-owned IJM Construction Sdn Bhd has been awarded a RM505 million superstructure contract from Affin Bank Bhd for the construction of its new 47-storey headquarters at Tun Razak Exchange (TRX).
The latest job bolsters IJM Corp’s outstanding construction order book at a near all-time high of RM9.3 billion.
IJM Corp managing director and chief executive officer Datuk Soam Heng Choon said the contract reinforced the group’s track record of building innovative and iconic high-rise projects in the city centre.
“The award of Affin Bank’s new headquarters is a recognition of IJM’s impressive construction and development credentials. We are delighted to be working with yet another esteemed banking industry name,” he said in a statement today.
Some of IJM Construction’s ongoing prime Grade-A office tower projects include HSBC’s new Malaysian headquarters and IJM-owned Menara Prudential in TRX, Equatorial Plaza on Jalan Sultan Ismail, UOB Malaysia’s Tower 2 on Jalan Raja Laut and Uptown 8 in Damansara Uptown.
The Grade-A office building has a gross floor area of 76,600 square meter and is built over a land area of 1.25 acres.
It comprises a 43-storey office tower on top of a four-storey podium car park and a 3-storey basement car park, housing a total of 605 car parking bays.
IJM Corp said its features include a banking hall, business centre with an open plan office layout, auditorium and convention facilities as well as access to the Mass Rapid Transit station via a sunken plaza, spacious outdoor terraces and sky gardens.
In November last year, IJM Construction was awarded the building’s substructure contract in an earlier work package.
The building is expected to be completed 26 months from the commencement date and is expected to take its place in TRX’s prestigious skyline by end 2020.