Congratulations, team JOCO!
Surbana Jurong and SMEC win first joint bid in Africa
In a significant achievement since Surbana Jurong and
SMEC joined forces in August, we are proud to announce
our first successful joint project bid. The Surbana Jurong
Group has been awarded an urban redevelopment and
design contract in Guinea, Africa by the Singapore
Cooperation Enterprise (SCE).
Type of Project
Urban Planning and Design
Size
1,300 hectares (about the
size of 1,800 football fields)
Kudos to the Joint Opportunities Coordination Office
Status
(JOCO) and everyone involved who have worked as one
Contrac awarded in Sep 2016.
team to garner this success!
Target c completion in mid 2017
SJ and SMEC will assist the SCE to prepare a master plan for
the government to redevelop Kaloum, the city centre of
Conakry which is Guinea’s capital city. The scope of work
includes:

Positioning

Visioning and Programming

Urban Redevelopment Planning

Urban Design

Implementation Planning

Master Plan launch
Kaloum and the Los Islands form the CBD of the City and
the most congested portion of the urban area. Conakry is
Significance
First SJ-SMEC joint project
in Africa
the largest city in French-speaking Guinea with an
estimated population of approximately 2 million. Almost
one quarter of the West African country’s population lives
in the urban areas of Conakry.
JOCO has been actively working with leaders across all of
the Group’s geographical markets, namely Singapore,
Australia and New Zealand, North Asia, Southeast Asia,
South Asia and the Middle East, Africa and the Americas.