“With more BTO flats launched at infill/brownfield sites and intensification of BTO blocks to maximise housing yield, there may be more complex BTO projects which will take a longer time to construct over the coming years,” HDB said.
For example, a project like Tampines GreenJade, which is not considered complex and is located at a site that had not previously been developed, has a waiting time of 3.6 years. A complex project like Central Weave @ AMK, which is in a build-up area, has an estimated waiting time of five years.
But there are also projects with shorter waiting times, which HDB said it aims to launch more of, subject to site availability and readiness.
Among the BTO projects that were not delayed, the first to be completed is a shorter waiting time project scheduled for the first quarter of 2023.
Keat Hong Verge in Choa Chu Kang, launched in the second half of 2020, will have one of the shortest BTO waiting times of 2.1 years, said HDB.
Delivery of the first block has started and the remaining two blocks are “on track” to meet the completion date, said HDB.
HDB will also use new technologies in BTO projects, like Garden Waterfront I & II @ Tengah, to improve construction productivity, it said.
It aims to achieve a 25 per cent improvement in site productivity for this project as compared to other BTO projects. The innovations will be studied for implementation in future BTO developments.