Boyuan awarded contract valued at US $23.3 million
- Commercial project will be Boyuan's tallest building to date -
TORONTO, May 3 /CNW/ - Boyuan Construction Group, Inc. (TSX-V: BOY & BOY.DB), a fast-growing construction company in China of commercial, residential and municipal infrastructure projects, announced today that it has initiated the building of a commercial project valued at US $23.3 million. The 35-storey, 115,000 square meter building will be developed in the city of Weifang, in China's Shandong province. The project is expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2012. When completed, the building will represent the tallest ever constructed by Boyuan.
"Since expanding into Shandong province last September, we have been very encouraged by the number of opportunities that have emerged where we can apply our commercial and residential construction expertise," said Mr. Cai Liang Shou, Chairman of Boyuan Construction Group. "Our latest contract win is significant in that it shows continued growth in both the value and size of our projects in the region."
As a Class 1 general contractor, Boyuan is licensed to construct buildings up to 40 storeys tall.
Boyuan has signed five major contracts in Shandong since entering the market in September, 2009. With today's contract award, Boyuan's aggregate value of contracts signed thus far in Shandong is US $94 million.
Shandong is one of China's most economically diversified provinces with high concentrations of manufacturing as well as oil and gas production activities. Weifang, one of Shandong's principal cities, has a population of 8.5 million people.
About Boyuan Construction Group, Inc.
Based in Jiaxing City, China, Boyuan Construction Group, Inc. is in the business of residential and commercial building construction, municipal infrastructure and engineering projects. In its last four fiscal years ending June 30, 2009, Boyuan completed more than 125 projects for a number of private and public sector clients including Cargill and the Dalian Shide Group, a billion dollar conglomerate whose partners include DuPont, Mitsubishi and GE. Boyuan's current backlog includes residential, industrial and mixed-use developments, including a five-star hotel and a project at the Qingshan Nuclear Plant, China's first and largest nuclear facility. From its operating bases in Zhejiang Province and on Hainan Island, Boyuan focuses on construction projects in China's fast-growing regions of the Yangtze River Delta, the city of Sanya and Shandong Province. For more information visit www.boyuangroup.com or follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/boyuangroup.
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