Forest City is a massive mixed-use urban development taking place in the Southern tip of Malaysia, in the Iskandar region, Johor. The development is taking place on reclaimed land just across the Johor Straight, in sight of Singapore.

The project, which will continue over the next decade, aims ultimately to create 300,000 residential units, hosting as many as 700,000 people, as well as numerous commercial buildings.

The Forest City project is expected to fuel the region economy, as well as Singapore, as light rail and road links will ultimately make the connection across the strait with the island state.

Dextra has been involved since the early phases of the project for the supply of its Groutec S precast solution. Groutec allow the swift connection of precast columns and panels, without the need of in situ joints, speeding up the construction project. For the Forest City Project, Groutec S couplers (compact models) were used to connect the panels making the residential towers shear walls.

The Forest City project is supported by the installation at site of several sets of Bartec threading equipment, which prepare the bars with threads in order to perform the connection with the top part of the Groutec sleeve. Dextra aftersales team also provided training and support in order to guarantee high production levels during all the project duration.

For more information about the availability of precast solutions in Asia, please contact our Bangkok office