Leighton Asia

Leighton Asia Limited

Sun Hung Kai Centre, Leighton Asia head office location
Company type	Limited company
Industry	Construction, civil engineering
Founded	1975
Headquarters	Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Area served	Asia-Pacific
Parent	CIMIC Group
Website	leightonasia.com

Leighton Asia is an Asia-Pacific construction contractor, a part of the CIMIC Group, an Australian project development and contracting group. Leighton Asia is currently headquartered in Hong Kong, and has been operating in the continent for more than 45 years. Based in Hong Kong, the company also operates in Macau, Singapore, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia.[1]

The company's business include building and civil infrastructure construction, Mechanical and electrical works, as well as oil and gas engineering.[2]

History

Leighton Asia is founded in 1975 as an Asia branch of Australian-based Leighton Contractors headquartered in Hong Kong.[3]

Hong Kong railway project

Leighton Asia was awarded the contract for constructing the Hung Hom station extension of the Sha Tin to Central Link, a high profile railway network extension project in Hong Kong in 2013.[4] In 2018, Leighton Asia was accused of failure to comply with local safety standards and attempting to hide this failure until a whistleblower leaked its evidence to the local press.[5] During a hearing of the commission of inquiry, the Hong Kong Government accused Leighton of corporate arrogance.[6]

Notable projects

Hong Kong

• Sha Tin to Central Link's Hung Hom station Contract 1112 of MTR Corporation[7]

Indonesia

• New Australian Embassy Complex at Jakarta, Indonesia[8]

Philippines

• North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) rehabilitation, upgrading, and extensions[9]
• Cavite–Laguna Expressway (CALAX) Cavite segment[10]
• Contract Packages S03a (Paco-Senate section) and S03b (Senate-FTI section and tunneling works to the Metro Manila Subway) of the North-South Commuter Railway (Joint Venture with First Balfour)[11][12]

Singapore

• North South Corridor Contract N103 of Land Transport Authority (Joint Venture with Yongnam Holdings)[13]
• Thomson–East Coast MRT line’s Springleaf MRT station Contract T208 of Land Transport Authority (Joint Venture with John Holland)[14]

India

• Antilia (building)

References

1. "About us". Leighton Asia. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
2. "Our Expertise". Leighton Asia. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
3. "Embroiled in controversy, Leighton Contractors (Asia) has been a familiar name in many of Hong Kong's big infrastructure projects of recent decades". South China Morning Post. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
4. "Major Contracts Awarded". Sha Tin to Central Link. c. 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
5. "Leaked photos show workers cutting steel bars at scandal-hit HK$97.1 billion Sha Tin-Central rail link in Hong Kong". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong: South China Morning Post Publishers (Alibaba Group). 12 June 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
6. "Government warns MTR Corp and Leighton Contractors against altering safety standards in Hung Hom station platform case". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong: South China Morning Post Publishers (Alibaba Group). 28 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
7. "Major Contracts Awarded". MTR Sha Tin to Central Link. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
8. "JAKARTA AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY". WT Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
9. "North Luzon Expressway, Manila". Verdict Traffic. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
10. "Metro Pacific to ink deal with Leighton for CALAX". Rappler. 8 October 2017.
11. "Leighton-First Balfour JV signs NSCR package". First Balfour. 28 April 2023.
12. "First Balfour-Leighton wins second NSCR package". First Balfour. 20 July 2023.
13. "Yongnam JV wins $412.7m contract for North-South Corridor in Singapore". World Construction Network. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
14. "LTA Awards Two Contracts for Thomson Line's Springleaf and Upper Thomson Stations". Land Transport Authority. Retrieved 3 July 2021.

External links

• Leighton Asia website