Santarli Construction Pte Ltd is a Singapore construction and civil engineering group established in 1983, headquartered at Santarli Building in Yishun. What began as a bricks-and-mortar general contractor has evolved into a self-described world-class builder serving institutional, industrial, commercial and residential clients across both the private and public sectors.
The company gained its competitive edge through early adoption and integration of precast technology, and reached a landmark moment in 2015 when it clinched its largest civil and infrastructure land reclamation project, valued at more than S$1 billion. Its named portfolio includes the Marina East Staging Ground, the Port Maintenance Dredging Project at Pasir Panjang Terminal, barging and reclamation works at the Aviation Park Staging Ground, Harbourfront Four and the Sant Ritz Condominium, with homepage showcases such as Holiday Inn Express and the Defence Medical and Environmental Research Institute rounding out the range.
Santarli operates as a full ecosystem: subsidiary Excel Precast runs precast factories in Tampines and Senai, Johor; STL Machinery & Trading rents out construction equipment; Santarli Sdn Bhd undertakes building and civil engineering works in Malaysia; and testing centres in Chiangmai and Dhaka train and certify workers across dozens of trades.
Guided by its PRIDE values and a commitment to protecting health, safety and the environment in all construction operations, the team — led by co-founder and managing director Mr Lee Boon Teow — positions itself as a reliable partner offering comprehensive solutions and quality works and finishes for demanding projects in Singapore and the region.
Santarli Construction Pte Ltd has been part of Singapore's built landscape since 1983, when it began as a bricks-and-mortar general contractor. Four decades later, the company stands as a self-described world-class builder, taking on work that ranges from institutional and industrial buildings to complex civil engineering for clients in both the private and public sectors. Headquartered at Santarli Building in Yishun, the group has grown into a construction and civil engineering name spanning Singapore and the region — and it has done so by moving early on the technologies and markets that shaped the industry.
The Santarli journey tracks the milestones of modern Singapore construction. After its establishment in 1983, the firm took on landmark building sub-contract works in 1985 and had grown into a local leading main contractor by 1995. In 1999 it set up subsidiary Excel Precast to drive precast technology — an early adoption and integration of precast methods that the company credits for its competitive edge on many projects. The new millennium brought a new market in Malaysia in 2000, a diversification into civil engineering and land reclamation in 2007, and a move into property development in 2010. The milestone the company highlights most proudly came in 2015, when it clinched its largest civil and infrastructure land reclamation project, valued at more than S$1 billion.
Santarli's project record shows that range in concrete terms. On the civil engineering side, the company has delivered the Marina East Staging Ground, the Port Maintenance Dredging Project at Pasir Panjang Terminal and barging and reclamation works at the Aviation Park Staging Ground, alongside Harbourfront Four. On the residential side, Sant Ritz Condominium stands as its showcase private housing development. The homepage also features Holiday Inn Express and the Defence Medical and Environmental Research Institute — a reminder that the work stretches from hospitality buildings to specialised defence-related facilities. Browsing the portfolio by sector — civil engineering, commercial, industrial, institutional, marine and coastal, or residential — gives a clear picture of how broad the track record runs.
Much of Santarli's strength lies in the ecosystem around it. Excel Precast, incorporated in 1999, runs a three-hectare precast factory in Tampines with six fully equipped production lines and a computerised concrete batching plant, plus a second factory in Senai, Johor since 2009; its in-house design team even helps clients convert in-situ methods to precast for better productivity and quality. STL Machinery & Trading, set up in 1994, rents and leases the heavy kit that keeps sites moving — excavators, dump trucks, mobile cranes, air compressors, generators, lighting towers and welding machines — supported by qualified mechanics, operators and riggers. Santarli Sdn Bhd carries the group's capabilities into Malaysia, holding the highest G7 and A registrations under CIDB and PKK and delivering integrated Design-and-Build projects. Two testing centres keep skills certified: the Chiangmai Testing Centre in Thailand, recognised by both the Thai Ministry of Labour and Singapore's BCA, with a 2,400m2 training shed able to test around 200 workers a day, and Santarli Dhaka Testing Center in Bangladesh, which trains and tests across up to 24 trades on a 2.4-hectare site.
The company frames its work around a promise to protect human health, safety and the environment across all construction operations, delivering reliable, prompt and quality service at competitive cost. Its PRIDE values — providing products that meet customer needs, reviewing systems for continual improvement, improving efficiency through worker participation, delivering projects that meet legal and environmental requirements, and eliminating hazards to keep employees safe — underpin an Integrated Management System that is continually resourced and reviewed. Leadership depth helps: managing director and co-founder Mr Lee Boon Teow brings more than 47 years in the industry, supported by CEO Mr E Chee Leong, executive directors Mr Chan Thiam Seng and Mr Sim How Tiong, COO Mr Andrew Seet and chief project officer Mr Chris Truong. Recognition has followed, from a Safety Performance Award (Silver) for the Taman Jurong Upgrading Project in 1997 to a 2024 WSH Awards honour, and the group gives back too — including a S$1 million donation to kickstart the Professor Chen Charng Ning Endowment Fund.
Developers, main contractors and partners can reach Santarli at Santarli Building, 531 Yishun Industrial Park A, Singapore 768739, by phone on +65 6852 3388 or 6852 0055, or by email at [email protected]. The website's contact page is also the gateway for requesting the company profile, exploring partnership opportunities under the banner 'Let's Build Together', and browsing open roles for those who want to join the team. For anyone assessing a builder for a demanding public or private project, a four-decade track record — from staging grounds and dredging to condominiums and defence facilities — makes a compelling starting point for the conversation.