Boustead Singapore says its 91.7%-owned subsidiary, Boustead Projects, the specialist in industrial real-estate solutions, has been awarded a $40 million contract from Cenco Inc to design-and-build an integrated test-bed facility at Seletar Aerospace Park. This is the fifth contract secured by Boustead Projects within the last eight months.

Cenco will undertake the lead contractor role in the construction of this facility. Cenco is a leading supplier of jet engine test cells, data acquisition and control systems, and jet engine test equipment for both commercial and military applications, ranging from small turbine engines to large turbofan engines. Cenco is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Techspace Aero, which is an integral part of the aerospace business of the Safran Group, an international high-technology group with more than 54,900 employees worldwide.

With a gross floor area of 7,900 square metres, the facility comprises a single-floor jet engine testing section and a three-floor control centre. Due to be completed in the second quarter of 2011, the facility is the second project undertaken by Boustead Projects at the Seletar Aerospace Park.

Boustead Projects secured its first project at the park in December 2009 when it was awarded a $107 million contract to design-and-build an integrated manufacturing and support facility.