The Largest Social Housing Project in the Maldives

Thursday 9th of April 2020

The Largest Social Housing Project in the Maldives

China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) has completed and delivered the largest social housing project in the Maldives so far, with 16 residential buildings and auxiliaries and a total of 7,000 apartment units. It will provide housing for nearly 30,000 people and also created 1,600 jobs for local communities.

Apart from being the largest social housing project with a total construction area of 468,000 square meters, the project also recorded many groundbreaking advances in the Maldivian history of infrastructure, like a construction speed of one floor in every three days. Even during a global pandemic, the project was completed ahead of schedule regardless of the difficulties.

In response to import difficulties and supply shortages, the teams formulated new strategies, such as adding new shipping routes and purchasing from third-party countries, while coordinating with and sub-contracting to local professional teams to meet the deadline. Medical masks, thermometers, alcohol solution, disinfectant, and hand sanitizers were stocked as proactive, precautionary measures.

Further, the teams set up a quarantine zone and adopted more systematic workforce management, recorded detailed information about the workers, monitored body temperatures and general health conditions, and disinfected workplaces, construction sites, and residential areas on a regular basis. The entries and exits of both construction sites and residential areas were strictly monitored and controlled since the outbreak.