Award-Winning Civil Engineering Company in Singapore
Named an SP Group CPMS TOP 5 Contractor in six financial years, Lih Ming Pte. Ltd. provides a plethora of services to our valued clientele. Our comprehensive suite of services encompasses cable installation, overground and underground utilities and infrastructure, as well as the construction and upkeep of roads.
With over 40 years as a trusted civil engineering consultant in Singapore, we have a seasoned team of professionals with in-house resources to efficiently address your civil engineering needs.
EXPERIENCED STAFF WITH EXTENSIVE CIVIL ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE IN UNDERGROUND SERVICES
We have a dedicated team of staff with extensive experience in civil engineering in Singapore, including the realm of underground services. Fuelled by a commitment to excellence, our well-trained workforce manages projects with precision, tailoring solutions to meet diverse customer needs and budgetary considerations.
PROFESSIONAL EQUIPMENT TO EXPEDITE VARIOUS PROJECTS
Equipped with cutting-edge tools and technology, we excel in carrying out Turnkey Power Cable Installation projects up to 220kV. Our arsenal of testing tools expedites project testing procedures, ensuring every project we undertake is delivered seamlessly.
OUR CIVIL ENGINEERING AND UNDERGROUND SERVICES
Cable Installation: Our specialisation extends to crafting electric cables, gas, fibre optic, and telecommunications pipeline networks, as well as underground power cable installations, even in the most challenging environments. Furthermore, we provide all services for low, medium, and high-voltage cable laying jobs, including but not limited to:
- Route planning
- Project schedules, drawings, and installation plans
- Executing Civil works
- Equipment and Manpower for cable pulling
- Directional drilling
- Installations in tunnels, ducts, or open trenches
- Vertical installations in shafts
Underground Utilities and Infrastructure: We supply and lay steel, ductile iron, and HDPE pipes for both underground and overground applications. Our capabilities cover a spectrum of industries, including water, fibre optics, telecommunications, oil and gas, and electric cables.
Construction and Maintenance of Roads: From the initial design to construction and continuous maintenance, we support our clients throughout all phases of road construction. We are committed to safety and efficient traffic management on these projects, and we provide portable traffic lights and deploy skilled traffic controllers to direct traffic as required.
Certifications & Safety Accreditations
Our underground works are delivered under independently audited safety, health and environmental management systems, covering how we plan, supervise and review work in trenches, shafts and live traffic environments. Lih Ming holds:
- ISO 45001:2018 (Occupational Health & Safety)
- ISO 14001:2015 (Environmental Management)
- bizSAFE Level STAR
- WSH Council CultureSAFE Programme
- NS Mark (Gold), 2020 and 2023
These sit alongside our quality certification, builder accreditation and industry awards, all published in one place.
View all our certifications and awards
Selecting the Right Civil Engineering Contractor
Underground work is unforgiving. A trench in the wrong place, or a live service nobody located, stops a programme and puts a crew at risk. Four things are worth checking.
Licensing and registration
Singapore runs a national registry of construction firms, the Contractors Registration System, covering around 50 workheads across five registration groups, and BCA’s e-Directory lets you confirm a firm’s registration status yourself. Ask for the workhead and grade matching your scope and for current certificates of the kind listed above.
Safety track record
bizSAFE runs to five levels, and the top one, bizSAFE Level STAR, is awarded only to companies that submit a risk management audit report together with an ISO 45001:2018 or SS 651:2019 certificate. Lih Ming holds both, listed above. Ask any contractor for the same two documents and for its excavation method statements.
Local regulatory experience
Works on, over or under a public road here cannot begin until an application has gone to the land-managing agency through LTA.PROMPT, and the contractor must itself be registered on that portal as competent, with the works it may carry out tied to its BCA registration category. A contractor that deals with these agencies routinely builds that approval sequence into the programme rather than meeting it mid-project. Lih Ming is Singapore-based. Ask any contractor for its LTA.PROMPT: competent-contractor registration and the BCA registration category it sits under.
Scope of underground utility experience
Ask what a contractor self-performs and what it subcontracts. Across our service lines, Lih Ming’s underground work covers underground cable installation, underground pipe laying, underground gas pipe laying and district heating and cooling systems, plus the road construction and reinstatement that follows a trench. Covering that range lets installation and reinstatement be planned as one programme.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What does a civil engineering contractor do for underground utility projects?
The contractor carries the job from route planning through to reinstatement: installation drawings and schedules, locating and protecting services already in the ground, excavation or directional drilling, laying and jointing the cable or pipe, then backfilling and reinstating the road above. On our own projects, that also covers traffic management where works affect a live carriageway. Because excavation near live services carries genuine risk, engage a licensed contractor at every stage.
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How do I choose the right civil engineering contractor in Singapore?
Work through the four criteria above, then verify rather than assume: ask to see the certificates themselves rather than a logo and for references on works of comparable depth, ground conditions and utility density.
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What underground engineering services does Lih Ming provide?
We install and maintain underground and overground utilities and infrastructure: low, medium and high voltage cable laying, including turnkey power cable installation up to 220kV, and the supply and laying of steel, ductile iron and HDPE pipes. Directional drilling, tunnel and duct installation, open trenching and vertical shafts are also within scope, alongside road construction and maintenance.
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What certifications should a civil engineering contractor in Singapore hold?
Look first for an occupational health and safety management system certified to ISO 45001:2018 and for a bizSAFE level suited to the work. ISO 14001:2015 environmental certification matters where excavation affects drainage or watercourses. Lih Ming’s own accreditations are listed in full above.
Lih Ming Pte. Ltd. offers reliable engineering procurement and construction management services. We cater to the diverse needs of our vast clientele and always strive to complete all our projects successfully with sheer dedication. We highly value our esteemed clients, and our ultimate goal is to reach and exceed their expectations with our skills and expertise in civil engineering in Singapore. Are you in need of consultancy? Reach out to us for the best engineering solutions in the industry.
