PRO-ACTIVE ENGINEERING PTE. LTD. v PRIME STRUCTURES ENGINEERING PTE LTD

[2023] SGHC 205 High Court (General Division) 31 July 2023 HC/S 907/2021 56 min read

1 cases cited Cited by 1 case

Key facts

Court	High Court (General Division)
Decided	31 July 2023
Judge	Lai Siu Chiu
Charges / claim	Civil Procedure, Building and Construction Law
Counsel	Anthony Law Corporation, Rajwin & Yong LLP, Lee Wei Fan (Li Weifan), Remya Pisharath, Yong Zhee Hoe

Source: [2023] SGHC 205, High Court (General Division), decided 31 July 2023 — eLitigation. Updated 10 July 2026.

Catchwords

Civil Procedure — Discontinuance Building and Construction Law — Back charges Building and Construction Law — Scope of work — Variations Building and Construction Law — Damages — Delay in completion Building and Construction Law — Damages — Failure to complete Building and Construction Law — Building and construction contracts Building and Construction Law — Contractors’ duties — extension of time and liquidated damages

Practice Areas

Civil Procedure Building and Construction Law

Judges (1)

Lai Siu Chiu Delivered

Counsel (5)

Anthony Law Corporation Firm Rajwin & Yong LLP Firm Lee Wei Fan (Li Weifan) Counsel Defendant Remya Pisharath Counsel Plaintiff Yong Zhee Hoe Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (2)

Prime Structures Engineering Pte Ltd Defendant Pro-Active Engineering Pte Ltd Plaintiff

Case Significance

Pro-Active Engineering Pte Ltd v Prime Structures Engineering Pte Ltd [2023] SGHC 205 is a reserved judgment of Lai Siu Chiu SJ in the General Division of the High Court, delivered on 31 July 2023 in Suit No 907 of 2021. In this suit Pro-Active Engineering Pte Ltd ("Pro-Active") sued Prime Structures Engineering Pte Ltd ("Prime") for $558,559.97 arising out of works carried out on a building known as SOUTHERNWOOD at No 79 Robinson Road, Singapore, a project now known as CapitaSky whose developer was Capitaland and main contractor Shimizu Corporation (Singapore) Ltd. Prime, a subcontractor on the project, had engaged Pro-Active to supply, fabricate and install steel works by way of a letter of appointment dated 9 January 2019; the judgment addresses building and construction contracts, variations, back charges, extension of time and liquidated damages, and damages for delay.

[2023] SGHC 205 explained

PRO-ACTIVE ENGINEERING PTE. LTD. v PRIME STRUCTURES ENGINEERING PTE LTD ([2023] SGHC 205) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (General Division) on 31 July 2023. It is categorised under Civil Procedure and Building and Construction Law. Within this corpus it has since been cited by 1 other reported Singapore judgment, a measure of how often later decisions have referred to it. This page summarises what the reported decision covers and links the primary sources — the full judgment, the statutes it cites, and the other cases it engages with — so the decision can be read in context. It is reference information, not legal advice, and it does not state the outcome or any holding beyond what the official judgment records.

What is [2023] SGHC 205 about?

PRO-ACTIVE ENGINEERING PTE. LTD. v PRIME STRUCTURES ENGINEERING PTE LTD ([2023] SGHC 205) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 2023. Its published catchwords are “Civil Procedure — Discontinuance”, “Building and Construction Law — Back charges”, “Building and Construction Law — Scope of work — Variations”, and “Building and Construction Law — Damages — Delay in completion”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

What earlier Singapore cases does [2023] SGHC 205 cite?

Among the in-corpus authorities it refers to are [2023] SGHC(A) 2. The complete list of cases cited, and of later cases that cite this decision, is shown on this page.

How influential is [2023] SGHC 205?

Within this corpus, [2023] SGHC 205 has been cited by 1 later reported Singapore judgment. That count reflects references from other decisions held in this corpus only and is a conservative lower bound on how often the case has actually been cited.

Summary

Pro-Active Engineering, a sub-contractor engaged to supply, fabricate and install steel works on the CapitaSky project, sued Prime Structures Engineering for $558,559.97 arising from the works. The General Division of the High Court found Pro-Active had not proven its full claim and awarded it only $179,151.04 with interest, while ordering nominal costs to Pro-Active following Prime's late withdrawal of its liquidated damages counterclaim.

What was Pro-Active Engineering v Prime Structures Engineering [2023] SGHC 205 about?

It was a building and construction dispute before Lai Siu Chiu SJ, decided on 31 July 2023, in which Pro-Active Engineering Pte Ltd sued Prime Structures Engineering Pte Ltd for $558,559.97 over steel works carried out on the SOUTHERNWOOD project at No 79 Robinson Road.

What was the project at issue in [2023] SGHC 205?

The works concerned SOUTHERNWOOD at No 79 Robinson Road, Singapore, now known as CapitaSky, developed by Capitaland with main contractor Shimizu Corporation (Singapore) Ltd; subcontractor Prime engaged Pro-Active to supply, fabricate and install steel works under a letter of appointment dated 9 January 2019.