Southlinks Estate is backed by a team of globally recognized and award-winning companies that are experts in property development. No other master-planned estate, other than Southlinks, has put together such an unparalleled team of experts—from engineering to design to construction management. These are AECOM, PDP+architecture, Prime Metro BMD Corp., Design Coordinates Inc., Rios and AMH Philippines Inc.
Who are they?
AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm known for innovative master planning. It is recognized globally for delivering professional services across the entire project lifecycle—from planning, design, and engineering to program and construction management.
It has an emphasis on sustainability and innovation, and its integrated approach ensures that every project contributes to vibrant, thriving local, urban, and regional communities.
One of its key projects is the University of Glasgow Campus Expansion, wherein AECOM’s multidisciplinary team developed a comprehensive master plan to support the university’s forward-looking vision for world-class research and teaching.
Key aspects of the project include preserving and enhancing the historic character of the campus and embracing transformational designs to meet future growth.
It is also behind the transformation of Singapore’s Marina Bay, which stands as a model for sustainable urban development.
Here at home, AECOM is behind the Superblocks Project—Bonifacio Global City, the district’s cultural centerpiece. AECOM, in collaboration with Shimizu, SOM, and Studio Toku Shimizu, developed an open space framework and landscape design for the site.
pdp+ Architecture is an award-winning Philippine design firm focusing on mixed-use developments, site planning, shopping malls, residential high-rises and hospitality-island resort projects. Each involvement is imbued with sustainability at the core of design from materiality to building form, from a facade’s response to natural light and climate-centric planning. Focused on collaboration, the company’s portfolio tracks several decades of projects all over the world with different international design studios from NYC and Dubai, London to Singapore.
RIOS is an award-winning international design collective headquartered in Los Angeles with projects across the globe spanning various scales and typologies. Since the practice began in 1985, they have pioneered an approach to interdisciplinary design that balances architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design to produce holistic environments that bring wonder and joy into everyday living.
PrimeBMD is a joint venture between Prime Infra, the global infrastructure investment and development company led by ports tycoon Enrique Razon, Jr., and the BMD Group, one of Australia’s largest and oldest privately held construction companies.
PrimeBMD is a Triple-A-rated heavy civil and industrial contractor. The company specializes in delivering innovative infrastructure and marine construction solutions that are safe, sustainable, and environmentally conscious, serving communities in the Philippines and beyond.
Southlinks Estate’s project manager is DCI, which has been a leading name in construction project management in the Philippines for over 45 years.
For Southlinks, DCI will bring its expertise in developing projects on time—from world-class hotels to residential condominiums to mixed-use developments.
Among the projects it has been involved in are Solaire Resorts and Casino in Parañaque, Zuellig Building in Makati, and the Pacific Plaza Towers in Global City.
Completing the team is AMH Philippines Inc., an engineering consultancy company inspired by military civil engineer and statesman Alejandro Melchor, after whom the UP College of Engineering building, Melchor Hall, was named.
AMH Philippines Inc. is an academe-linked, 100 percent Filipino engineering consulting firm that is employee-owned.
It specializes in high-end residential development. It has also designed earthworks, roads, pavements, storm drainage, water distribution, sewer collection, and structural frameworks.