Category: Engineering Excellence
Year Award
1987 First prize in the Tall Structural Buildings Category of the Engineering Excellence Award by New York Association of Consulting Engineers. Presented in recognition of engineering achievements demonstrating the highest degree of skill and ingenuity and providing practice of engineering. Raffles City is the only complex outside North America to win this coveted engineering award.
Awarded the CIDB Award for Construction Excellence in the Commercial Buildings Category by the Construction Industry Development Board of Singapore (CIDB). Jointly awarded to Ssangyong Construction Co Ltd, the main contractor for the project.
Category: World Records
Year Award
1987 Set a new record in the Guinness Book of World Records for the world's longest dancing dragon. A 136.84 m (448 feet 10 inches) dragon which took 30 persons almost a month to complete and 49 persons to bring it to life in dance. The shimmering appearance of the dragon was achieved by sewing 3,000 tinkling bells with over 20,000 pieces of silver scales on its body.
Category: Fire Safety Excellence
Year Award
2003 Fire Safety Excellence Award to Raffles City Tower and Raffles City Shopping Centre by the National Fire Prevention Council.
2001 Raffles City the only mixed-use development to win the National Fire Prevention Council's Fire Safety Excellence Award 2001 for all 3 categories under Shopping Centre, Office Building and Hotel.
1999 Fire Safety Excellence Award (Special Mention) to Raffles City Tower and Raffles City Shopping Centre by the National Fire Prevention Council.
1997/1998 Fire Safety Excellence Award to Raffles City Tower and Raffles City Shopping Centre by the National Fire Prevention Council.
1997 "Fire Safety Excellence Award" for Raffles City Shopping Centre and Raffles City Tower.
1995/1996 National Champion in the Fire Safety Quiz organised by the National Fire Prevention Council.
1994/1995 Silver Awards to Raffles City Tower and Raffles City Shopping Centre for the Fire Safety Campaign for High Rise Office Building and Shopping Centre respectively by the National Fire Prevention Council.
1993/1994 Gold Award in the Fire Safety Campaign for a Shopping Centre organised by the National Fire Prevention Council.
1992 to 1994 Gold Award to Raffles City Tower (for three consecutive years) in a Fire Safety Campaign organised by The National Fire Prevention Council.
1992/1993 Gold Award to Raffles City Tower in the Fire Safety Campaign for High Rise Office Building by the National Fire Prevention Council.
1991/1992 Gold Award to Raffles City Tower in the Fire Safety Campaign for High Rise Office Building by the National Fire Prevention Council.
Category: Best Decorated Building Competition
Year Award
1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2001 Merit Award for Best Decorated Building by Singapore Tourism Board.
1993 and 2000 Third prize for Best Decorated Building by Singapore Tourism Board.
1994 Second prize for the Best Decorated Building by Singapore Tourism Board.
1995 and 1999 First prize for the Best Decorated Building by Singapore Tourism Board.
Category: Arts Awards
Year Award
2000 and 2001 "Distinguished Patron of the Arts" by National Arts Council.
1999 "Patron of the Arts" Award by National Arts Council.
1996 Associate of the Arts Award by National Arts Council.
1993, 1995, 1997 and 1998 Friend of the Arts Award by National Arts Council.
Category: Retail Awards
Year Award
2002 Raffles City Shopping Centre's Christmas 2001 "Dreams & Wishes In The City" won a Merit Award in the SRA Awards 2002 (Best Retail Event Of The Year) by Singapore Retailers Association.
1999 Raffles City Shopping Centre won the "Certificate of Merit in the International Council of Shopping Centres Awards" and the "SADI Award (Renovated Enclosed Multi-Level Centres)" from the Shopping Centre World Magazine.
1998 Raffles City Shopping Centre was conferred the title of "Best Shopping Experience (Shopping Centre)" by The Singapore Tourism Board.
Category: Human Resource Development
Year Award
1999 Raffles City Pte Ltd (now known as CapitaLand (RCS) Property Management Pte. Ltd.) was awarded the People Developer Standard by Singapore Productivity and Standards Board.
Category: Business Excellence
Year Award
2001 Raffles City is now a member of the Singapore Quality Class by Singapore Productivity and Standards Board.
Category: Clean Commercial Building Award
Year Award
2001 Raffles City Tower won Special Mention in the Office Building Category of the Award by Enterprise Promotion Centres Pte Ltd.
2001 Raffles City Shopping Centre won Special Mention in the Shopping Centre Category of the Award by Enterprise Promotion Centres Pte Ltd.
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