Industry players using rope access welcome new regulations that make facade inspection compulsory for some buildings, and the use of drones to carry out such checks.
These moves come amid a probe since last May by the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) into how safe external panels used on buildings here are in the event of a fire.
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