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Two-thirds of buildings here in S’pore now green; sector on track to meet targets set for 2030

Sixty-six per cent of Singapore’s buildings are now certified green with a lower carbon footprint.

Tre Ver condo grapples with termite trouble; property giant UOL helping residents in affected units

The Tre Ver is the second UOL Group project known to have a termite problem.

Construction firm behind 2022 Farrer Road sinkhole fined $84,000 for lapses

The tunnelling works caused a part of Farrer Road to collapse in November 2022.

Designing buildings with maintenance features can help cut upkeep, manpower costs: Chee Hong Tat

A new BCA study, which involved four buildings in Singapore including the Surbana Jurong campus (above), assessed the benefits of the design features.

Boost for construction tech firms to innovate; developers adopting robotics, automation: Chee Hong Tat

National Development Minister Chee Hong Tat speaking at ConTech @ PDD on July 17.

More builders look to robots to tackle Singapore’s construction labour crunch

Demonstration of a Autoclaved Lightweight Concrete (ALC) wall panel installation robot seen at the Changi East Depot construction site on May 20.

Boutique condo developments likely to have more construction quality defects: BCA

Projects that received weaker scores under the Construction Quality Assessment System include The Carrara in Mountbatten Road.

Condo by-laws cannot limit owners’ right to rent out units: BCA

The authority was weighing in on the case of a Geylang condo that passed two by-laws banning certain groups of foreign workers from living there.

Forum: Integrated facilities management designed to uplift sector

Tanjong Katong sinkhole incident: PUB, Surbana Jurong Consultants given conditional warnings

The sinkhole formed after a failure at a nearby worksite, causing a car and its driver to fall into it on July 26, 2025.

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