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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.

Forum: Review how integrated facilities management contracts are implemented

Construction at Chong Pang City to resume on May 26, weeks after bar from site fell on nearby block

Additional safety measures are to be implemented on the work site.

Gel-based cooling wear trialled in Singapore can potentially reduce body heat by 9 deg C

Mr Darryl Tan, Asia-Pacific's market lead for Eztia Materials, wearing the climate-tech firm's cooling singlet and arm sleeves.

S’pore depends on migrant workers. Why do we accept conditions we would never tolerate ourselves?

Generic of construction workers at a construction site in Clementi on April 16, 2026. Can be used for stories on foreign workers, migrant workers, workplace safety

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