Construction sector

23-year-old worker dies after scaffolding collapses on lorry at Jurong Port construction site

A 23-year-old worker was found trapped in the driver’s seat of a lorry after scaffolding collapsed on the vehicle at a construction site in Jurong Port Road on Aug 3.

Australia’s AI ambitions add to construction squeeze as housing target looms

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.

‘Trillion-dollar question’: How extreme heat is shifting corporate bottom lines

Increasingly severe heat disrupts operations for a variety of industries, but it also creates business opportunities for others.

Death toll in Indian tunnel blast rises to 22

Rescue efforts were being hampered by mud and water built up inside the tunnel, as well as breathing issues due to the suspected gas leak.

Portugal's migrant curbs hit construction firms working to solve housing crisis

A man works on a construction site in Lisbon, Portugal, November 24, 2025. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes

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.

60 evacuated in Bangkok after water seepage causes sinkhole in subway work site

Approximately 60 residents were evacuated from three commercial buildings located within 30m of the damaged road surface.

New York building that buckled now ‘stable’, says mayor

Emergency personnel place structural shoring in a high-rise building at risk of collapse in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on July 7.

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