Keppel Land has appointed Bellingham Marine Industries to design and build marinas on its waterfront properties in the region. The first is Marina at Keppel Bay, located within the Keppel Bay precinct. This will have floating berths that can accommodate 170 yachts of up to 250 feet. The berths will be built over two phases. The first phase will cost S$9 million and will have 75 berths. Keppel Land says...
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Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang has urged developers and contractors not to price in expectations of increases in costs into their tenders for projects. Speaking to reporters on the sideline of a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, he said that the government would continue to manage the increase in cost of steel and other materials and try to mitigate the impact of higher costs. He said: “The...
The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) is working with the universities and industry to encourage wider use of recycled materials such as NewConcrete in the construction industry. The aim is to reduce Singapore's dependency on sand and granite in concrete production. Granite has been in short supply lately and contractors have been turning to recycled materials for construction wherever...
City Developments (CDL) has received more than one-third of all the Green Mark Awards that were handed out to private developers by the Building and Construction Authority recently. CDL’s 16 awards account for more than 25 per cent of the total number of Green Mark Awards that have been given out since the inaugural one was presented in 2005. Take a look at the numbers: CDL has achieved a reduction of...
To encourage importers to seek alternative sources of sand and granite, the Government plans to share some of the extra costs involved in importing these materials. Announcing this yesterday at an industry event, Minister for National Development (MND) Mah Bow Tan said: “If you are buying from a different source … the raw material cost may be the same price (but) when you factor in the logistics and...
The Government plans to award an estimated $3.2 billion worth of projects over the next 12 months, the Ministry of Finance said on Friday. The figure, which is the lowest in three years, is less than half of last year’s $7.5 billion and about a-third less than the $4.7 billion projected in 2005. Today understands that the latest estimate is culled from the various public-sector agencies’ projections...
Your future home is likely to be constructed with less concrete as the Government seeks to step up the use of alternative and sustainable materials such as steel, glass and aluminium. The aim is to reduce the use of concrete as a key construction material by 30 to 50 per cent over the next five years, through a Sustainable Construction Master Plan laid out by the Building and Construction Authority...
A home that draws energy from the sun, breathes with the wind and drinks from the rain. It’s the stuff of dreams, for an environmentalist at least. Situated at the prestigious Sentosa Cove, this gem of an eco-home was dreamed up by a Singaporean doctor, who only wants to be known as Dr Lau. When the home, now in its final design stages, is completed in about a-year-and-a-half, it will boast...
Construction costs for developers have been going up.According to some estimates, the jump was as much as 20% last year. Industry watchers say that is mainly because of the increased demand for building services from major new projects like the integrated resorts. Ku Swee Yong, Director of Savills Singapore, said: "There are several mega projects that Singapore is under-taking, in particular the two $5...
Buildings in Singapore still have some way to go where environmentally-friendly features are concerned. Observers say that currently, the industry may not be ready for the proposed new legislation for green buildings. The government is proposing to set minimum standards for buildings in future developments so that Singapore can have more eco-friendly buildings. Such buildings and the technology within...