A record number of 24 builders will receive the BCA Green and Gracious Builder Award this year. Out of the 24 winners, 18 join the ranks for the first time and six were re-certified to higher ratings under the Green and Gracious Builders scheme. Five of the top seven winners - Hexacon Construction Pte Ltd, Ho Lee Construction Pte Ltd, Samsung C&T Corporation, Sembawang Engineers and Constructors Pte...
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The BCA Academy will offer a new postgraduate programme in facility and environment management. It said the programme will enhance building professionals' capabilities to manage and maintain buildings in Singapore including those that are built with "green" features. The Master of Science in Facility and Environment Management Programme is being offered under a tie-up with University College London,...
The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) is launching initiatives to attract locals to join the construction sector and to strengthen skills at all levels of the sector's workforce. These initiatives are part of a masterplan that is being drafted to build a competent, productive and progressive labour force for the local construction industry. Announcing the masterplan on Friday at a BCA Academy...
THE $10.47-million contract for Singapore’s first zero-energy building has been awarded to local firm ACP Construction. Work to retrofit an existing building at the BCA Academy along Braddell Road starts this month and should be completed by next year. As announced earlier, everything in the building, from the lights and air-conditioning, to the water in the toilets, will be sourced from renewable...
Govt could do more by taking the lead in procurement of green and energy efficient components IN JAPAN, banks offer preferential loan rates to building owners who aim for higher green ratings. In Germany, the government offers subsidies to residential owners to go green. Offering such incentives is just one of the suggestions from the International Panel of Experts (IPE) for Sustainability of the Built...
The green building movement in Singapore has gained momentum and the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) hopes to spur it further by enhancing its Green Mark Incentive Scheme. At the BCA awards ceremony on Thursday, City Developments was named Singapore's first Green Mark Champion. This new award is given to developers and building owners who have at least ten projects that have attained the BCA...
Several buildings have won silver and bronze in the Building and Construction Authority's (BCA’s) annual Universal Design (UD) Awards 2008. The office housing Xilinx's Asia Pacific headquarters which boasts natural sunlight, wide passageways and employee-friendly facilities clinched the silver award. Changi Airport Terminal 3 clinched the silver award However, the competition which has been held for...
New residential properties must now include basic environment-friendly features before the building plans are approved. This is a requirement introduced on 15 April by the Building and Construction Authority (BCA). Under the new guidelines, BCA has set a limit on the amount of heat that can enter a residential building through its facade. This limit is called the Residential Envelope Transmittance Value....
A new Building and Construction Authority (BCA) Gallery was opened on Friday to showcase the past and latest technology used to erect buildings in Singapore. Located at Braddell Road, the gallery's interactive exhibits show what it takes to erect buildings in Singapore since the post-war period. There is also a sensory garden - an outdoor extension of the gallery - which has access for the handicap. The...
Fund will cushion cost of integrating solar panels into new Green Mark buildings DEVELOPERS of new and green buildings can now tap into a $20 million fund set up by the Government - a decision that is certain to sit well all-round as oil prices continue to surge. The fund will partly offset the cost of integrating solar panels into new buildings “which attain a certain level of Green Mark standard”,...