News Construction deaths in Singapore surge to eight-year high Singapore has warned of a “lack of basic safety measures” after recording 15 construction fatalities in the second half of 2024, a threefold jump from the five recorded in the…
News Singapore calls for ‘safety time out’ amid fatalities surge Singapore urged construction firms to take a two-week “safety time out” this month after a surge in workplace fatalities. Ten people died in construction accidents between July and October this…
News Singapore firms pay $102m to US over Baltimore bridge collapse Two Singaporean companies who owned the ship that rammed into and brought down Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge have agreed to pay just under $102m to settle a claim filed…
News Nurturing nature: Singapore’s Orchard hotel named best tall building of 2024 The Orchard Hotel in Singapore, designed by local architect Woha for hospitality company Pan Pacific, has been awarded the title of 2024’s best tall building by the Council on Tall…
News Timber not to blame for mould at Singapore’s Gaia building, experts say The mould found on exterior and interior walls at the mass timber Gaia building at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is not caused by its timber, but is rather an…
News Henning Larsen and Ramboll to masterplan Singapore’s North-South Corridor A team led by Danish consultants Henning Larsen and Ramboll will masterplan the street level of Singapore’s 22km North-South Corridor. The project, which will remodel a congested transport route, will…
News Asia’s biggest timber building has a mould problem Mould is growing on the walls of Asia’s largest timber building – the six-storey Gaia building at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) – raising questions about the use of imported…
News Siemens team to power Singapore’s new metro line Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded a US$305m contract to a consortium of Siemens Mobility and Concord Corporation for the power supply system for the city state’s eighth transit…
News Vast solar-powered hydrogen plant planned for Mexico Singaporean renewable energy company Aslan Energy Capital plans to build a massive green hydrogen scheme in the northeast Mexican state of Sonora. According to website Mexico Business, the company, which…
News Cimic to rebuild Singapore’s second-biggest waterworks for $107m Cimic subsidiary Leighton Asia has won a US$107m (A$160m) contract to rebuild Singapore’s Choa Chu Kang Waterworks, the country’s second biggest, for the National Water Agency.
News Amazon to spend $9bn on data centres in Singapore Amazon’s cloud computing unit will spend US$9bn expanding its data storage capacity in Singapore. Amazon Web Services (AWS) said it would help meet growing demand for cloud computing services there…
News Marina Bay Sands to build fourth tower and ‘Asia’s leading live venue’ Singapore’s iconic Marina Bay Sands is seeking planning permission to build a fourth tower and a 15,000-seat entertainment arena. The company has been planning the expansion since 2019, but the…
News Malaysia wants to go ahead with high-speed link to Singapore Malaysia is resurrecting its $28bn plan to build a high-speed railway between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, Nikkei Asia reports. The line was agreed by the two sides in 2016 but…
News Work begins on Zaha Hadid Architects’ Singapore science centre Construction has begun on Singapore’s 55,000 sq m Science Centre, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects and Architects 61. The centre will replace the existing facility in the Jurong East district…
Projects How they built Asia’s largest timber building Completed in May this year, the six-storey Gaia building at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University is Asia’s largest timber building.
News Thailand revives $27bn “land bridge” plan to bypass Singapore An ambitious plan to build a railway across Thailand, first mooted by the government in 2020, is under active consideration once more, the Bangkok Post reports. Srettha Thavisin, the former…
News Singapore awards two major Cross Island station contracts Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded two civil engineering contracts for interchanges on the second phase of its $30bn Cross Island Line rail project. A US$326m contract for the…
News Asia’s largest mass timber building completes in Singapore Work has finished on Toyo Ito & Associates’ “Gaia” project for the Nanyang Business School in Singapore. The zero-energy building, which is billed as Asia’s largest mass timber building, takes…