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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

Completed in May this year, the six-storey Gaia building at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University is Asia’s largest timber building.

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…

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…

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…

Singapore’s construction sector is showing signs of strength, having risen 10% year on year in the fourth quarter of 2022 after an 8.1% growth in the third quarter, finds Turner…