In 2011, the Singapore government had outlined the need to adopt technological innovations in the form of sustainable and more efficient building designs and construction methods, while reducing the reliance on foreign workforce in the construction industry. The BE sector in the country was predominantly led by labour-intensive traditional construction methods, which had resulted in some challenges such as delays and abortive works, hazardous work environment, and quality and productivity issues associated with an ageing domestic manpower and an increasing size of the blue collar foreign workforce. This had aggravated the city-state’s land, infrastructure and social constraints.

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