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Designing spaces for people and animals: How she partners eco experts and builders to create Bird Paradise
It shows designers, engineers and contractors can collaborate from the outset to build sustainable developments. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
🦩 Keryn Ng and Ou Guojian from Mandai Wildlife Group were part of the team that designed and built the Bird Paradise. The project is an example of collaborative success, showing how designers, engineers and contractors who work from the outset can efficiently construct innovative and sustainable spaces for Singaporeans to live, work and play.
Bird Paradise was built using smart solutions and innovations, underpinned by the usage of BIM. BIM enabled digital twinning, which real world data could be fed into the digital model that helped improve productivity. BIM also was used to design and manufacture of the tall structural steel columns, and 3D scanning was used to ensure correct installation.
🐧 It also boasts progressive features, such as the energy-smart Ocean Network Express Penguin Cove (BCA Green Mark Platinum certified!), enhanced ecological connectivity for local biodiversity, and wastewater recycling plants at the Mandai Wildlife Reserve – contributing to Singapore's efforts in building a more sustainable built environment.
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Bird Paradise was built using smart solutions and innovations, underpinned by the usage of BIM. BIM enabled digital twinning, which real world data could be fed into the digital model that helped improve productivity. BIM also was used to design and manufacture of the tall structural steel columns, and 3D scanning was used to ensure correct installation.
🐧 It also boasts progressive features, such as the energy-smart Ocean Network Express Penguin Cove (BCA Green Mark Platinum certified!), enhanced ecological connectivity for local biodiversity, and wastewater recycling plants at the Mandai Wildlife Reserve – contributing to Singapore's efforts in building a more sustainable built environment.
🔗 Click to find out more!
Embracing BIM as an Integral Part of Contract Documents: Transforming the Construction Industry
✏️ Despite the clear advantages of BIM, many in the construction industry continue to depend on 2D drawings as contract documents, with BIM models being issued to contractors solely for reference.
Integrating BIM alongside 2D drawings as part of contract documents not only enables better planning and coordination, but also improves efficiency as builders can build on consultants' models, rather than recreating from scratch. This also establishes BIM as the Single Source of Truth (SSoT) for all project stages.
➡️ Swipe to find out how various project stakeholders stand to benefit from incorporating BIM into contract documents, and how the Tuas Water Reclamation Plant (WRP) project has successfully implemented and benefitted from it.
🔗 To find out more about PUB's experience with BIM Handover in Tuas WRP, visit https://go.gov.sg/idd-lighthouse.
✏️ Despite the clear advantages of BIM, many in the construction industry continue to depend on 2D drawings as contract documents, with BIM models being issued to contractors solely for reference.
Integrating BIM alongside 2D drawings as part of contract documents not only enables better planning and coordination, but also improves efficiency as builders can build on consultants' models, rather than recreating from scratch. This also establishes BIM as the Single Source of Truth (SSoT) for all project stages.
➡️ Swipe to find out how various project stakeholders stand to benefit from incorporating BIM into contract documents, and how the Tuas Water Reclamation Plant (WRP) project has successfully implemented and benefitted from it.
🔗 To find out more about PUB's experience with BIM Handover in Tuas WRP, visit https://go.gov.sg/idd-lighthouse.
✨ International Built Environment Week Panel Alert ✨
Join us on Day 2, 5th September, for an illuminating discussion featuring industry leaders: Dr. Will Cavendish of Arup, Ir. Paul Evans of Gammon Construction, and Mark Enzer of Mott MacDonald.
These experts will explore the transformative impact of technology on the built environment. Learn how emerging tools, robotics in construction, and smart facilities management integrated with proptech are revolutionizing the industry. Gain insights into creating resilient, climate-positive environments in a rapidly evolving world for developers, architects and contractors!
🎟️ Don't miss this opportunity to learn from top professionals driving innovation and sustainability. Secure your early bird pass now and save up to SGD 510!
Join us on Day 2, 5th September, for an illuminating discussion featuring industry leaders: Dr. Will Cavendish of Arup, Ir. Paul Evans of Gammon Construction, and Mark Enzer of Mott MacDonald.
These experts will explore the transformative impact of technology on the built environment. Learn how emerging tools, robotics in construction, and smart facilities management integrated with proptech are revolutionizing the industry. Gain insights into creating resilient, climate-positive environments in a rapidly evolving world for developers, architects and contractors!
🎟️ Don't miss this opportunity to learn from top professionals driving innovation and sustainability. Secure your early bird pass now and save up to SGD 510!
🎉 Congratulations to Obayashi Corporation on the launch of the Obayashi Construction-Tech Lab Singapore (OCLS) at BCA’s Braddell Campus. We warmly welcome OCLS into the Built Environment Innovation Hub (BEIH) ecosystem.
OCLS will be a hub for Obayashi to develop and implement advanced construction productivity technologies in Asia, including projects in Singapore. It aims to enhance research and development through collaboration with internal and external stakeholders in the Built Environment (BE) sector.
⚙️ This focus on innovation and technology is expected to bring meaningful impact the BE sector, and we anticipate fruitful collaborations with our BEIH ecosystem partners, including local research institutions such as National Technological University (NTU) and Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)!
OCLS will be a hub for Obayashi to develop and implement advanced construction productivity technologies in Asia, including projects in Singapore. It aims to enhance research and development through collaboration with internal and external stakeholders in the Built Environment (BE) sector.
⚙️ This focus on innovation and technology is expected to bring meaningful impact the BE sector, and we anticipate fruitful collaborations with our BEIH ecosystem partners, including local research institutions such as National Technological University (NTU) and Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)!
🏙️ Due to escalating energy costs and a growing commitment to decarbonisation, we have seen building owners and developers actively pursuing innovative solutions to improve their buildings' energy efficiency.
To support their sustainability ambitions, BCA is pleased to announce the latest Research & Innovation (R&I) Challenge Call for Decarbonisation under the Green Buildings Innovation Cluster (GBIC) Programme. This call will focus on the co-creation of Innovative Cooling Technologies, Advanced Building Ventilation Solutions, and Data-Driven Smart Building Solutions to enhance energy efficiency.
We welcome participation from developers, building owners, technology solution providers, public research entities and Institutes of Higher Learning to collaborate on innovative solutions – your collective efforts will support our goal of improving energy efficiency by 80% from 2005 levels by 2030.
🔗 To apply and register for the briefing session, visit https://go.gov.sg/bca-gbic-programme.
To support their sustainability ambitions, BCA is pleased to announce the latest Research & Innovation (R&I) Challenge Call for Decarbonisation under the Green Buildings Innovation Cluster (GBIC) Programme. This call will focus on the co-creation of Innovative Cooling Technologies, Advanced Building Ventilation Solutions, and Data-Driven Smart Building Solutions to enhance energy efficiency.
We welcome participation from developers, building owners, technology solution providers, public research entities and Institutes of Higher Learning to collaborate on innovative solutions – your collective efforts will support our goal of improving energy efficiency by 80% from 2005 levels by 2030.
🔗 To apply and register for the briefing session, visit https://go.gov.sg/bca-gbic-programme.
The Big Reveal: ConTech Summit 2024 Panellists!
We are thrilled to unveil the panellists for our discussion on “Future of ConTech in the Region” at the inaugural ConTech Summit, as part of the International Built Environment Week (IBEW) 2024:
➡️ Gonzalo Galindo, CEO at CEMEX Ventures
➡️ Murli Ravi, Partner at Tin Men Capital
➡️ Lim Ke-vin, Head of Group Innovation at CDL
➡️ Shaun Khoo, Co-founder and CEO at H3 Zoom.AI
➡️ Benjamin Lee, Project Director at TeamBuildConstruction Group
Moderator: Yvonne Voon, Partner at Fifth Wall
🗓️ Date: Wednesday, 4 September
⏰ Time: 2.45pm-6.00pm
📍 Venue: Begonia Junior, MBS Expo and Convention Centre, 10 Bayfront Avenue, Singapore 018956
🎟️ ConTech Summit is a by-invitation only event so if you are interested to participate – do your register your interest at https://au.eventscloud.com/ibew-contech-summit.
We are thrilled to unveil the panellists for our discussion on “Future of ConTech in the Region” at the inaugural ConTech Summit, as part of the International Built Environment Week (IBEW) 2024:
➡️ Gonzalo Galindo, CEO at CEMEX Ventures
➡️ Murli Ravi, Partner at Tin Men Capital
➡️ Lim Ke-vin, Head of Group Innovation at CDL
➡️ Shaun Khoo, Co-founder and CEO at H3 Zoom.AI
➡️ Benjamin Lee, Project Director at TeamBuildConstruction Group
Moderator: Yvonne Voon, Partner at Fifth Wall
🗓️ Date: Wednesday, 4 September
⏰ Time: 2.45pm-6.00pm
📍 Venue: Begonia Junior, MBS Expo and Convention Centre, 10 Bayfront Avenue, Singapore 018956
🎟️ ConTech Summit is a by-invitation only event so if you are interested to participate – do your register your interest at https://au.eventscloud.com/ibew-contech-summit.