Innovating construction to cut prices


HDB building: The PinnacleDuxton, a HDB public housing estate in the Tanjong Pagar district of Singapore. — Bloomberg

AT the Master Builders Association Malaysia (MBAM) Building and Construction Conference 2017, the education and research arm of the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) said Singapore had to ramp up to between 30,000 and 40,000 housing units under the Housing Development Board (HDB).

Like Malaysia today, it had to build as quickly and for as many as possible, said BCA Academy dean John Keung.

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