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…
News Singapore chalks up 10% construction growth 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…
News Marina Bay Sands gets year’s reprieve in starting $3bn expansion The owner of Singapore’s landmark Marina Bay Sands resort has negotiated another year’s delay to starting work on a US$3.3bn expansion programme first announced in 2019. Under the plans, the…
News Malaysia, Singapore in talks again over $28bn high-speed railway Malaysia’s transport minister has said his government is looking to resurrect a plan to build a high-speed rail link with Singapore, the New Straits Times reports.
News Singapore to start building Changi Terminal 5 in 2025 Singapore plans to start building Terminal 5 at Changi Airport in 2025, the country’s transportation minister said Friday, adding it would open to flights in the mid-2030s.
News Singapore starts work on first phase of $30bn Cross Island Line Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has announced the beginning of work on phase one of the Cross Island Line (CRL), the island’s eighth and longest fully underground metro route. When…
News Zaha Hadid Architects designs Singapore science centre Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) and Architects 61 have unveiled their designs for a Science Centre, to be located in Singapore’s Jurong East district. The centre will be made up of…
News Singapore to open first ‘integrated construction park’ this year As part of its ongoing drive to modernise construction, Singapore will open its first ‘integrated construction park’ at Jurong Port in December this year.
News Vietnam to begin work on two giant industrial parks Vietnam’s southern province of Binh Duong is to build two industrial zones.