Tengah BTO flats to pilot new constructing tech, shortening wait time to three.3 years

SINGAPORE – Two upcoming Construct-To-Order (BTO) initiatives in Tengah will pilot development applied sciences equivalent to 3D concrete printing to extend productiveness and reduce materials wastage, and this may occasionally set the requirements for future BTO developments.

The two,077 items in Backyard Waterfront I and II @ Tengah could have one of many shortest ready instances – three years and 4 months – within the BTO sales exercise on Wednesday, stated the Housing Board on Monday.

A bumper crop of almost 10,000 flats throughout 10 initiatives might be launched.

The shorter ready time is as a result of the development applied sciences used at each Tengah websites are anticipated to yield a 25 per cent enchancment in website productiveness in contrast with different BTO initiatives, stated the HDB.

The ready time for patrons is decreased as extra ground areas are accomplished with the identical quantity of labour.

“With the identical accessible development assets, larger productiveness reduces development time,” added the HDB.

The 2 initiatives in Tengah comprise 18 residential blocks starting from 9 to 16 storeys. They’ll home the complete vary of flat sorts, from rental to two-room flexi to five-room.

With the launch of Backyard Waterfront I and II @ Tengah, virtually 17,000 items could have been supplied in Tengah for the reason that first BTO undertaking there in November 2018.

Whereas there have been some pandemic-related delays, greater than 70 per cent of those initiatives at the moment have a ready time of 4 years or much less, stated the HDB.

Tengah, Singapore’s twenty fourth HDB city, is billed as a “forest city” with a car-free city centre. At 700ha, it’s across the dimension of Bishan and is estimated to offer 30,000 items of public housing and 12,000 items of personal housing throughout 5 housing districts when it’s accomplished.

Backyard Waterfront I & II @ Tengah is a part of the Building Transformation Undertaking, which kick-starts the HDB’s journey to enhance general website productiveness by 40 per cent by 2030, up from the 25.9 per cent achieved in 2020.

For the 2 Tengah initiatives, the HDB is collaborating with development firm Obayashi Singapore to undertake applied sciences equivalent to a hybrid precast system that enables flats to be designed with out beams – a primary in Singapore.

The beamless design will give residents greater flexibility in configuring the format of their flats.