Singapore’s construction sector honoured its best on Thursday evening.
The Building and Construction Authority gave out 318 awards to builders, developers, consultants and building owners for excellence in areas of safety, quality, sustainability and user-friendliness.
BCA said there are more winners this year due to higher construction standards and more Green Mark Awards.
Last year, 261 awards were given out.
At this year’s event, Ascendas, CapitaLand and the National University of Singapore were conferred the Green Mark Champion Award for their strong commitment towards environmental sustainability.
NUS is the first educational institution to be awarded the Green Mark Champion Award.
The university incorporates innovative environmental strategies into its building developments on campus, and adopts a sustainable life cycle approach to facilities management.
BCA said including the Green Mark Champion Awards, the number of Green Mark Awards increased from 164 last year to 205 this year.
It said more developers and building owners are coming onboard to “green” their buildings, as they recognise the growing importance of green and sustainable developments to their business and environment.
As of May, there are more than 1,180 green buildings in Singapore, with a total gross floor area of about 37 million square metres, or 16 per cent of the total estimated existing building floor space.
This year, the Housing and Development Board was conferred the Built Environment Leadership Platinum Award, the highest accolade for demonstrating excellence and leadership in shaping a safe, high quality, sustainable and friendly built environment.
This is the first time a public sector organisation is awarded the Built Environment Leadership Platinum Award since the award was introduced in 2009.
HDB’s CEO Dr Cheong Koon Hean said, “HDB is honoured to receive the Built Environment Leadership Platinum Award and other awards. This award is a great encouragement to us, and we will continue to focus on the three thrusts of our Roadmap - building well-designed, sustainable, and community-centric towns.”
At Thursday night’s event, the BCA also presented a cheque of nearly S$580,000 on behalf of the construction industry to President Tony Tan Keng Yam, as donation to the President’s Challenge.
