Publications / 1990 Proceedings of the 7th ISARC, Bristol, United Kingdom

Developing a National Automation Masterplan for the Construction Industry

Quak Ser Khoon
Pages 471-479 (1990 Proceedings of the 7th ISARC, Bristol, United Kingdom, ISSN 2413-5844)
Abstract:

This paper outlines the national automatio strategies for a small internationalised economy like Singapore's. It then proceed to give a breif profile of the Singapore construction industry and the issues and challenges it faces in terms of quality demands, labour shortages and safety and productivity concerns. The concerns are all the more vivid with the new decade, the emergence of Singapore as a deveoped economy and a Total business centre to support headquater support activities of multi-national corporations (MNCs). The paper then summarises the 3-pronged strategy to promote construction automation under the proposed masterplan, and outlines a comprehensive programme to be carried out by CIBD, with the help of industry associations, to introduce and accelerate construction automation in Singapore. They involve carrying out construction automation development projects, manpower training and development and a complete incentive programme to support these activities.

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