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3. The Sail@Marina Bay, with towers among the most slender buildings in
the world of such height, is one of the challenging construction projects. First, it
sits on reclaimed land which has variable soil conditions and close to it was the
existing underground North-South MRT line. Any major movement of the soft
soils during the construction of the building would have undesirable
consequences. Second, it is a fact that all tall buildings sway under wind loads
but the occupants usually cannot feel it. For The Sail@Marina Bay, due to the
tall and slender nature of the building, the engineers had to take extra
engineering measures to manage the sway under wind loads to ensure the same
level of comfort for its residents.
High strength (Grade 80) concrete for the buildings was developed for the first
time in Singapore to minimise perimeter column sizes by about 30%.
1. The BCA Design and Engineering Safety Excellence Award for Built
Environment was launched on 26 October 2007 as part of BCAs efforts in
ensuring high safety standards in the built environment and inculcating a strong
safety culture in the building industry. The Award gives recognition to the efforts
taken by the qualified person for structural works, his firm and the project team
for ingenious design processes and solutions in overcoming project challenges
and ensuring safety in the design, construction and maintenance of building and
civil engineering projects locally and overseas. Through this Award, BCA hopes
to encourage industry professionals to make a more concerted effort to create a
safe built environment for all.
2. The assessment criteria of the Award cover two key aspects in the building
development, namely safety in design and construction. The criteria on assessing
safety in design include design processes and solutions that emphases safety,
quality approach in design, details and specifications, and design for safe
operation and maintenance. For safety in construction, points will also be
awarded for high standards of site management and efforts to ensure building
and public safety beyond the statutory requirements. The project team will have
to demonstrate that they had well-defined supervision procedures, inspection
regime, QA/QC plan testing and monitoring programmes and other safety efforts,
such as provisions to manage a safe and clean environment and adoption of
structural systems, to minimise impact to surrounding properties.
3. For the 2009 Awards, the number of categories has been increased from
two to five. The 5 categories are namely Residential, Commercial, Institutional &
Industrial, Civil Engineering and Oversea projects. A total of 18 nominations were
received. There were eight winners in the competition consisting of 3 Award
Winners and 5 Merit Awards. The Awards will continue to give recognition to
qualified person for structural works, their firms and project team for ensuring
safe buildings.
ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE
4. An assessment committee, chaired by BCA Board Member, Mr Pek Lian
Guan, was set up to assess and judge the entries. The committee comprised of
esteemed representatives from universities and building industry with
representatives from both ACES and IES.
Assessment Committee
Chairman Mr Pek Lian Guan BCA Board Member
Deputy Managing Director
Tiong Seng Contractors Pte Ltd
Dr Tan Teng Hooi Nanyang Technological University/T Y Lin
International (SEA) Pte Ltd (Oct 08 - present)
A/Prof Harry Tan Siew National University of Singapore
Ann
Ms Rita Soh Singapore Institute of Architects
Er Yap Tiem Yew Housing Development Board
Members
Er Lim Chong Sit Association of Consulting Engineers
Er Chan Ewe Jin Institution of Engineers Singapore
Er Dr. Shahzad Nasim Meinhardt Singapore Pte Ltd
Er Lai Huen Poh RSP Architects Planners & Engineers Pte Ltd
Er Ong See Ho Building and Construction Authority
DESIGN AND ENGINEERING
SAFETY EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2009
Residential Category - Award
Challenges
Singapores tallest residential building with towers that are among the most
slender buildings in the world.
Design and construct the huge development (1,111 units) in a congested site
which is located over existing MRT subway tunnels and on reclaimed land
with variable soil conditions within 40 months.
Henderson Waves
Qualified Er Lai Huen Poh
Person
C&S RSP Architects Planners
Consultants & Engineers (Pte) Ltd;
Adam Kara Taylor
Consulting Civil and
Structural Engineers, UK
Builder Evan Lim & Co Pte Ltd
Developer Urban Redevelopment
Authority (URA)
Architectural RSP Architects Planners
Consultants & Engineers (Pte) Ltd;
IJP Corporation Ltd, UK
Construction S$12.43 million
Cost
Challenges
Design for structural robustness and serviceability due to the complex and
three dimensional skeleton form of the footbridge as well as fabricating it.
Assembling and erection of the 57 metres span of the footbridge that crossed
above Henderson Road.
Protecting the existing and extensive underground services above footbridge
footing.
Challenges
The 3km KPE tunnel passes directly beneath the Pelton Canal and through a
highly urbanised environment.
Deep excavation up to 50 m in soft marine clay and highly variable ground
was done in very close proximity to high rise structures.
Challenge
To design and construct the 9-storey hotel on an existing Terminal 3
basement carpark within 17 months.
Challenges
Presence of organic clay and peat required careful planning and construction
for deep basement works.
Construction site is surrounded by 3 busy roads and a nearby old 2-storey
bungalow.
Qualified
Late Er. Tan King Bing
Person
C&S Surbana International
Consultant Consultants Pte Ltd
Toa Corporation (Main
Contractor)
Builder
Ando Singapore Pte Ltd
(Building Contractor)
Maritime and Port
Developer Authority of Singapore
(MPA)
Architectural Surbana International
Consultant Consultants Pte Ltd
Construction
$34 Million
Cost
Challenges
To complete the fast-track development in a safe and efficient.
Key Challenges
Involved four underground stations with 2.6km associated bored and
cut/cover tunnels.
Excavation of up to 35 m deep in Marine Clay in densely built-up areas.
Major additions and alterations below existing Dhoby Ghaut Station with
operational North-East Line and North-South Line stations.