Singapore is home to the first retrofitted zero-energy building in southeast Asia. Zero energy means a building is able to create more energy than it uses. Located on the campus of the BCA Academy, ...

SINGAPORE - The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) will soon introduce an enhanced regulatory framework to ensure the facades and exterior features of buildings are well-maintained. This will ...

SINGAPORE – Owners of existing commercial and institutional buildings must include “barrier-free” accessibility upgrades when they undergo additions and alterations works, under new rules by the ...

The Building Commissioning Association (BCA) officially released its New Construction Building Commissioning Best Practices. This publicly available document is applicable to most building types and ...

The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) eyes to roll out a new design-for-maintainability framework by end-2017, and tighter façade maintenance regime, reported Channel News Asia. This comes as ...

SINGAPORE — To spur building owners to come up with innovative and cost-effective solutions to reduce their energy consumption, all buildings will be required to disclose their energy use in the ...

A St Julian’s building that the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) reported to police as dangerous is structurally stable according to the architect responsible for the building. But the danger ...

The number of developments that have received an award for user-friendly design from the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) has reached a record high of 37 in 2015, reported the media. Known as ...

SINGAPORE — The buildings near the construction site in Upper Bukit Timah where the World War II relic was detonated on Tuesday (Sept 26) are structurally safe for residents to return to, said the ...

Starting from Q4 2021, new developments submitted for planning approval will be required to be 50% more energy efficient than the 2005 levels, up from the 30% current requirement. The Building and ...