Changing the mindset

Roundtable participants:

Moderator: Francis Kan

The Business Times: What are the key challenges hindering construction firms from improving productivity and what are some ways to overcome them?

John Keung: Productivity in Singapore's construction sector is showing signs of progress. The industry is responding and making efforts to improve productivity. However, one of the key challenges hindering construction firms from making improvements lies in the lack of a strong mindset for productivity and the motivation to transform their work practices.

Hence, to make a quantum leap in productivity in the sector, we will need to nudge built environment sector firms and industry practitioners to effect a mindset change to embrace productivity as the way forward, quicken the pace of moving as much construction work off site as possible through productive technologies, facili…