HDB widens use of prefab to hit building productivity targets
It will, for example, install prefabricated bathroom units in all its new flats by 2019. This will help it raise productivity by 25 per cent between 2010 and 2020
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The Housing and Development Board (HDB) on Wednesday announced new initiatives that will enable it to chalk up a 25 per cent improvement in construction productivity in the decade between 2010 and 2020.
To get there, it plans to - by 2019 - fit all new HDB flats with bathroom units pre-assembled off-site. These prefabricated bathroom units (PBUs) will be kitted out with copper piping, partial tiling, window frames and waterproofing systems, and then transported to the work site, where they will be hoisted onto the blocks for installation.
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