Construction

Soilbuild Construction proposes four-for-one stock split after 313% year-to-date rise

The company currently has an issued and paid-up share capital of S$107.9 million comprising 165.5 million shares

Activity in the commercial sector in November dropped at the sharpest pace in five-and-a-half years, with its subindex at 43.8.

UK construction output plummets in November, business confidence erodes

S&P Global’s monthly purchasing managers’ index for the construction industry fell to 39.4 in November from 44.1 in October

The offer is being made through a special purpose vehicle, Consistent Record, which is effectively controlled by managing director Marco Low and his family.

Low Keng Huat controlling shareholders launch delisting offer at S$0.72 a share

The cash offer price represents a premium of 17.1% over the last transacted price of S$0.615 per share

Pollisum's chief executive Chris Ang is the founder’s son, but had to earn his stripes – and the employees’ respect.
ENTERPRISE 50 AWARDS

Ambition lifts Pollisum to new heights – and perhaps even new shores

The group’s focus is on growing market share in Singapore and wooing strategic investors before venturing overseas

These Emerging Enterprise finalists are using technologies such as AI to improve practices and processes.
EMERGING ENTERPRISE AWARDS 2025

Creating a safer, simpler world with technology

These finalists of the Emerging Enterprise Awards are using technology to improve work and lives

About three quarters of office space across the country was built in London, compared to 50 per cent before the pandemic, with tenants competing to secure the best available space.

UK construction plummets to 11-year low as rising costs bite

Building activity across office, retail and industrial sectors are down 21% to 63m sq ft at the end of Q3 from the same period a year earlier

Goh Yeow Lian, Wee Hur’s executive chairman and managing director (left) and Goh Wee Ping, chief executive officer of Wee Hur’s fund management arm Wee Hur Capital, are steering the mainboard-listed property developer through headwinds across its business segments.
TOPLINE

Wee Hur gears up for growth with bigger ambitions

Group’s chiefs consider its workers’ dormitory and construction businesses as key drivers of future growth

 A massive sinkhole next to a hospital in Bangkok swallowed cars and power poles, forcing nearby residents to evacuate although no casualties were immediately reported.

Massive Bangkok sinkhole swallows cars, prompts evacuation

The sinkhole measures about 20 metres deep and at least 30 metres wide

Workers assembling steel that has been cut to length into a cage-like structure, which serves as a reinforcement for precast components.

High-tech factories touted as future of construction in Singapore run into challenges

[SINGAPORE] Some weeks in an industrial area in Singapore, a public road fills up with as many as 20 illegally parked trailers loaded with building components.

Sheng Siong's share price has risen by some 26% this year.
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Singapore-focused listed companies are having their turn in the spotlight

[SINGAPORE] The oft-heard complaint is that Singapore’s market is too small and, beyond the banks, no one can make much money from investing in it. This year, the naysayers may find themselves pleasan...