HDB looking at 3D-printing tech in Tengah, Bidadari estates

Singapore

FOR the first time, 3D-printing could be used to build landscape furniture and architectural features in a Housing and Development Board (HDB) estate, such as a bench or a pavilion, in the upcoming Tengah and Bidadari estates.

Using such technology would not only allow for faster, cheaper and less labour-intensive construction, it could also increase the potential for more unconventional designs than traditional precast methods.

This is among projects that the HDB is embarking on to improve productivity amid sluggish productivity growth in the construction industry.

Ongoing testing in 3D-concrete printing is being done at the HDB Centre of Building Resear…