More use of pre-fab, digital tech to boost building productivity

Singapore

ANOTHER 59 design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA) projects could be tendered out by property developers and government agencies in 2018, Second Minister for National Development Desmond Lee said on Thursday.

That outlook was given as the Built Environment cluster sub-committee of the Future Economy Council proposed using DFMA and digital technologies to boost productivity in the construction and facilities management industries.

There is already a target to achieve 40 per cent adoption of DFMA for the construction industry, up from the current 10 per cent. DFMA involves moving aspects of cons…