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The Orient clinches Construction Productivity Awards – Projects 2019 (Gold)

9 September 2019

The Orient building with dark framed windows, light stone exterior and black sign.

By BCA

Productivity continues to be one of the five areas of excellence the annual Building and Construction Authority (BCA) Awards pays tribute to, along with safety, quality, sustainability and user-friendliness – all key drivers in line with the vision of the Construction Industry Transformation Map (ITM). Recognising outstanding firms and industry practitioners for their achievements in this area of excellence, the Construction Productivity Awards (CPA) aims to promote productivity in the industry and serve as a platform for its measurement and appraisal.

Two tall, modern buildings with balconies frame a traditional building.

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The CPA recognises construction productivity at both firm and project level with the corresponding award categories of CPA – Advocates and CPA – Projects. The CPA – Advocates category is a firm-level award that recognises outstanding developers, consultants, builders and specialist contractors through assessing their solutions in design, construction methods, processes and/or technologies that have made a significant productivity impact.

At the project level, the CPA – Projects category is awarded to teams that have demonstrated a high level of productivity in their projects from the design stage to the end of construction. The CPA – Projects award aims to:

The Orient achieves Gold

The Orient – a residential project at Pasir Panjang developed by Aurum Land (Private) Limited – was awarded Gold in the CPA – Projects category at the BCA Awards 2019. Designed with a contemporary oriental theme that is elegant and luxurious, the development has a distinctive façade of intricate lattice screens that defines the development apart from other residences. Despite its small size of 1,862 sq m in Gross Floor Area, the project team of The Orient overcame its limitations to meet and achieve significant construction and productivity goals including:

Throughout the project cycle, the team displayed cohesive collaboration and innovation, embracing suitable digital delivery methods and Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DfMA) technologies to deliver a full suite of processes which led to a safe, productive and labour-efficient construction.

Some outstanding project features of The Orient include:

Flat plate structurewith perimeter beams

A labour-efficient flat plate structure with perimeter beams was chosen as the structural framing design by The Orient’s engineer to eliminate the need for internal beams. The benefits of this structure were twofold: it allowed homeowners to enjoy a more luxurious ceiling height while the flat plate system also eased the slab formwork erection process for typical floors.

Interior construction: framed walls, exposed pipes and wires overhead, concrete columns.

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Drywall Prefabricated Bathroom Units (PBU)

65% of the bathrooms at The Orient were built asPrefabricated Bathroom Units (PBU), which required full design coordination across the architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) teams. The design of the PBUs was confirmed among the client, consultants and subcontractor early, allowing the production to begin smoothly and continuously. Dry wall PBU was selected due to its lighter weight – 25% less in comparison to conventional reinforced concrete PBU. In-house adjustable hoisting frames were additionally designed and customised to cater to the different types of PBU layouts in the development.

Architectural elements such as off-form concrete finish and vinyl tiles

A distinctive design choice of vinyl tiles in the residential units and off-form concrete finishes for the external façade resulted in significant manpower savings. Compared to traditional tiled finishes and plastered walls, vinyl tiles can be installed much quicker and cleaner while the off-form finish has a rustic bare concrete look that is trendy and economical. Other architectural elements such as the trellis and oriental façade frames were prefabricated in a factory and installed on-site to reduce manpower.

Stacked metal mesh screens with square frames and metal beams.

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Use of digital delivery methods including BIM

The Orient project team actively participated in design coordination meetings with Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) as some of the digital delivery methods used to detect clashes and to model out 3D designs. In particular, BIM was used to decide on the optimum construction sequence, which resulted in the completion of substructure and structural works of the second block in just five months and ahead of schedule.

Through innovative construction solutions led by collaborative teamwork, the project team behind The Orient was able to achieve and exceed its project’s milestones and be a shining exemplar of transformative productivity and labour efficiency in the industry.

The Orient

Developer: Aurum Land (Private) LimitedArchitectural Consultant: Formwerkz Architects LLPStructural Consultant: TEP Consultants Pte LtdM&E Consultant: NEAM SolutionsBuilder: Woh Hup (Private) Limited

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