A strong Built Environment (BE) sector is critical to Singapore’s efforts to build a more liveable and vibrant home for all Singaporeans, and to strengthen our position as a global city. It is also key to driving excellence, and innovation across our built environment, which can unlock new economic opportunities for Singapore.
A new Action Team to Improve Built Environment Productivity (Action Team) will be set up to study and develop measures to achieve greater savings in time, cost and manpower. Building upon the ongoing BE transformation efforts, the Action Team will consider initiatives to further drive enterprise transformation, reduce regulatory compliance burden, and develop system enablers that benefit the BE ecosystem.
The Action Team’s Main Committee will be chaired by Mr Chee Hong Tat, Minister for National Development, together with Mr Alvin Tan, Minister of State for National Development and Trade and Industry, as the Deputy Chair. The Action Team will comprise senior representatives from both the private and public sectors, allowing it to tap on diverse perspectives from industry stakeholders.
The Main Committee will be supported by two sub-committees:
- The Enterprise Transformation Sub-Committee will focus on driving firm-level transformation and will identify opportunities to accelerate the adoption and scale-up of productive technologies and progressive methods that can achieve time, cost and manpower savings.
- The Ecosystem & Regulatory Review Sub-Committee will focus on addressing system-level challenges/constraints, as well as driving system-level transformation. Its scope will include reducing regulatory compliance burden, improving procurement and contracting practices to save time, cost and manpower, and driving collaborations to address industry-wide challenges.
The Action Team to Improve Built Environment Productivity (Action Team) will study and develop measures to achieve greater savings in time, cost and manpower, drawing in a diverse range of perspectives from industry stakeholders across the Built Environment (BE) sector and value chain. It will focus on three key areas:
- Drive enterprise transformation through the adoption of productive technologies and progressive practices;
- Review our regulatory approach to reduce regulatory compliance burden, support innovation, and improve procurement and contracting practices;
- Support an enabling ecosystem by recommending measures that reap system- level synergies and address industry-wide challenges.
The Action Team’s Main Committee will be chaired by Mr Chee Hong Tat, Minister for National Development, together with Mr Alvin Tan, Minister of State for National Development and Trade and Industry, as the Deputy Chair. The Main Committee will comprise senior representatives from both the private sector (i.e. developers, consultants, main contractors, subcontractors, facility managers), as well as public sector representatives. The composition of the Main Committee is as follows:
Chairperson:
Mr Chee Hong Tat, Minister for National Development
Deputy Chairperson:
Mr Alvin Tan, Minister of State for National Development and Trade and Industry
Members (in alphabetical order by surname)
- Mr Cham Dao Song, Deputy Secretary (Planning), Ministry of National Development
- Mr Cheng Hsing Yao, Group Chief Executive Officer, GuocoLand Limited
- Mr Roy Chiang, Chief Executive Officer, CBM
- Mr Tony Chignard, Managing Director, Bachy Soletanche Singapore
- Mr Galvin Chua, Managing Director, Beca
- Mr Kenneth Er, Second Permanent Secretary (Manpower and Education)
- Mr Khor Eng Leong, Managing Director, Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co (Singapore) Pte Ltd
- Mr Lee Kay Chai, President, Singapore Contractors Association Limited
- Mr Loh Ngai Seng, Permanent Secretary (National Development)
- Mr Ng Lang, Chief Executive Officer, Land Transport Authority
- Ms Jacqueline Poh, Chief Executive Officer, JTC Corporation
- Mr Seah Chee Huang, Chief Executive Officer, DP Architects Pte Ltd
- Mr Shane Shi, Managing Director, HSC Pipeline Engineering Pte Ltd
- Ms Naida Suprapto, General Manager (Singapore & Malaysia), Mott MacDonald
- Mr Tan Meng Dui, Chief Executive Officer, Housing & Development Board
- Mr Tan Swee Yiow, President, Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore
- Mr Kelvin Wong, Chief Executive Officer, Building and Construction Authority
- Professor Yong Kwet Yew, Emeritus Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore
- Ms Natalie Yong, Managing Director, LCH Quantity Surveying Pte Ltd
- Mr Neil Yong, Deputy Chairman, Woh Hup (Pte) Ltd
The Enterprise Transformation Sub-Committee will be co-chaired by Mr Kelvin Wong, Chief Executive Officer, Building and Construction Authority, and Mr Neil Yong, Deputy Chairman of Woh Hup (Pte) Ltd. This sub-committee will focus on driving firm-level transformation and will identify opportunities to accelerate the adoption and scale-up of productive technologies and progressive methods that can achieve time, cost and manpower savings.
The Ecosystem & Regulatory Review Sub-Committee will be co-chaired by Mr Cham Dao Song, Deputy Secretary (Planning), Ministry of National Development, and Mr Khor Eng Leong, Managing Director of Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co (Singapore) Pte Ltd. This sub-committee will focus on addressing system-level challenges/constraints, as well as driving system-level transformation. Its scope will include reducing regulatory compliance burden, improving procurement and contracting practices to save time, cost and manpower, and driving collaborations to address industry-wide challenges.
The composition of the sub-committees is as follows:
Enterprise Transformation Sub-Committee
Co-Chairs:
- Mr Kelvin Wong, Chief Executive Officer, Building and Construction Authority
- Mr Neil Yong, Deputy Chairman, Woh Hup (Pte) Ltd
Members (in alphabetical order by surname)
- Mr Patrick Chia, Director, Obayashi Singapore
- Mr Michael Chin, Country Leader (Singapore), Arup
- Mr Calvin Chung, Assistant Chief Executive Officer, JTC Corporation
- Ms Natalie Craig, Chief Executive Officer, Cushman & Wakefield
- Mr Von Lee, Group Executive Chairman, Expand Group
- Ms Ling Su Min, Chief Operating Officer, Surbana Jurong
- Mr Gallant Tang, Group Chief Executive Officer, SingHaiyi Group
- Dr Johnny Wong, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Housing & Development Board
- Mr Xu Xuping, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CTR Holdings
- Mr Yee Boon Cheow, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Land Transport Authority
Ecosystem & Regulatory Review Sub-Committee
Co-Chairs:
- Mr Cham Dao Song, Deputy Secretary (Planning), Ministry of National Development
- Mr Khor Eng Leong, Managing Director, Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co (Singapore) Pte Ltd
Members (in alphabetical order by surname)
- Mr Dominic Ang, Chairman, Active Fire Systems Pte Ltd
- Mr Chan Hiang Kiat, Chief Executive Officer, KTC Group
- Mr Markus Cheng, Senior Associate Partner, ADDP Architects LLP
- Mr Aaron Foong, Senior Executive Director, KTP Consultants
- Mr Richard Hoo, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Urban Redevelopment Authority
- Mr Seow Seng Wei, Chief Executive Officer, Teambuild Construction Group
- Mr Terence Seow, Chief Executive Officer, Jurong Port
- Mr Colin Tan, Executive Director, Gammon Construction Limited
- Mr Tan Li Sheng, Divisional Director (Workplace Policy & Strategy), Minister of Manpower
- Mr Vincent Tan, General Manager, Singapore Land Group Limited
- Mr Tay Ter Long, Chief Government Procurement Officer, Ministry of Finance
- Mr Clement Tseng, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Building and Construction Authority
