This course intends to train veteran builders who would like to be registered as the Approved Persons as stipulated in the Building Control (Licensing of Builders) Regulations 2008. This course aims to provide essential knowledge training in the statutory requirements for construction safety and quality; environmental sustainability, workplace safety & health as well as in risk management.

The adoption of Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) and Glue Laminated Timber (Glulam) could potentially lead to time and manpower saving of up to 25% at project level as compared to conventional construction methods. To encourage a wider adoption of this game-changing technology, it is important that the industry is able to design the CLT and Glulam structures in compliance to Eurocodes. This workshop will cover the various design considerations and requirements for Eurocode 5: Design of timber structures - Part 1-1: General - Common rules and rules for buildings, so as to enable the participants to apply Eurocode 5 in the design of CLT and Glulam.

Good contract administration is required to manage design specification, contractual agreement, competitive tendering, evaluation, cost control, variations, final accounts, claims and even disputes, this will eventually helps to reduce construction costs.A building project, whether under design build contract or conventional contract type, has to undergo three specific stages namely, design, tender and construction. In all three stages, good contract administration is required to manage design specification, contractual agreement, competitive tendering, evaluation, cost control, variations, final accounts, claims and even disputes. Poor management in any of these aspects would lead to unnecessary claims and disputes and eventually higher construction costs.

The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) has been promoting the use of Construction Quality Assessment System or CONQUAS as the de facto national yardstick for measuring the workmanship quality of building projects. To meet the rising expectation of the homeowners, the Quality Mark (QM) Scheme was launched in July 2002 to propel the industry workmanship standards to a greater height. To complement this, BCA has developed a series of publications called Good Industry Practices Guides. The objective of these guides is to share with the industry good work practices adopted by contractors and practitioners who are able to consistently deliver high quality work. This "Good Industry Practices - Marble/Granite/Ceramic Tiling Works" training course is to share with the industry the good practices collated during the compilation of the guidebook. At the end of this course, the participant will be able to have: a good understand on the design issues relating to tiling works; a summary of practical tips and suggestions on achieving good tiling works, including preparatory works, installation of tiling works and protection of completed works; and a good understanding of common defects and how to prevent them.

The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) has been promoting the use of Construction Quality Assessment System or CONQUAS as the de facto national yardstick for measuring the workmanship quality of building projects. To meet the rising expectation of the homeowners, the Quality Mark (QM) Scheme was launched in July 2002 to propel the industry workmanship standards to a greater height. To complement this, BCA has developed a series of publications called Good Industry Practices Guides. The objective of these guides is to share with the industry good work practices adopted by contractors and practitioners who are able to consistently deliver high quality work. This Good Industry Practices Waterproofing for External Wall training course is to share with the industry the good practices collated during the compilation of the guidebook.

With the rising quality and tightening of manpower supply, the adoption of good construction methods and technologies for improved quality and productivity is of paramount importance for the built environment industry. Jointly organised by BCA and REDAS, this annual seminar aims to showcase construction materials, methods and technologies that lead to high quality and productivity. Good Industry Practices Guide on Engineered Wood Flooring and the PPVC Manufacturer Accreditation Scheme will also be launched during the Seminar.

Abstract : Structural performances depend on the states of constituent materials. All at once, the damage and soundness of materials are also affectedby how structures have been used in service. In principle, performance assessment of concrete infrastructures cannot be conducted withoutcoupling of microscopic behaviours of cementitious composites and macroscopic structural concrete.Since 1990, multi-scale and multi-chemo and mechanical modelling have been investigated in many fields of study and the scheme is beingapplied to engineering solution. First, the past and current development of multi-scale and multi-chemo physics modelling of structuralconcrete is summarised. The scope of multi-scale simulation is being extended to the volumetric change of concrete caused by drying,self-desiccation, steel corrosion, ASR and freezing-thawing actions. The applicability related to mechanistic actions are being expanded fromstatics to dynamics as well as high cycle fatigue loads of great importance for transportation facilities. The recent engineering application ofmulti-scale simulator to practical problems for infrastructure management is reported.The assimilation of inspection data and numerical simulation is highlighted. For life assessment, the initial conditions at casting and pastcuring states of structural concrete are hardly known in practice. Then, the current inspection data is used as the initial condition for futureprediction. Actual examples of remaining life of damaged bridge RC decks will be presented from case studies. In these examples, nondestructiveradar and acoustic technology as well as visual inspection are combined with numerical simulations. Admission is free and all are welcome. For catering purpose, please e-register through the registration link before 27 March 2016.For enquiries, please contact Ms Debbie Low. Tel: 6790-5285; Email: d-ptrc@ntu.edu.sg

The course will increase the awareness of the safety issues and unpleasant experience and affinity to traditional hot water solutions, and will help the participants to better understand the different types of hot water systems and explaining the financial calculation require to justify the adoption of a sustainable system. The participants will learn to design energy efficient hot water distribution and heat recovery system.

MRT tender preparation and submission need to be carefully and effectively managed to avoid exposing organisation to severe financial penalties and turning a potentially profitable project into a loss-maker. In order to be profitable, a sound tender is vital and risk factors must be eliminated where possible. Thus, a specially tailored 1 day course is proposed to educate and equip construction industry stakeholders a good real insight into a contractors experience in tendering for MRT projects and other infrastructure projects.This course aims to enhance participants knowledge on the key considerations in deciding to proceed with a tender and in preparing for a favourable and thorough tender submission. Participants will also gain perspectives in identifying and evaluating the involved risks and competitive advantages to prepare quality proposals so as to enhance their opportunities in tendering for MRT projects and other infrastructure projects.

REDAS is organizing its 2nd Industry Sharing Session on 25 Apr 2016. The theme for this sharing session is: Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) A Game Changer for Effective Collaboration. Since VDC is a fairly new concept to most of the developers, the aim for this industry sharing session is to create the awareness of how VDC can benefit the developers and their value chain partners in establishing a workable and collaborative BIM framework that facilitates VDC, identify the risk and challenges associated with VDC.