The Universal Design Conference is an anchor event for the Singapore Universal Design Week 2016. Themed Universal Design in Public Places, the 1-Day conference aims to accelerate the adoption of UD concepts in the creation of inclusive and user-friendly public places. This requires considerations made on the needs of everyone, including the elderly, expectant mothers, parents with young children, families, and persons with disabilities.A UD Exhibition themed A Journey Through our Inclusive Public Places, will be co-located at the conference. Through life-sized graphics and product displays, the exhibition will feature the inclusive design principles from the new UD Guide for Public Places.

Prefabricated Prefinished Volumetric Construction or PPVC has been touted as the way to go for the construction industry amidst tighter control on foreign labour. While these technologies can reduce the dependence on labour, the take-up among the local industry stakeholders has not been high. In this seminar, 5 speakers from the public and private sectors who are at the forefront of championing the adoption of PPVC, share their views and perspectives on leveraging these game-changing technologies in helping their organisations achieve greater productivity.

Partial or total collapse of temporary structures such as formwork and falsework is often the cause of such accidents. Some of these accidents had resulted in loss of lives and injuries to many workers. Furthermore, clearing the resulting wreckage was very time-consuming and expensive. It is therefore important for site personnel to acquire the knowledge on the safety requirements of such temporary structures. One of the main causes of the accidents is due to inadequacy of supervision. Such accidents could be prevented if the supervisors had been equipped with knowledge on the proper inspection of the formwork and falsework before, during and after concreting. BCA Academy conducts the Formwork Safety Course For Supervisors to impart fundamental concepts with emphasis on formwork and falsework safety to participants.

Explosive powered tools are commonly used in construction and renovation work to drive fasteners such as studs & pins into work surfaces such as walls & floors. The Ministry Of Manpower (MOM) requires all explosive powered tools operators to be trained. They must successfully complete an appropriate explosive powered tools operator training programme.This explosive powered tools operator course is designed to prepare explosive powered tools operators to meet the MOM's requirement. Construction and renovation workers should attend this course.

The Construction Safety Orientation Course for Workers (CSOC) is a mandatory WSH training course for all workers working in the construction industry. Construction workers are required to attend and pass the CSOC before they start work at the worksite. (Available in English, Mandarin, Tamil & Bengali.)

This 2-day workshop covers the various aspects of lightning protection systems, including personnel safety, risk management, design approach and equipment, for buildings, structures and mission critical facilities. It aims to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of the key principles and concepts of lightning protection, risks and mitigations.

The WSH (Design for Safety) Regulations was enacted on 10th July 2015. It will be effective from 1st Aug 2016 and requires stakeholders (i.e. Developers, Designers and Contractors) to work together with the common objective to address the risk at source.With this DfS Introduction Course, participant will understand the roles of responsibilities of stakeholders involving in the Design for Safety review process.CPD: 4PDUs by PE Board; 4STUs (for M&E RE/RTO); 2 STUs (Safety) for C&S RE/RTO

The construction of the first large scale building in Singapore which adopted Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) and Glued Laminated Timber (Glulam), the NTU Sports Hall, will complete soon. The Sports Hall uses CLT for the finishes and flooring and Glulam for the beams, columns and the long span roof structure. The unique 72 m-long span roof structure provides eight times better thermal insulation than concrete, reducing the building energy consumption by about 40%. While reaping the benefits of improved productivity and sustainability, the project team has also overcame many challenges along the way. The experience which they have gone through would provide good learning points for the industry. In this workshop, representatives from the Project Developer, C&S Engineer, Subcontractor and Timber Suppliers will share their project experience and learning points throughout the design, manufacturing, transportation and construction stages. A time-lapse video illustrating the construction of the 72 m-long span timber roof structure will be shown. Short site visit will also be arranged for the participants to feel and experience for themselves this remarkable project.

The mandatory provision of civil defence (CD) shelters for all new residential developments started in 1998. Owners have the option of providing household shelter within the dwelling unit or storey shelter on each floor. The staircase shelter concept was later introduced to allow for alternative design for architects and designers with more design options in building development with respect to space planning, building configurations and apartment unit design layout.This workshop will provide participants with insights of good CD shelter design and construction practices in compliance with technical requirements. Salient changes and revisions made to the storey shelter technical requirements will also be covered in the workshop.

As the largest Pavilion at BEX Asia 2016, SGBC will feature exhibiting members at the forefront of the green building movement, showcasing SGBP-certified products and technologies that can help building projects get a higher Green Mark rating. Sited at the front entrance at H10, the Pavilion weaves a holistic story of building sustainability through its exhibiting companies. The tour will start with an introduction at the BCA Pavilion, guided by BCA staff on the BCA Green Mark Version 2015, followed by a walkthrough of the exhibitors at SGBC Pavilion.Day 1 (7 Sep) - Afternoon 4pm (F&B sponsored by Aeris Cleantech Asia / KM Marketing)Day 2 (8 Sep) - Morning 10am Day 2 (8 Sep) - Afternoon 4pm (F&B Sponsored by AGC Asia Pacific Pte Ltd)Day 3 (9 Sep) - Morning 10am