With advances in technology, building projects are increasing becoming more sophisticated and complex. To manage this challenging environment, competent and well-trained project supervisors are needed to ensure that contractors complete projects in a timely manner while maintaining a high level of workmanship. The NBQ in Project Supervision offers essential skills training and knowledge that will give you the extra edge you need to manage projects successfully.

A good geotechnical monitoring instrumentation system with proper protection, recording and data analysis could avoid catastrophic site incident. These instrumentations play an important role in the safety monitoring especially during the construction stage. The recorded data are also useful for design verification. Therefore, it is of foremost importance that engineers should be equipped with the knowledge on the different functions of geotechnical instrumentations, their installation method and how the readings are taken so that they could better plan and design the system to get their desired data. This course will cover this essential knowledge and also the skill to interpret the readings obtained, the good practices in installation of the instruments and the statutory requirements.

Geographic Information System (GIS) applications are in great demand nowadays due to many of their value-added services. To generate any recommended solution using GIS applications, there must be accurate data collected by the land surveyors. In addition, the development of many new challenging construction and civil engineering projects also requires a higher level of service from the land surveyors.The part-time Diploma in Geo-Spatial Information and Technology which was developed in collaboration with Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers (SISV) offers graduates the integrated domain knowledge of various surveying techniques and GIS applications with the use of latest technology and equipment. This diploma creates a unique opportunity for graduates to venture into different aspects of the surveying services. With this, graduates are able to begin or advance their career further in the surveying and geospatial profession.

There is an increasing demand for knowledge-based skilled workforce as the industry restructures itself following the transition of our nation into a knowledge-based economy. A new generation of knowledge-based specialist subcontractors, supervisors or Resident Technical Officers who possess adequate practical skills and technical knowledge is needed. They will have the skills to supervise construction workers directly in this new economy to ensure that construction sites are safe, highly productive with good quality standards.The Diploma in Construction Engineering is accepted for registration as a Resident Technical Officer under the Building Control Act.

Good passive and ventilation design strategies could reduce the dependence of active cooling yet maintaining a good thermal environment. This course promotes the design for thermal comfort with ventilation strategies. Participants are also introduced to the use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation software to model airflow in a space and urban environment, so as to analyse the effectiveness of various design options.

Singapore experiences the highest incidence of lightning strikes in the world. These lightning strikes have caused major disruptions to main systems equipment and considerable damage to building structures. Understanding of lightning phenomenon and proper setup of lightning protection system are critical for the protection of lives, properties and equipment. The 2-day course aims to provide participants with an understanding of the effects of lightning and various lightning protection methods for building structures. It will also cover various analytical methods for the performance assessment of lightning protection systems.

CORENET e-Submission System (eSS) is a G2B (Government to Business) Internet-based system that allows industry professionals to submit their projects related documents electronically to regulatory authorities for approval without the constraints of time, nor physical distance. It is a one-stop, non-stop convenient point of access for round-the-clock submission via the internet, converges all regulatory application requirements, from development & building plans compliance, to building maintenance and certification of statutory completion.The System is designed to handle all plan and documentary submissions and approvals across the whole building project life-cycle, including: 1) Processing of documents related to issuance of planning approvals 2) Building plans approval 3) Structural plans approval 4) Temporary occupation permit 5) Certification of statutory completion 6) Fire safety certification

With the raising quality expectations and tightening of manpower supply, there is a need to continuously improve the overall quality and productivity within the built environment sector.Jointly organised by BCA and REDAS, this annual event aims to showcase the latest construction materials and technologies. Speakers will also share their experience and best practices adopted in achieving higher construction quality and productivity.Good Industry Practices Guide on Agglomerated Stone Tiling will also be launched during the seminar.

The VDC certificate program was first introduced in 2008 by the Stanford Universitys Center for Integrated Facility Engineering (CIFE). The intended outcome of the program is to enable industry professionals to effectively apply VDC to obtain higher return for their businesses and capital projects. To date, hundreds of participants in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia including Singapore have benefited from the program, many of whom have successfully implemented VDC in thier projects. The Stanford CIFE-BCA Advanced Management Program in Virtual Design andConstruction comprises four modules to be delivered over a 8-month period.

While there are enormous investment in infrastructure, throughout Asia at large, the global construction industry is lagging in embracing new digital technology that could yield significant benefits to both project delivery and asset performance. Keynote Speaker Greg Bentley will share his perspective on the convergence of new technologies and best practices, as illustrated through the projects in Singapore and around the world. This will be followed by a sharing on the success stories in infrastructure lifecycle.